O-007-32 N7A I SHORES VILLAGE CRDINANCZ NO*
AN ORDMANCE RELAUNG TO BILLBO&RDS AIM LICENSES
THEREFOR AM TAXING THE OWIMS OR MLINTAINERS OF:
BE IT ORDAMED BY MIAMI SHORES VITI-AGE:
Section 1, It shall be unlawful to erect or cause to be erect-
edg In the Villages any billboard of four hundred square
feet or more in area.
Section 2, It shall be unlawful* without first obtaining a
permit from the Village Council and paying a tax of $1.00
per five lineal feet ( or fraotionitherieof) of such bill-
boards hereby levieds to erect or cause to be erectedg in
the Village, any billboard of thirty square feet or more
in area, and no permit shall be granted for a billboard to
extend more than fourteen feet in height from the ground#
nor to have a space of less than four feet between the
lower edge of said board and the ground 9 nor wbich shall
be nearer than six feet to any building or property line
or nearer than fifteen feet to any street.
Section 3* It shall be unlawful to ereot,or cause to be erect-
edsany billboard at any location within three hundred f�et
of Biscayne Boulevard ( or United States Highway No. 1) or
within three hundred feet of Northeast Second Avenue# in
the Villages or any billboards at any place in the Village
of materials * design or construction not eminently sound,
safe and proper as det6rmined by the building inspector
and approved by the Village Council*
Section 46 After the notioe hereinafter providedo and lapse
of time for Issuance Of permit# 9 it shall be unlawful v
without having a permit frcm the Village Council and
having paid two-thirds of *the tax hersinbefore imposedt
to maintain or keep .or cause to be maintained or kept #
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any billboard which it would be unlawful to ereat under
any fq;�"
q4,,M_9 Geotiou of this ordinance or any part
of any such foregoing sections providedg that no_p it
shall be granted to maintain or keep a 'billboard which
would not be grantable hereunder for erecting the same. -
Section 5, No permIt shall be granted for any billboard to
be oonstruoted of materialso or to have braees or sup-
ports?which might split , tear or burn during or from the
action of winds, or grass or other fires*
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Seotion 6. No billboards lawfully maintained in the Village $
shall be used to advertise alcoholic liquorst toba000 In
any f0=9 steamship linesp dance hallst night clubst
hotelso tourist campas airplane linest carbonated drinks
or other oommodities or places likely to attract or in-
duoe harmful excursions, aots or indulgences by children
or immature persons.
Seotion 70 Within ten days after the effeotive date hereofe
the Village Manager shall give notice in writing by
mail, to all personst firms and corporations now having "
a,dvertisemen4 on a billboard or maintaining a billboard
or billboards in the Village ( which billboard cr bIlL-
boardsp after the giving of such notioe it would be un
lawful to maintain without a permits as in preeeding
seetians hereof provided), that within thirty days after
date of such notioet all such billboards must be made
to Oonfom with, the provisions of this ordinance and
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permits obtained and tax paid thereforp and the Village
Manager shall keep an official copy of this ordinance
open to Inspection in his office and upon receiving lawful
fee therefor# shall forthwith furnish a certified copy here-
of to any interested party. Said notice shall be effective
from the date of mailing thereofp If addressed either to the
persont, firm. or corporation whose name appears on any such
-billboard as the owner thereofq or to the persons firm or
corporation for whom advertising appears thereon.
Section 8. Permits may be granted only on written applications
filed with the Village Manager* and stating under oath of
a person having knowledge of the factst the fall neme ,
principal bustuess addreass domicile ( and if a corpora-
tions where incorporated and names of officers ) and prin-
oipal business office in Florida of the party who will con-
trol the billboard$ and stating exactly the size* proposed
locations materials and construction of the billboardt hcw
long it will be maintaJned,, and submitting therewith a copy
of the design to be placed thereon, In the discretion of
the Council ,, upon recommendation of the Village Manager, a
sufficient bond may be required of thd applicant to insure
compliance with this ordinance and the razing and removal
of such billboard if and when the same shall be so damaged
by the elements# or otherwise# or shall become so dilapi-
dated that it shall be a menaoe to the safety or welfare
of the Village or any inhabitants thereof. Applications
shall remain on file twenty days during which dbjeotions
to granting of permit may be filed by any interested party
and hearing had thereon*
Section go In the discretion of the- ocamoil no permit
shall be granted to erect or maintain any billboard
without the written consent of all owners of and ton-
ants of buildings or real property situate within four
hundred feet of the locations or proposed location# of
such billboard*
Section loo Arty billboard which shall be so damaged by the
elementst or otherwises or shall beecme so' dilapidated
as to constitute a menace or involve danger to the
safety* peace or welfare of the Village or any Inhab-
Itants thereoft may be condemned by the Building In-
speotor and shall be torn downp after ten dayst notice
by mail in the same manner .given as aforesaid to the
owner or lessee thereoft and ofter his or their failure
within three days thereafter to suitably restore or re-
pair the same ; or in cases of emergenoyt such billboards
may be torn down by the Village without notice and every
person affected by this provisions or othbr provisions
of this ordinance# shall be deemed to erect or maintain
billboards in the Village subject to the terms and opera-
tion of every part hereof*
Section Uo Any persons firm or corporationg who himself or
through anothers shall violate any part of this ordinance ,
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $100,00 'or
by Imprisonment at hard labor on the streets or other wcrks
,of the Villaget or In any lawful placet during not to
exceed thirty dayes or by both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court, and each day on which the or-
dinance Is violated shall be a separate offense,
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Section 12- "Billboard" as used hereing means any strwture
resting# or to rest, In or on the ground and designed
or Intended for the display of advertising thereon
whether gratuitously or for monetary compensation under
any arrangement of sale 9 lease 9 hire or otherwise.
Section 13- Zvery section# clauses sentence and phrase of
this ordimnoe Is severable from the remainder and the
invall4ty or failure to operates of any part hereof
shall in no way or degree impair any other part hereof.
Section 14- This ordinance a 1 take effect up�n passage
and publication In
a newspaper publlsbed in Miamit Florida.
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Regularly passed and adopted by the Council of Miami
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Shores Village* March 22nd 1932.
As Mayor of t1he AVIl§aCigm.
Attest:
As VillAlve'-Wknage and Gllft*6'--
the re of.