Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 3058 - Pertaining to Electric Signs in the City of South Bend

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Ordinance No. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 3058: - SAID ORDINANCE BEING AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO ELECTRIC SIGNS IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Section 1 - That section 809, paragraphs 1, 2 and 32 of Ordinance # 3058, be amended to read as follows: Electric signs, of all classes, shall be constructed, throughout, of metal or other non - combustible material. Sheet metal shall not be lighter than twenty eight (28) gauge, U. S. standard, galvanized treated. The frame work of electric signs shall be of rust resisting angle iron or channel construction, braced and crossed- braced with all parts rigidly joined and of sufficient strength to withstand all stresses and pressure without deformation. All signs exposed to the weather shall be provided with drainage holes to prevent the collection of moisture. Drainage holes shall not be larger than one half inch nor smaller than one quarter inch, in diameter. Glass used in the construction of letters or designs shall. be securely held in place by proper clips and fastenings and no such glass, except tubing, shall be greater than eighteen inches, in any dimensionm No glass faced signs shall be erected unless such faces be of shatterproof glass or shall be covered with a guard of wire mesh not coarser than one half inch mesh. The size of such faces shall be limited to thirty inches, square. When shatterproof glass is used it shall bear a distinctive mark by which it may be readily recognized. Section 2 - That section S11, paragraphs ,2 and8, of Ordinance # 3058, be amended to read as follows: No gas tube sign, outline or high voltage sign or fixture shall be erected, put in operation, or changed in any manner, until a permit for same shall have been obtained from the Building Department. Such permit shall not be issued to any person or firm other than those holding class "A" electrical licenses under the Electrical Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana. No gas tube, sign, outline or high voltage sign or fixture shall be maintained by anyone other than holders of class "A" elctrical licenses or their authorized employees. Wires:- High tension conductors shall notN�be smaller than # 14 B & S gauge, stranded type, of suitable insulation for the voltage it *.`to carry. Transformer leads.and other long runs must be supported on approved insulators, not more than eighteen inches apart. Wires between electrodes must also be supported by approved supports aat within six inches of the electrodes. `1 1 II L