Ord 157-36 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TttE CONSTRUCTION,
LOCATION, ERECTION AND P?~CING OF SIGNS,
SIGNBOARDS, BILLBOARD~ OR POSTERS WITHIN
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, A~D PROVIDING THE
M~rER IN V~tICH SIGNS, SIGNBOARDS, BILLBOARDS
OR POSTERS ~?~AY BE ERECTED OR PLACED ON BUILD-
INGS OR LA~S ~VITHIN THE CITY LI~,~ITS, A~
PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR ~ VIOLATION OF
THE CONDITI0~ OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY T~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA:
'~ ' · ~' It shall be unlawful to post or have posted any ad-
vertisement or poster whatever on any private house, or building,
or wall, or fence, telephone pole, electric light pole, or any
other post or wall within the City without first obtaining the
written consent of the owner to place said poster or advertisement
upon said building, house, fence or wall, a copy of said written
permit or consent to be first filed with the City Clerk.
,. 2. It shall be unlawful to erect, build or construct any
sign, billboard or signboard upon any lot or tract of land within
the Cit~, which sign or billboard when constructed shall be within
25 feet of any street intersection; that before any sign or bill-
board shall be constructed or erected upon any lot or tract of land
within the City, a regular building permit shall first be obtained
from the Building Inspector and City Clerk.
That all applications for the erection of signs, sign-
boards or billboards within the City shall have attached the written
pennission of the owner or lessee of said land, permitting the erect-
ion of said sign.
~ ~i..~'~ It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to erect or permit to be erected, or to remain over the sidewalk or
atreet in front of the building owned or controlled by said persc~,
firm or corporation, any signboard of wood, metal or other substance
~latsoeve r.
~3~ PROVIDED that the City Council may grant to any person
~pplying therefor, for a regular building permit, permission to paint
igns on portable awnings of canvass or cloth, when such awnings shall
! not less than eight feet (S') in the clear above the sidewalk; and
to set up alluminated signs and lighted lamps, alluminated by
gas or electricity, on the inside thereof. The City Council
may order the Building Inspector ~o remove any awning, sign,
lamp or other fixture erected, or that may be erected herein-
after, upon, or over any street or sidewalk when the same is
insecurely fastened, constructed or erected, or unreasonably
obstrUcts the view or use of the street; or that is of a danger-
ous, immoral or o~herwise objectionable character.
,'~ ~":~:: [.-~ Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of the
violation of the terms and sections of this ordinance shall be
fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500~00) nor confined
in ~e Girl Jail of the City of D~lray Beach for a period not to
exceed thirt~..~(30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the Municipal Judge.
~5. That ani'emergancy is declared ~o exist, and that
this ordinance shall therefore become effective immedla~aly upon
its passage.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, on the llth day of August, A.D., 19S6.
PrsSlaent of the CitY' Council.
APPROVED:
', 1 ~yor.
A~~:
.... 01erk. !