HomeMy WebLinkAbout2149 ORDINANCE NO. 2149
AN ORDINANCE regulating the construction, erection, re-erection,
maintena~, operation, possession, location and control of Billboards;
providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor
and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON IX~ES ORDAIN:
Section 1~ This Ordinance shall be known as, and may be cited as
the Billboard-Ordinance of the City of Bremerton.
Section 2. For the purposes of this Ordinance a Billboard is
fined as a fiat surface, as of a panel, wall or fence on which bills are
posted, a bulletin board, a structure built for posting or placing adver-
tising, pictures and reading matter.
Section 3. Every person who owns a billboard shall keep on file
wit~ the Oity Cler~ a surety company bond, approved as to surety by the
Mayor and City Clerk, and as to form by the City Attor~ey; the amount
of which bond shall equal a total of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars
for each billboard owned by him, except that no bond shall be required
hereunder in excess of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars; such bond shall
remain in full force and effect d~rirgthe time said billboard is main-
tained as such; such bond to be conditioned that such person shall faith-
fully comply with all provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the
~onstruction, alteration, location and safety of billboards erected,
constructed, or maintained by such person, an~ conditioned further to
indemnify and keep the City of Bremerton harmless from any and all claims,
damages, losses, actions, suits or jud~ents which may be presented, sus-
tained, brought or secured against the City or any of its officials on
account of the constructi~n, erection or maintenance, alteration or re-
moval of any billboard, or by reason of any accidents resulting therefrom.
No bond shall be required for a billboard the solid portion of whose
advertising surface contains less t~an forth-eight (~8) square feet, or
for a billboard having its surface placed against the wall of a building.
Section ~. No person, form or corporation shall engage in the bus-
iness of bill posting for out door advertising, within the corporate
limits of the City of Bremerton, without first having procured a license
from the City Clerk to conduct sach business. Application for a license
shall be made on forms to be furnished for such purpose by the City Clerk.
The Building Inspector shall examine such application at such time and
place as he shall designate as to his or its qualifications and compet-
ency to engage in ~he business. The exmmination shall be practical and
elementary in character but sufficient ~o test the qualification of the
applicant in the most ~pproved methods in connection with said business.
Such license saall not be transferable and any license granted may be re-
voked by the Building Inspector if the licensee violates any provision
of the Ordinance. When'a kicense is revoked, a new license shall not
again be granted to the s~ae licensee for at least Sixty days. The i-
nitial fee for such license shall be $180.00, and the license shall 8x-
pire on June $0th following the date of issuance. The fee for each
year's renewal of such license shall be $80.00. Any license issued sub-
sequent to January 1st of any year, may be issued upon payment of one-
half the annual license fee as herein provided.
Section 8~ Every billposter shall cause his name to plainly appear
at all times on every structure, or portion thereof, upon which he placed
advertisements.
Section 8~ Billboards may be constructed and maintained only in
those districts within the City of Bremerton authorized by Ordinance No.
199~, known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Bremerton, an8 where
permitted to be constructed shall be built and maintained so as to with-
stand a wind pressure of thirty ($0) pounds per square foot.
Billboards famtened to masonry walls of a building shall be attached
theret~ wita bolts of ample strength extending not less than four (~)
inches into the masonry. The fastening of billboards to wood blocks set
in masonry will not be permitted.
Section ~ All billboards in Fire Zones I, II, & III, having a
solid advertising surface of an area in excess of forty-eight (~,) square
feet shall ~e faced with metal.
ORDINAI~CE NO. 2149 (CON'T)
In Fire Zones I, II, & III any billboard located on the roof of a
building shall be constructed entirely of metal, except the following
which may be of wood:
The sills which are laid on the roof and to which the metal sup-
ports are attached; the horizontal members to which is fastened the
sheet metal on which advertisements are pasted or painted; any modil-
lions placed on the adbertising surface; a walk in frontoof the adver-
tising surface, if not more than two (2) fe.~t wide and constructed of
two-inch (2 in.) plank.
Section 8: A vertical dimension of a billboard located on the
ground an~ having a solid face shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet;
nor shall the height above the ground, exceed twenty (20) feet except
where the ground beneath the billboard is below the sidewalk grade, in
which case the billboard shall not be higher than 'twenty (20) feet above
thet'sidewalk:tn front of the billboard.
Bill0oards located on the ground shall have an open space of at
least eighteen (18) inches between the lower edge thereof and the ground.
This space may be occupied by lattice work, provided that the open spaces
in said lattice a~'e at least equal in width to 'the width of the members
of which the lattice is constructed.
Section 9: No billbpard, other than electric sign, shall, if loc-
ated above tbs roof of a building, have an advertising surface whose
vertical dimension exceeds twenty (20) feet; nor shall it be higher
than twenty-five (25) feet avove the roof. Electric signs located a-
bove the roof of a bUildin~ shall ~ot be higher than seventy-five (75)
feet above said roof.
All 0ents supporting-d the face of billboard shall, if located a-
bove the roof of a building, be at least six (6) feet apart and 'the
bottom of the face shall be at least five (5) feet above the roof.
The advertising surface of such billboard must be not closer to
the front lot line than five feet, or be in line with the average depth
of the front line of the buildings adjacent on each side.
Section lO; Billboards placed on walls or roofs of buildings
shall be located so as not to interfere with the use of any fire escape
or stand-pipe or obstruct necessary windows or interfere with egress
from the building.
No billboard placed against the walls of a building shall project
into any street or alley a greater distance t:~an is permitted for ap-
pendages on buildings.
Section ll: Any person desiring to obtain a Billboard or sign per-
mit shall file plans, with a written application therefor with the Build-
ing Inspector, which application shall contain infor.mation showing the
type of construction, supports, design and location of the sign and oth-
er info~mation as may be necessary so tl~at the Building Inspector may
determine the compliance of the sign with the Ordinance. If it shall
appear from such application that the sign will comply with the provis-
ions of this Ordinance, then the Building Inspector shall issue a per-
mit therefor upon payment of the following fees. A separate electrical
permit is required for the electrical connection of the sign.
Section 12~ Fees for p.ermits.:
Ground 'Signs: Under 100 Sq. Ft. $2.00
" 500 " ,r 3.00
Over 500 " " V. 50
. Roof Signs 7.50
Section 13: Signs after hanging may be connected to the customers
electrical ci~C'uit by the erector for testing p~rposes only, but in no
case shall the sign be left connected unless the erector of such sign
has a City Electrical Contractor's License and permit to connect to the
power system.
Section 14: Any billboard which may be or Oecome unsafe or defec-
tive, and any billcoard which may be hereafter erected, altered or re-
constructed contrary to the requirements of this Ordinance, shall be
removed or made to conform to the terms and requirements of this Ordin-
ance by the owner thereof or by the owner of the ground upon which the
same is built, upon receipt of notice so to do from the Building Inspec-
tor. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to serve notice on
any person maintaining any billboard not in conformity with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance, which said notice shall require the immediate
removal of such Oillboard or alte_ation thereof to conform to the re-
quirements of this Ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. fl149 (CON'T)
Section 15: Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
any of the provisions of this ~rdinance or af any lawful order or re-
quirement of the Building Inspector made in accordance with the pro-
visions hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be puncished by a fine in any sum not to exceed
three hundred ($300.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail
for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment, and. each day that any person shall continue to violate or
fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of such
order or requirement shall be considered a separate offense.
APPROVED on first reading this 25th day of January, 1956.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City of Brem-
erton, signed by the ~ayor and at'tested by the City Clerk in authenti-
cation of such passa~_i,e this 1st day of February, 1956.
ATTEST: '1~: (~. DO]~STA~D, q~rS~C~ '~