HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-1447 ORDINANCE NO. NV 1
AN ORDINANCE pertaining to licenses and business regulations; regulat-
ing advertising signs and adopting specifications for
billboards; amending Section 5.06.240 of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.06.240 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.06.240 Billboard specifications. (a) All bill or sign-
boards hereafter erected shall conform to the following require-
ments.
(b) The height above the established grade of any bill or
sign board erected upon uprights or other supports, shall not
exceed thirty-five (35) feet, nor shall the total vertical post
ing space exceed fifteen (15) feet in height, nor shall any sign
or billboard exceed seven hundred fifty (750) square feet in area.
(c) There shall be at least eighteen (18) inches of space
in height between the ground and the bottom facing of the board.
(d) There shall be maintained on every bill or signboard
in printed letters the name of the person, firm or corporation
owning or in charge thereof. Every bill or sign board shall be
securely built and firmly anchored and maintained in a safe con-
• dition. All such bill and signboards heretofore erected shall
be maintained in a safe condition."
Fee'A 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this day
of (/) ' s , 1972.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk