Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1915 — ORDINANCE NO. 164. [ARTICLE]

ORDINANCE NO. 164.

An ordinance by the Common CourX cil of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, prohibiting the uae of overhead sign®, Hignboards. emblems or fixtures for business or professional advertisement on Van Rensselaer street from Harrison street north to the northerly aides of the alleys running in an easterly direction in Blocks 4 and 9 in the original plat of said City.

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, that from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant or any building, or other structure located on Van Rensselaer street from Harrison street north to the northerly sides of the alleys running in an easterly direction in blocks 4 and 9 in the Original Plat of said City, to have suspended from or attached to any such building, or other structure of any part thereof, over and across any portion of said street, any overhead sign, signboard, emblem or fixture used as a business or professional advertisement. The words, "overhead sign, signboard, emblem or fixture” as used in this ordinance shall be construed to mean all parts thereof, including all hangers, posits, rods, brackets and braces, used or intended to be used as a support 111 Immediately upon the passage and publication of this ordinance it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant or any such building or other structure or the owner of any overhead signs, signboards, emblems, or fixtures as herein above described to remove or cause the same to be removed from any such building or other structure, so that no portion thereof shall extend beyond said building or other structure over any portion of said street. Any person, firm or corporation being the owner or occupant of any such building or other structure, or whoever being the owner of any overhead sign, signboard, emblem or other fixture, as described herein, who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one ($1.00) dollar nor more than five (S 5 00) dollars, and each day that sucn overhead sign, signboard, emblem or fixture shall be permitted to remain attached to any building or other structure or any part thereof in violation of the provisions of this section, shall constitute a separate violation hereof. Provided, however, that the provisions of. this ordinance shall not apply to any sign painted on any awning constructed according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 20 of said efty, and entitled, "An ordinance to regulate the heiffhth of awnings along, In front of business houses in the City of laer, Indiana,” ordained and established June 22. 1896, and published in ordinance record No. 1, page 36, of the ordinance. records of said city. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in The Evening Republican, a daily newspaper of circulation, pointed and published in said city, the first of which shall be on the 25th day of May, 1915, and the last on and signed by me this 24 th day of May, Q SP i T LER, Mayor. Passed by the Common °° unc U * Citv of Rensselaer, Indiana, on the 24th day of May, 1915, and approved by the Mayor thereof on the 2#th day of May, 1915 ‘ CHAS. MORL AN, City Clerk. State of Indiana, Jasper County, City of Rensselaer, ss: I, Charles Morlan, Clerk of the City of Rensselaer, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, full and complete copy of an said Ci tv, passed on the 24-th day of May, 1915, and which now remains on my C hand and the official seal of said City of Rensselaer, this 2&th day of May, 1915. (Seal) CHAS. MORLAN, City Clerk.