96.03 Awnings and Canopies Over Sidewalks
96.03 AWNINGS AND CANOPIES OVER SIDEWALKS
No person shall erect, construct, or maintain over, along, or across any sidewalk along any street, alley, or thoroughfare within the city, any awning, shed, suspended canopy, marquee, cover, or other suspended structure, except a temporary canvas or woven cloth awning hinged with iron frame hinges to a building, without a permit from the Board of Public Works. Before any awning, shed, suspended canopy, or marquee, or any other structure may be erected over or maintained over a sidewalk along a street, alley, or thoroughfare, the owner or occupant of the building and entrance in the front of which it is to be erected, shall submit the plans and specifications for the construction and the manner of maintenance to the Board of Public Works for investigation and approval. Only on the approval of the plans by the Board shall the same be constructed. A permanent awning, shed, suspended canopy, or marquee made of metal or other fireproof material may be erected and maintained over sidewalks along a street, alley, or thoroughfare, immediately in front of the entrance to any hotel or theater if it does not extend more than 12 feet on either side of the center line of the entrance to the building and the height is not less than 12 feet above the sidewalk at the lowest point of the structure. (‘72 Code, 4.03) (Ord. 853-1926) Penalty, see 10.99
More Categories:
- 96.01.01 Definitions
- 96.01 Obstructing Streets
- 96.02 Merchandise on Sidewalks
- 96.04 Gates Along Sidewalks
- 96.10 Excavations
- 96.11 Streets Under Repair
- 96.12 Installation of Utilities When Paving Street
- 96.13 Applicable Laws
- 96.14 Public Utility Master Plan
- 96.20 Barbed Wire Fences
- 96.21 Debris on Streets
- 96.22 Spitting on Sidewalk
- 96.23 Water From Downspouts
- 96.24 Cleaning Sidewalks
- 96.25 Damaging Streets and Sidewalks
- 96.26 Portable Engines on Streets
- 96.30 Building Numbering
- 96.35 Voluntary Curb and Sidewalk Partnership Prog