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Home My WebLink AboutNov 25, 1924:128 ! A special meeting o£ ~he city coun~~ icil o.f th,e ,city o£ Columbia Heights~; 'was lleld in Coli~m'bia School Tues-i · day evening, NOV. 25th 1924.' r~he: ~was called 'to order by Maybr ~[or~.: '.Roll call found councilman Led-- wein aibsent. Bills were us follows':i.' )Mpls G~eneral El,cc Co...: ......... .$242.73~. ;Columbia 'Heights Recor,& ...... g.21.85: Columbia Heights Fire Dept :L/.29.00~ '.Postage ..................................... ~.' 1.00' Hazel Trucker ..Z .......... '..~ ....... .g_.50.00 '~Leonard Keyes . ............. - ....... .~...62.501 Jacob H. Heller ' ;/75.001 )~I. M. Burrow's ........... [ ........ ..v:..15 Mrs. J. Gould .... [ ............... ;~ ...... 2.0t~ ;b. S0re'nsbn ........................... [.2.].14.001 :Mrs. Gust Andersox/ ......... :[L.[ ..... 2.00! Wm. Leitch ............ ......... ....... ~./..83.3~ i,Carl HelTMick ........................~. 20: 00! A. E. Sundburg ............. ! ........ .g.~12.25! 'Oran. ts 'and Falls Parts Co..X...ll.00! !'0ust Ande;son . .................... ?._24.451 MOved by Ostrander, se, con;d~ed byI Burgoyne that bills be allowed as! ' Application.'for ~o01 and .billard'$' ihall license was read an.d-a motion. made'by councilwoman' Ostrand'er tha~ license be refused. Mction lost. ?, i Marion 'by Karrow seconded by '.Burgc~yne that request, o[' 5~r.,~, O~l- ,i !~braith be l'eft o,pen:u'ntil next..neetlng [ i 'R011 'call; Ayes-mi(arroTM, Burgoy- :~ - :ne, Morton. ,Ostrander Vo~ing no. ' I1' ! A communication was' read from.] 19he Greswol,& Safety .and S~gnal Co. :I "in regard to StOp and Go signal to' be ~ i placed at 40¢h ave.. ~[nd c~ntral. 1 ' !After ~emarks a motio,n was made by, ~ tha~ .seconded ,by .Burgoyn. e, i i the .motion to have a Stop and Oo.[~ ~1 Signal be reconsidered, and laid overt until next sprin, g. '.: Roll ~call Ayes--I(~rrow and Bur- goyne; Nays--Ostrander and M6rt0n. Karrow withdrew this .motion and made a motion th~ city be authori- zed .to cancel ~he order'~or the Stop ' an~c~' Go signal. Roll call, Aye~---t(arrow, .'~urgoy- ne,. Morton; .No 0strander. 'Communications were read fram Northern Sta~e~ .power .Co., Univer-I sity of Minne%o[a, and ~tate Fire In- surance Com:mi~sion. The .Billboard 'ordinance, No. 27 h'ad its second reading. M0~ion by it[arrow that or,d. inancei No. 27, ,be adopted, seconded . 0strander, carried. '. Amendment to Ordinance No.. 23,i ha.d its f.irst, reading. ' Karrow introd,,ced .the followingI resolution, and moved .for its tion: 'Be it resolved by the City Co.uncil: 0~at the City Manager be authorized, :upon the approval ,of CounW' Engi- neer, on.eur~ and g~tter, to pay the sum of~4,~00.00 ,to ou~t HUltman, curb and gutter contractor, seconded by Ostrander, carried, i - Ostrander -offered: .bite .following [ resolution and moved for xts ado~)- ':t¥0.n b~,;the City council Of tli~"City"o't~ I Co,._lnmlJ}~.He. ights:.~hat ~he city l~I. aha3 i ger .be authorized to take up such ,i village warrants, as is proper w~eord- 'lng to the money received· from' .coUn:ty ,Treasup~r on or about Dec. ist, 1924. : · Carried. ~Iotion. made and carribil~ .*,hat meeting be adjourned.. Mrs. J. Gould, ,0 .. Relating to .and ~egulati~g the erection, maintenance and 'use of bill-· ~oards in the City of Columbia ~eights:-- Section I. 'Ho ,person, firm, or corporation shall; in th9 City o£ Colum,bia Heights erect or recons- .tru. ct any .billboard without .first securing a p~rmit so to do from the inspector of bgilqiings, .for which one (1) ,dollar will be collected 'for each permit in accordance v/ith the pro- visions of this ordi;nance. The term billboard shall, lot the .purpose of this ordinance include all structures which are erected, maiff- rained 0r used for public ,display of ,posters, painted signs or' reading ~natter, excepting such as'--are at- ,tached to the ro6fs orwalls of build- ings an, d excepting also .such as are less than forty (40) square feet i.n area. No. single billboard shall excee'd twelve (12) feet from the lower edge to the upper edge, and an avera.gp open space at least ihirty (30) inches in freight shall be kept and .~/nain- tained between th~ bott'o,m, edge of :my such billboard an, O, the level of the ground., No billb0ard shall' be placed at a le~s distance than' three . ('3) feet from any building, proyided ihowe~e~; that in granting 'a permit :.f0r.ere~ting a billboar;d, tile Building' i Inspector a.nd the Fire Marshal, at. :lheir' discretion, may or.may I~ot "require au open space of-not,to ex- ceed three (g'). feet t~ be left ,be- :tWeen said billboard and a~ adjoining: .building. am[l wherefi_ver any bi!l_~oard . (is erected on a.corner lot witlHn'~im--] i"fire limits" of the City of Col.um~oia ~ITeights or any corner w:it.hin ' ~he Cry .facing.on a street on w, hich timre is a carline br across which a rail- road trackruns, i.f 's~TM track is with- i in: fifty (50) feet of said Corner lot, i such billboard Shall be set back from ithe corner of the,street at, least i twenty-five (25) feet. ' ; Each and every person, firm or 'corporation to whom a permit is is- sued .roi' the erection of a billboard shall, during such time as such, bill- 'board is maintained, keep it in goodt repair, and iua safe and stabIe con- dttiom Section 2. Every person, firm or corporation to w,hom a permit for the .'erection of a billboard is gra.nted byI ithe Inspector of Buildings shall .paintI :h~s or thmr name ~n .plato mght a ] !the top of shch billb0ar'd; ~ogethefl iwith the number~pf the permit 'sol lissued, and preliminary gran't-1 !ina .of, such permit by the Inspector l i'of .Buildings, shall furnish to said Inspector ·specifications giving, the [proposed location, size and .manner l of ,e. onstructi0n: 9£, .s. uch_~:iJ!boa, fd'_ to post or dqsplay on any billboard or advertising sigr., any indecent, im- mdral or l'qscivious,Picture or design'i such 'as would exercise an im:mo,ral or improper influence on~ th~ minds of children or yonth. ,Section 4~ ]Every person, fi'~m or corporation erecting any.~billboard within the City of Colombia Heights shall forthwith take away and re- lnove from ~Be 'lot on which it is e~ected any and ail ~lebris, such as · waste bills, posters or. other rubbish of any mature. ,. .Section 5. Whenever any bill- board is .found to be. in an unsafe [condition by the Inspector o'f Build- :ings, he shall notify tile person, firm 'or corporation, ,maiutaining such bill- 'board to take down .or repair Che same. ' Sectibn The continued viola- any proTision of this ord- ~mance shall be and constitute a Isepar~te offence, 'under this oral- ina.ncc for each a~ld. every day ~uch lviolation shall continue. ; Section 7. Each and every pec- ?'tion ~of this o.rdimfn~ce Shall be con- sidered as having been independontl~ l.i)assed by itself, and shall in no way ibe considered as an~]nducement to [.the passage of any other section. Section 8. A, ny person who shall .violate any provision of this ord- inance shall be subject, upon con- viction thereof, to a' fine of not less than twenty~five dollars ($25.00) Or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for every of, fence, or upon failure to pay such fine, ta imP?is- ionme~{t not excee:ling ninety (90) · days. -, ;' Section 9. Alt ordinances, or . part of ordi,nances, inconsistent with.] {the ,provisions. of this ordinance are! I hereby repealed. ' ~I Section 10. This ordinance slialll ttake effect an be in force thirty (30) 'days after ifs publication. ~ ~irst reading Nov. 11, 1924. 'Second reading Xov. 25, 1924. Passed Nov. 25, 1924. Mayor 5~'s. J. Gould Sec't to council ,