HomeMy WebLinkAbout2170 ORDINANCE NO. 2170
AN ORDINANCE regulating the erection, re-erection, operation,
possession and control of signs, amending Section 701 of Ordinance No.
2162 and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 701 of Ordinance No. 2162 be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 701. No person, firm or corporation shall engage
.within the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton in
the business of outdoor advertising by erecting ground
signs, roof signs, wall signs, marquee signs, and/or pro-
jecting signs or post signs until such person, firm or
corporation shall have filed with the City Clerk proof that
a public liability insurance policy in an amount of not
less than FiveThousand ($5,000.00) Dollars damage to any
one person and One Hundred thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars
total damages per sign is in force and effect, saving and
keeping harmless the City of Bremerton, its officials and
employees from all dmnages, liabilities, losses or.judg-
ments that may be recovered against the City by reason of
the negligent erection of an~ such signs and for a period
of one year from the date of erection of such sign. Said
insurance shall be conditioned upon the faithful observance
of this Ordinance with sureties to be approved by the City
Attorney".
Section 2. In order to provide the benefits by the amendment of
the fbregoing Section immediately, an emergency exists and is hereby
declared to exist and this Ordinance is necessary for the present pre-
servation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the cit-
izens of the City of Bremerton and is required for the carrying on of
the necessary functions of the City of Bremerton.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage this 16th day of May, 1956.
ATTEST: ~'0~. - -.o~r~ ~
DOMSTAD, May
E.H.T. McGOWAN, City Clerk