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ORDINANCE NO. 4 , 1931
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO SIGNS, AWNINGS AND THE
DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE OVER OR UPON SIDEWALKS AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 11 1912,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS.
Section 1. No person shall, in this City, set
up or cause to be set up, any sign or sign boa that extends
over or upon any sidewalk more than two (2) feet from the inside
line thereof, except electrical or other illuminated signs, cost-
ing more than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, and all of said signs
shall be approved by the Building Inspector, provided, however,
no electrical sign shall extend more than eight (8) feet from the
property line or be placed lower than twelve (12) feet above the
sidewalk, except such signs as are provided for in Ordinance No.
1931. No person or persons shall suspend any merchandise
in front of any house, or building so that the same shall project
to any extent over or upon any sidewalk, and no person or persons
shall exhibit or deposit any merchandise or other property upon
any sidewalk in this City, provided, however, the provisions of
this ordinance shall not prevent merchants from using said side-
walk when receiving or shipping goods and such occupancy for
said purpose shall not be for a longer period than two (2)
consecutive hours and at least two-thirds (2/3) of the sidewalk
shall be kept clear for the public use at all times.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 1, 1912 and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ord-
inance, are hereby repealed.
Section 3. In the opinion of the City Council
an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health,
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peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage and publication, under and by virtue of the
authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the
City Charter.
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at a regular
meeting of the City Council, held the 9th day of October, A D.
19310
Commissioner of Safety and Ex-Officio
Mayor.
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City Clerk.
STATE OF COLORADO )
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County of Larimer )
I, A. J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the
City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the
foregoing Ordinance, consisting of three (3) Sections, was
duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 9th day of October, A D. 1931, and
was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper
of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members
of the City Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Irticle IV of the City
Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit. the 13th day of October,
A D. 1931, said Ordinance No. 4 was duly published in the
Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in
the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 13th day of
October, A D. 1931.
City Clerk.