Sec. 326.203. - Roof signs.

(a) No roof sign shall be placed on the roof of a building so as to prevent the free passage from one part of the roof to another part thereof or to interfere with openings in the roof and no roof sign shall project beyond the edge of the roof. Except when erected parallel to and within four feet of the edge of the roof on a street frontage, a roof sign shall be constructed to provide accessibility for firefighters and to leave a clear space of not less than four feet between the roof level and the lowest part of the sign structure and not less than five feet of clearance between the vertical supports thereof. A roof sign erected within four feet of the edge of the roof on the street frontage of a building may extend from the level of the roof if it is limited in width to 50 percent of the street frontage. (b) Roof signs shall be constructed entirely of metal and structural members shall be not less than one-fourth of an inch thick unless they are noncorrosive or galvanized, except that floor planks of catwalks or platforms and battens behind metal facings may be supported on steel framing or columns or masonry walls and shall not be permitted to be supported by wooden construction. (c) Roof signs shall not exceed 35 feet in height above the roof level upon which the sign is erected. (d) Roof signs shall be securely anchored to the building or structural framing with galvanized or noncorrosive metal anchors, bolts, chains, stranded cables, rods or braces. Bolts shall be not less than one-half of an inch and galvanized. (Ord. 71-342-174; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-1201-663, § 6; Ord. 2001-1160-E, § 14) Editor's note— Section 3 of Ord. 80-611-278 waived the provisions of this Section for the purposes of the "Neighborhood Watch Program" authorized by § 1 of Ord. 80-611-278. Note— Former § 900-1604.4; § 334.204; § 326.204 .