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Section 906 Projecting Signs Projecting signs are designated as hori -. <br />d/ <br />zontal or vertical according aka their horizontal or vertical <br />dimensions are the greater. <br />No projecting sign shall be erected with the inner edge of <br />the sign less than 12 inches or more than 19 inches front the,wall or sup- <br />port to which it is attached or with the outer edge more than 12 feet from <br />such support, and in no case shall the outer edge of the sign extend beyond <br />the curb line of the street. <br />The minimum clear height of projecting signs above sidewalks <br />shall be 12 feet, and above alleys and driveways, 15 feet. <br />Horizontal projecting signs of Class A or Class B shall not- <br />have an area greater thin seventy -two (72) square feet. <br />Vertical signs shall not extend more than five (5) feet above <br />the roof line of a one story building, nor more than ten (10) feet above <br />the roof line of a two story building and the maximum height permitted for <br />three or more stories shall be fourteen (14) feet above the roof line of <br />the building. <br />Section 907 All electric signs shall be securely anchored to the structure <br />of the building to which they are attached, or to other rigid <br />support, by two or more brackets which brackets shall be built into the <br />framework of the sign. Signs weighing 150 pounds and more, when anchored <br />to a masonry wall, shall have the upper bracket anchored by means of bolt <br />or bolts through the wall and secured with plates and nuts on the inside <br />of the wall. In cases where bolts cannot be extended through the wall, <br />two expansion bolts set not less than six inches into the masonry, -may be <br />used if so placed that the stress will-be equalized upon them. <br />Signs anchored to veneered frame walls or to walls veneered <br />with terra cotta or other decorative material shall be anchored to the <br />structure of the well independent of the veneering. Signs anchored to <br />walls of tile or concrete blocks shall have the bolts through the wall <br />with inside plates large enough to spread the stress to several blocks. <br />No anchor for sign brackets shall be made to or through any masonry well <br />above the roof line. <br />;Flhen 20 percent or more of the vertical length of a sign <br />extends above its uppermost wall anchor or bracket, the upper portion <br />shall be stayed against wind pressure by an approved superstructure of <br />-2- <br />