Subject: 10624/Code/3-22/Maintenance of Signs
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 10:37:00 -0500


                               ORDINANCE NO. 10624
                   
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, 
                   PART II, CHAPTER 3, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 
                   3-22 RELATIVE TO MAINTENANCE OF OFF-PREMISE 
                   SIGNS.
                   
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              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, 
         Chapter 3, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new 
         section 3-22 as follows:
                Sec. 3-22.  Maintenance of Off-premise Signs and 
                Sign Structures.
                
                     All off-premise signs shall be properly 
                maintained.  Off-premise signs which are not 
                properly maintained are declared to be a nuisance 
                and are subject to removal in accordance with the 
                provisions of this Chapter.  Rusted surfaces 
                and/or components of signs shall be promptly 
                repaired.  Exposed surfaces of signs shall be 
                clean and painted if paint is required.  Defective 
                parts of signs shall be replaced.  The Sign 
                Inspector shall order the removal of any 
                off-premise sign which is defective, damaged or 
                substantially deteriorated pursuant to Article I 
                of this Chapter.  For the purposes of this section 
                3-22, "sign" shall include signs and their 
                supporting structures.
                
              	   BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall take 
         effect two weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
         
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading October 7, 1997.      s/_______________________________
              	   	     	       	    	  CHAIRPERSON
         
              	   	     	       APPROVED:__X__ DISAPPROVED:______
         
              	   	     	       DATE:___October 9, 1997.
         
         
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              	   	     	       	    	     MAYOR
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