Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-96

ORDINANCE NO. 233 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BILLBOARDS, ELECTRIC SIGNS AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF OUTDOOR SIGNS, PROVIDING BOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS THEREFOR AND INSPECTION THEREOF, FIXING THE FEES FOR ALL SUCH PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: BILLBOARDS AND OUTDOOR SIGNS Sec. 1. Any billboard, placard notice or other form of outdoor advertisement erected, placed, planted, posted or maintained otherwise than is provided in this ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance and shall be removed, effaced or destroyed by the Police Department and other peace officers having authority wherever said nuisance may be located. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to paste, print or in any manner whatsoever place or attach to any building, fence, gate, bridge, rock, tree, board structure or anything whatsoever within the limits of any street or alley; nor on private property within the setback distance herein set forth, any written, printed, painted or other outdoor advertisement, bill, notice, sign, picture, card or poster, without first obtaining permit therefor from the building Inspector of the City of Las Vegas. Nothing herein shall be construed as to prevent the posting or maintaining of any notices required by law to be posted or maintained, the placing or maintaining of street or highway signs or signs used to advertise business conducted on the property where sign is erected, pro­vided the structural details are approved by the Building Inspector. Sec. 3. Permits for the erection and maintenance of signs of the nature as set forth in this ordinance shall be secured by application to the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas on forms provided which shall show thereon: Name of owner of lot or premises and his written consent, location on said lot with re­spect to property lines and nearby signs, name of person or firm who proposes to erect and maintain sign, and statement to the effect that said permit is revokable should the sign be abandoned or allowed to become unsafe or dangerous, or otherwise condemned, and that owner will at all times maintain sign in safe condition and will remove same if abandoned. Fees for permits shall be $2.00 for each separate structure, and shall be issued for the balance of the current year, and shall be renewable upon the payment of an inspection fee of $1.00 for each year thereafter. For signs already erected, a number shall be assigned upon payment of the $1.00 inspection fee if in proper location, and if not, shall be considered as a new sign to be rebuilt in accordance with this ordinance. Sec. 4. Signs shall be classified according to their relations to street or alley as parallel or angle. Parallel signs are those who face is parallel to the direction of travel and if not supported by being attached to 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. Angle signs, except double face or V-type signs shall be treated the same as parallel signs, so far as a 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 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. All signs must be close to the ground, if on vacant or unused property and more than six (6) square feet in area, and V-type signs shall be closed both front and rear. 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 of at least 28 g. thickness, and must have proper moulding and framing around sign in proportion to size of sign. Ground space within ten feet in all direction from the base of sign structure must be kept free and clear of all weeds, rubbish and other inflammable waste or material. Sec. 5. The money collected for permits to erect and maintain signs as herein provided shall be apportioned to the General Fund of the City. Sec. 6. All signs which do not comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall be made to comply within sixty (60) days from the passage of this ordinance and if located on public property, may be forthwith removed at owners' expense. ELECTRIC AND BUILDING SIGNS Sec. 7. (a) All signs extending out from the face of a building shall be installed in the following manner and according to the Safety Orders and Ordinances of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas. All signs shall be supported by appropriate construction not on City property. (b) All signs on the exterior of any building, whether electric or otherwise shall be installed so as to be held rigidly in position, vertically and horizontally. Sec. 8 GUYS AND SUPPORTING CABLES. Signs weighing 250 pounds or less shall be supported by one or more galvanized steel cables not less than 1/4" in diameter. Signs weighing more than 250 pounds shall be supported by two or more galvanized steel cables not less than 3/8 inch in diameter each. Sec. 9. SIDE GUYS. All signs shall be guyed by one or more right and by one or more left side guys or galvanized steel cables not less than 1/4 inch in diameter. The guys shall be figured for a wind pressure of not less than 20 pounds per square foot, and shall make an angle of not less than 30° with the sign.