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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 34,
35, 36, 38 and ADDING SECTION 38-A
OF ORDINANCE NO. 811 PASSED THE
13TH DAY OF DECEMBER A D 1921 AND
BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF ELECTRIC
SIGNS OVER PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES WITH-
IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND PROVID-
ING FOR THE LICENSING OF PERSONS, FIRMS
AND CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN SUCH BUSI-
NESS AND PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATE
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY'THE MAYOR AND BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH:
SECTION I
That sections 34, 35, 36', 38 and 38-A of ordinance
No. 811 be and the sake are hereby amended so that here-
after they shall read respectively as follows, to-wit:
SECTION 34
Advertising Signs Classified:- San signs siKadr —
be classified as follows: Electrical illuminated signs
in the fire limits shall be so constructed as to be fire
proof, and shall be hung with steel messenger wire of
sufficient size to be safe and meet the requirements
of the Building Inspector and shall be constructed to
meet the requirements of Class "A", as hereinafter de-
scribed.
Class "A" Construction:- Signs in fire limit
must be constructed of steel, channels or other shapes
not less than Number Twenty Gauge U. S. Standard. Cor-
ners shall be held together with suitn:als angles se-
cu,rely rivited or bolted to the frame and suitable stiff-
ners shall be bolted to frame and body. Not less than
six or eight feet on centers, sides or body shall be
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securely bolted or rivited to frame. Such signs shall
be constructed so as to have ample space to contain
receptacles wiring without undue crowding, but no more
and shall enclose all terminals and other wiring except
the supply leads and shall be water proof. Holes one-
half inch in diameter and two feet on centers shall be
drilled in the bottom for drainage. Signs of Class "A"
may be hung over side walk and shall not project beyond
the curb line. Signs hung on mast arm construction may
be hung by permission of Building Inspector. Signs
shall be fastened to the wall with suitable iron brackets
not more than eight feet apart but no sign shall have
less than two such brackets. Each bracket shall be
bolted to sign with two VEII bolts and through -wall
at least one 5/8" bolt with nut and suitable washer on
inside except such signs as weigh 500 pounds or less.
All signs shall be guyed with none other than steel mes-
senger wire and in aIf cases meet all the requirements
of this ordinance and shall also be properly reinforced
where connections are made to hanger brackets and cables.
Signs of Class "A" with only one side illuminated may
be hung flat against the wall of buildings and shall
be fastened with suitable iron straps or bolts through
the wall with nuts and washers on the inside or standard
wad 4QQks, Such signs may be hung la any part of, the
city.
Class "B" Signs:- Known as transparencies,
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with interior electrical illumination may be erected.
Such signs shall be not less than ten feet above the
side walk at its lowest point, if projecting over side
walk and shall not project more than eight feet from
wall line of said building and shall be built and
erected substantially as prescribed for signs of Class
"A" except that the sides shall have wire glass panels,
none of which shall be wider than twenty inches of
glass surface and if projecting over side walk the
surface of either side shall not be greater than six-
teen square feet.
Signs of Class "A" and Class "B" may be hung
in any part of the city.
. Class "C" Signs:- Signs of metal or signs
of wood covered with metal, glass signs in metal frame:
Signs of metal in metal frame shall not exceed four
square feet and shall not project from building more
than eighteen inches and shall not be less than seven
feet and six inches from side walk at lowest point.
Signs of wood covered with metal may be erected as
specified in Class "A" and Class "B" of Electrical
Sign,'s, and shall not exceed Electrical Signs in size
and �Uall be erected under the same specifications as
calls or in Class "A" and Class "B" of the foregoing
paragraph of this ordinance.
SECTION 35
Bill Board Signs may be erected as prescribed
by Zones A, B, and C:
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Zone "A" being north of the Trinity River and
inside the City limits. Zone "B" to be south of the
Trinity River and north of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road tracks, west line to be west line of Taylor Street,
east line to be Chicago Rock Island & Gulf Railroad
tracks. Zone "C" to be south of Texas and Pacific
Railroad to city limits and Zones A, B, and C defined
as follows:
Zone "A" and 1100: Signs or bill boards made
of metal with wood or metal frames may be erected in
these zones. Such signs shall be two feet above the
ground and upper edge shall not be more than twenty-
four feet above the ground, and all signs or bill boards
parallel with the property lines shall be placed not
nearer than fifteen feet to the property line, but all
signs or bill boards placed at an angle with the prop-
erty lines may be placed with one and of the sign on
the property line. Such signs shall be built with up-
rights not smaller than four by six inches eight feet
on center sunk in the ground to a depth of three feet.
Each upright shall be erected with one 2 x 6 firmly
nailed to the upright and to a 4 x 6 post sunk three
feet in ground and anchored by an anchor known as
"dead man" on lower end, also braced from bottom of
ug.11ght to 4x, &Aed brioe.
No bill boards or signs of this character shall
be permitted to be erected in Zone "B" unless same are
of fire proof construction and meet with the fire limits
specifications of building code, and do not interfere
with the work of fire department.
No person shall paste, post, paint, print,
nail or otherwise fasten any handbill, sign, poster,
advertisement or notice of any kind whatsoever, or
cause the same to be done, on any curbstone, flagstone
or any other position or part of any sidewalk or street,
or upon any tree, lamp post, hitching post, telegraph
pole, telephone pole, hydrant, bridge, pier, or upon
any structure within the limits of any street in the
City of Fort Worth, except such as may be required by
the ordinances of the City of Fort North, without the
express consent of the Building Inspector and no person
shall paste, post, print, paint, nail or otherwise
fasten any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement or
notice of any kind, or cause the same to be done, upon
any private wall, window, door, gate, fence, advertising
board, or upon any other private structure or building,
unless he is the owner thereof, without the consent in
writing of the owner of such wall, window, door, fence,
gate, advertising board or sign, or other private build-
ing or structure, and when any handbill, sign, poster,
advertisement or notice of any find shall be found
posted, painted, printed, nailed or otherwise fastened
on any curbstone, flagstone, or any other portion of
any sidewalk, or upon any tree, lamp post, hitching
post, telegraph pole, telephone pole, hydrant, bridge,
pier or upon any private wall, window, door, gate, fence,
advertising board or sign, or any other private building
or structure, in any way advertising any person, firm or
corporation, the finding of such handbill, sign, poster,
advertisement or notice shall be prima facie evidence
that it was pasted, posted, painted, printed, nailed, or
otherwise fastened contrary to the provisions of this
section, by the person, firm or corporation thereby ad-
vertised.
Cloth signs on light wood frames shall be per-
mitted to be put up against and parallel with the wall
of the building; that said sign shall be left standing
not exceeding fifteen days from the day of its erection;
that no cloth signs shall be permitted to be placed
across side walks; that the date of the erection of such
cloth signs shall be painted at the bottom of said cloth
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signs and the name of -he person or contractor erecting
the same, and that the name so placed on said signs shall
be prima facie evidence of the date of the erection and
the contractor or person erecting same.
No cloth signs shall be re hung, and that all
said cloth signs shall at the expiration of fifteen days
from their erection be removed and taken down by con-
tractor or person erecting the same.
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No signs other. -Yhaa 4lQth 710 i4 ....-j -e
pended across the street and such signs not less than
twenty feet above the street at lowest point and not
less than eight feet above any trolly wire and shall be
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supported by ropes. No metal to be used in the con-
struction of signs.
Signs of this class shall not be allowed to
hang more than fifteen days and may be used only for
the purpose of advertising celebrations, expositions,
carnivals, fairs, excursions or societies, public en-
tertainments or other matters of a public character,
and shall not be used to advertise a private business
or other matters of private character. An application
for a permit to erect a sign of this character must be
approved by the Mayor before a permit therefor is is-
sued.
SECTION 38
Permit for erection necessary - Application
to Building Inspector - Inspected by City Electrician:
No sign shall be erected or maintained in the City of
Fort Worth unless the person, fir7Acorporation or agent
owning, using or maintaining the same, or desiring to
erect the same, shall obtain a permit from the City
Building Inspector. It shall be the duty of any person,
fir* corporation or agent desiring to erect a sign in
this city for which a permit is required, to make appli-
cation to the City Building Inspector,' accompanied by
plans and specifications showing in detail the proposed
manner of construction, erection, support and maintenance
of such signs. If such plans and specifications for
which signs shall be in compliance with this ordinance,
he shall issue a permit therefor, and all signs erected
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under such permits shall be erected under supervision
of the Building Inspector, and all electrical con-
nections in illuminated signs shall be inspected and
approved by the City Electrician before it shall be
lawful to operate said signs. All wiring to be done
according to the rules and regulations of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, and in conformity with the
charter and ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, pro-
vided, that the right herein given for erection, use
and maintenance of advertising signs shall not be a
Permanent or vested right, and said permits shall be
obtained and signs erected subject to the right of
the City of Fort Worth to further regulate, restrain
or abolish the use of same if, upon inspection, the
Building Inspector should find that any sign hereafter
erected has not been constructed or erected in a secure
and workmanlike manner, he shall so notify the person
or persons who constructed or erected such sign, either
in writing or by parole, and it shall be the duty of
such person or persons to immediately comply with such
notice. Any sign erected, used or maintained in vio-
lation of this article shall constitute a nuisance and
if the owner fails to remove the same after having been
notified, he shall be subject to penalties hereinafter
provided.
That the permits above referred to shall be
issued to contractors in pads in triplicate form, by
the City Building Inspector; that the contractor shall
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issue one copy of the permit to the foreman in charge
of the erecting crew, keep one copy on file in his of-
fice and return one copy to the Building Inspector each
day at the close of business.
SECTION 38-A
That hereafter all persons, firms or corpora-
tions in the City of Fort Worth desiring to make or
erect signs for other persons shall be required to make
application to the Building Inspector and the City
Secretary for license to make and erect signs within
the City of Fort Worth and upon the execution of a
good and sufficient bond in the sum of one thousand
($1,000.00) dollars payable to the City of Fort Worth
and upon the payment of a fee of .10.00 a permit shall
be rendered to said person, firm or corporation au-
thorizing him to make and erect signs within the said
city. The said license shall expire on the 31st day
of December next succeeding the date of its issuance.
SECTION II
Any person, firm, corporation, agent or any
member of any firm, or the officers and directors of
any corporation, violating any section of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof in the Corporation Court shall be
fined in any sum not less than $5.00 and not more than
$50.00; provided, that it shall also be an offense for
any person, firm, corporation or agent and any member
or any firm and the officers and directors of any
corporation, who shall be notified by the Building In-
spector to repair or remove or alter any sign in the
City of Fort Worth to fail to do so within five days
after receiving such notice, subject to the penalty
above provided, and provided also that each"dayts
failure to obey such notice after the expiration of
five days from the receipt thereof, shall constitute
a separate offense.
SECTION III
Should any section or part of a section of
this ordinance be declared invalid by a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
other and remaining sections or parts of sections of
this ordinance, which parts and sections shall remain
In full force and effect.
SECTION IV
This ordinance is intended to be cumulative
of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth re-
garding signs and no other ordinances or parts of or-
dinances are repealed except those in direct conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION V
This ordinance shall take effect and be in .
full force from and after the date of its passage and
publication as rewired by law.
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