[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
No outdoor display sign or display structure shall be erected over any pavement or sidewalk area by attachment to, suspension from or support on a building or structure until a permit for the same has been issued by the Mayor and Common Council, for which permit there shall be paid a fee as provided in the General Fee Ordinance.[1] Each such application shall be in writing, and the applicant shall state therein the location, legend, size and material of the proposed sign, the method of attaching the sign to the building or structure and the height of the sign from the pavement or sidewalk. No permit shall be granted for the erection of a sign that would extend over the pavement or sidewalk more than 12 inches from any building or structure, nor shall any permit be granted for the erection of a sign without its height, length, legend and design also being approved by the Mayor and Common Council.
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Editor’s Note: See Ch. A175, Fees, Art. I, General Fees.
A. 
From and after September 1, 1972, it shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or structure within the City to keep or maintain any sign or advertising structure of any nature that shall extend more than one foot over any pavement or sidewalk.
B. 
From and after September 1, 1972, no person, firm or corporation shall erect or maintain on any sidewalk or pavement any sign or advertising structure or device of any nature.
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25, and each and every day any such sign or structure shall remain in violation hereof shall be construed to be a separate offense.
[Amended 12-6-2007 by Ord. No. 773; 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
No awning shall be erected over any pavement or sidewalk until a permit to do so has been issued by the Public Works Director for which permit there shall be a fee as provided in the General Fee Ordinance.[1] Each application for such a permit shall be in writing, and the applicant shall state therein the location, Size and material of the proposed awning, the method of attaching the awning to the building or structure and the height of the awning from the pavement or sidewalk. No permit shall be granted for the erection of an awning that would be within seven feet of a pavement or sidewalk, nor shall any permit be granted for the erection of a permanent type awning.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. A175, Fees, Art. I, General Fees.
All porches, porticoes or other elevated structures one or more stories high over any pavement or sidewalk of the City in front of any building or lot and which are supported by posts or pillars stationed inside of eight feet clear from the front of the houses or lots on any street or which may have a roof or cover less than eight feet clear from the sidewalk or pavement and all doorsteps, stoops or porticoes in front of any dwelling or other houses in the City fronting on any street thereof, which extend more than four feet over the pavements or sidewalks of any street or which do not leave at least five feet of such sidewalks for free and unobstructed passage in front thereof, be and the same are hereby declared to be public nuisances; and the Planning and Public Works Director, when so directed by the legislative body in any case, shall give notice to the owners of any such porches, porticoes or elevated structures aforesaid or of such doorsteps, stoops or porticoes declared in this section to be nuisances or to the tenant of the premises to which they are attached and belong for the removal of such posts, pillars, porches, porticoes, doorsteps or other obstructions above mentioned or the modification thereof in such manner as the legislative body may direct so as to abate or remove the nuisance within 20 days from the delivery of such notice; and if the same are not removed or modified in accordance with such notice at the end of such 20 days, the owner of such building or premises to which the nuisance is attached or who owns such nuisance shall be subject to prosecution for violation of this section, and such nuisance shall be subject to abatement by the Planning and Public Works Director at the cost of the owner thereof and in case of his refusal to pay such costs shall constitute a lien upon the property in favor of the City to be collected in the same manner as city taxes are collected.