§ 895-3. General Requirements.  


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  • Every outdoor advertising sign shall:

    (a)

    Be securely affixed to a substantial structure, and in the case of wall signs, securely affixed to a building.

    (b)

    Be maintained, clean and in good repair, and the painted portions of such signs shall be periodically repainted and kept in good condition.

    (c)

    Be constructed in accordance with the Cincinnati Building Code, except for advertising benches, and the Cincinnati Zoning Code.

    (d)

    Not be maintained or affixed to any building that has been declared by the director of buildings and inspections as dangerous and unsafe and a public nuisance or that has been ordered vacated and barricaded and that has been found open to trespassers by reason of the failure of the owner to maintain the building securely barricaded. The holder of the outdoor advertising sign permit for such sign shall be given 30 days notice of the order of the director of buildings and inspections prior to any action to enforce this provision.

(C.M.C. 895-3; ordained by Ord. No. 65-1989, eff. Mar. 25, 1989; a. Ord. No. 384-1991, eff. Oct. 18, 1991; a. Ord. No. 186-1996, eff. June 12, 1996; a. Ord. No. 0226-2007, § 4, eff. July 6, 2007)