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PJindow signs operating from separate transformers shall not be <br />hung over, under or attached to another sign in such manner that will permit <br />cable supports or tube of one sign to come in contact with the other. <br />Section 912 Annual Inspection The Building Department of the City of South <br />Bend shall once each year between the dates of November 1, and <br />May ,1 inspect each and every electric sign as well as every other sign, the <br />erection of which comes under the supervision of that department and keep <br />a record of the state of repair of each. <br />7rhen such inspection shall show any sign to be illegally or <br />improperly erected or in need of repairs the Building Department shall with- <br />hold approval of the sign and the owner shall be notified in 4w,rriting, of the <br />defects of such sign and the owner shall have correction made ,4the Depart- <br />ment so notified within thirty days of such notice. <br />The Building Department is hereby empowered to employ competent <br />persons to remove the defective sign from above the street, alley, court or <br />areaway, and to place the same upon the premises of the owner. <br />The cost of such removal shall be charged to the owner of the <br />sign or, if such owner cannot be found, to the owner of the building, and <br />recovered through appropriate legal proceedings. No permit for the erection <br />of any sign for such owner shall be issued until such costs are paid. <br />'Rhen signs are found in safe condition, or have been corrected <br />as directed, the Building Department shall issue certificate of inspection <br />and permit for the year, provided however, that erection permit shall cover <br />all inspection fees due within six months after the erection of the sign. <br />Signs upon which the annual fee is allowed to become delinquent <br />shall be considered unlawful signs and comdemned by the Building Department. <br />Section 912 -A Any person, firm or corporation selling or offering to sell <br />any signs, whether electric or unilluminated within the City <br />of South Bend, Indiana, shall first be registered with the Building Depart- <br />ment., which shall keep a record of the salesmen and the firm he represents, <br />togeter with such other information as will facilitate inspection and <br />keeping of records in the department. <br />Any sign sold by unregistered salesman or company shall be <br />refused permit until this section shall have been complied with. <br />i <br />