Amending Ordinance No. 2243 Article XLII Electric Signs

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of structural steel shapes anchored to the roof members of the building. Wind pressure of 25 pounds per square foot of exposed surface shall be used in designing the framework of signs and their stays and fastenings. All projecting signs shall be provided with lateral stays to stabilize them against wind pressure and vertical stays against the loosening of anchorage. Such stays shall consist of rust— resisting chains or cables which are firmly attached to the framework of the sign and securely and sep- arately anchored to the wall or other support and provided with turnbuckles with which the tension may be adjusted. All anchors into masonry shall be expansion bolts and no lag screws shall be used except in case of anchorage into the framework of wood construction.. Horizontal projecting signs shall not exceed 600 pounds in weight. Vertical projecting signs shall not exceed 2500 pounds in weight, except such signs as are supported upon steel beams built into the structure of the building which may not exceed 5000 pounds. No sign of any class or character shall be placed upon the face of or suspended beneath any electric sign. Wall signs shall not extend more than 18 inches from the face of the wall nor more than 10 inches from the wall at a height of feet above the grade of the walk. No electric or other sign shall be erected in a position which blocks passage through any window or to any fire escape. Section 809 No projecting sign shall be erected upon any part of the wall of a building enclosing space occupied by another tenant of the building or in such manner as to obstruct the view of or from another ten - ant's window without first filing with the Building Department the written consent of such tenant or owner of building. d Electric signs attached to or made a part of a marquise which is less than 12 feet in the clear above the sidewalk shall be built into the structure of the marquise, such sign shall not be more than 24 inches in vertical dimension and shall not encroach beyond the dimensions allowed for the marquise supporting them. electric or non— eleotr&c placed or maintained No sigwhall be erected etween the sidewalk and the curb line on any public street, nor shall any sign be attached to any post, pole tree or other support located between the sidewalk and curb. No person, firm or corporation shall have more than two pro- jecting electric signs erected o —any building or store front. were .