Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-343

PERMIT FEES. For erection of signs, billboards, or display panels. Permit fee for a billboard erected on its own supports on the ground, irrespective of the size therefor, shall be..........................................$ 3.00 V-type or double-face signs shall be one and one-half times the fee for single-face signs. The Building Department shall collect and receive the sum of......................... $20.00 to cover a plan check for any billboard or sign erected on the roof of any building, and for any billboard or electric sign in excess of 720 square feet. PERMIT FEES. For electric and building signs. Minimum fee for electric and building signs up to $400 valuation...................$ 5.00 With value from $401 to $999 ......................................................... 7.00 With value from $1,000 to $2,000 .................................................... 10.00 With value from $2,000 to $10,000, $3.00 for each additional $1,000. From $10,000 on up, $2.00 for each additional $1,000 valuation. SECTION 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 522 is hereby amended to read as follows: This ordinance shall not apply to billboards of a size less than 15 square feet. The Building Department shall ascertain that the proposed sign is structurally sound and a plan check shall be provided for any billboard or electrical sign in excess of 720 square feet and the fee for such plan check shall be as provided in Section 1 hereinabove. No permit shall be issued for a billboard in excess of 720 square feet in size without approval of the Planning Commission first had and obtained. SECTION 3. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 233, also known as Section 12, Chapter 7, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, is hereby amended to read as follows: Signs shall be classified according to their relation to street or alley as parallel or angle. Parallel signs are those whose face is parallel to the direction of travel and if not supported by being attached to the building or not used to advertise a business being conducted on the same lot, must be at least ten (10) feet from the property line adjacent to said street or alley. Where a parallel sign is supported by or attached to a building it shall be allowed to project eight (8) inches beyond the side or supporting edge of said building. Angle signs, except double-face or V-type signs, shall be treated the same as parallel signs, so far as minimum distance is concerned. V-type signs shall be considered double angle signs facing two directions connected or joined structurally, and must be at least ten (10) feet from the property line adjacent to street or alley, for regular billboard signs, and at an increased distance in proportion to added height. For signs up to twelve (12) feet length 4 x 4 supports spaced not more than five (5) feet must be used; for signs longer than twelve (12) feet, 4 x 6 supports spaced not more than eight (8) feet must be used; provided, metal supports of size approved by Building Inspector may be used, and additional bracing on all signs must be approved. Single-face signs and the back of all signs visible from street or alley must be painted in a sightly manner. All signs must have metal face at least 28 g. thickness, or equivalent, and must have proper moulding and framing around sign in proportion to size of sign. Ground space within ten (10) feet in all directions from the base of sign structure must be kept free and clear of all weeds, rubbish and other inflammable waste or material. All signs supported by a building and projected over the sidewalk shall provide clearance of not less than eight and one-half (8½) feet from the bottom portion of said sign to the highest portion of the sidewalk below and shall not extend further than twelve (12) inches inside the face of the curb. The Building Department is hereby authorized to require a plan check of any sign in the event the head of the Building Department determines such check necessary to determine the structural stability, and if such plan check is ordered the fee therefor shall be paid by the applicant as provided in Section 1 hereinabove. SECTION 4. In the event the applicant shall apply for construction of a sign using alternate materials or types of construction not herein covered, the suitability thereof shall be determined by the Board of Appeals established pursuant to the Uniform Building Code of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication as in the next section provided, and final passage. SECTION 6. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas shall cause this ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its first reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Sun, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. APPROVED: ATTEST: /s/ C. D. BAKER____________ Mayor /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER_________ City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 9th day of July, 1954, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Whipple and Jarrett for recommendation; thereafter the said committee consolidated this ordinance and the sign permit ordinance introduced on September 1, 1954; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on the combined ordinances, as amended, on the 17th day of November, 1954, which was the regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on such day the proposed ordinance as combined and amended was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners and was adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and Mayor Baker Voting "Nay”: None Absent: None APPROVED: ATTEST: /s/ C. D. BAKER_____________ Mayor /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER________ City Clerk