Fillmore Municipal Code Ch. 11.20 Signs and Awnings

It is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to extend, suspend, erect, place or maintain, or cause or permit to be extended, suspended, erected or placed any awning, constructed of wood or corrugated iron or like material over any sidewalk or any part of any sidewalk or over any street or any part of any street within the city; provided that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any awning which is constructed of a metal frame and covered with canvas or of steel and glass; and provided that any awning erected within the limits of the city shall be suspended in such a manner that no part of the awning extending across any sidewalk or any part thereof, or across any street or any part thereof shall be less than seven feet above any sidewalk or any street; and provided further that no part of any awning shall project or extend beyond the outer edge of the sidewalk.

(Ord. 70 § 1, 1922)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to construct, erect, maintain or permit to exist any sign, structure, object, thing, billboard or any device for advertising purposes or for any purpose on, upon or over any portion of any street, alley or public place within the city limits; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to signs that do not project from the building to which it is attached and over the sidewalk more than two feet, and are not over twelve inches in width, and not less than nine feet above the sidewalk, nor to signs painted on the front flap of canvas awnings extending over the sidewalk.

(Ord. 438 § 1, 1973: Ord. 70 § 2, 1922)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to paint, post, put up, maintain or display any sign, bill, or poster, picture, lithograph, map, plat, sample or other device or advertisement of any kind upon any wall, window, billboard, fence, post, pole, tree, building or other structure within the city limits without express permission from the occupant, owner, lessee or person having charge or possession thereof.

(Ord. 70 § 3, 1922)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to paint, post, put up, maintain or display any sign, bill, poster, picture, lithograph, map, plat, device or advertisement of any kind, or any slot machine or receptacle for merchandise upon any telephone pole, telegraph pole or electric pole within the city limits.

(Ord. 70 § 4, 1922)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to erect, maintain or construct any structure, device or mechanism for handling, storing, displaying or selling merchandise of any kind so that such structure, device, or mechanism shall at any time stand or be situated more than twenty-four inches from the property line of any premises and on or over the sidewalk of any public street within the city. This section shall not apply to a person lawfully operating as a sidewalk vendor consistent with the requirements of Chapter 7.12 of this code.

(Ord. 70 § 5, 1922)

(Ord. No. 19-901, § 13, 3-26-2019)

It is unlawful for any person to have, keep or maintain any merchandise, weighing machine, scales, slot machine, bicycle rack, advertising structure or device, or any object or structure tending to obstruct travel, on any portion of any sidewalk within the city, other than the portion of such sidewalk which is situated within twelve inches from the property line; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to merchandise while being received or while being shipped, if removed from the sidewalk as soon as possible; and provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who has obtained the written approval of the city manager for display and sale of merchandise on a sidewalk. The city manager may approve such display and sale for a period of not over two days, subject to such reasonable conditions as he may establish for the promotion of public safety and free travel along the sidewalk. This section shall not apply to a person lawfully operating as a sidewalk vendor consistent with the requirements of Chapter 7.12 of this code.

(Ord. 586 § 1, 1986: Ord. 139 § 1, 1935: Ord. 70 § 6, 1922)

(Ord. No. 19-901, § 14, 3-26-2019)