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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
12
An ordinance governs billposting in San Antonio Texas, licensing, locations, construction and maintenance of billboards, with penalties for violations. It sets a $100 annual license fee, a $15 000 bond for billboard builders, and requires permits, strict placement rules, and prohibitions on obscene ads.
The notice outlines construction standards for billboards in San Antonio including stringers, frame sizes, and galvanized surfaces. It requires structural engineer plans, permits, setbacks, open space beneath boards, inspections, nuisance abatement, and fines for violations. It also covers enforcement by the Building Inspector and universal compliance timelines.
Special notice outlines an ordinance adding license and bond requirements for contractors under the 1914 sidewalk and curbing ordinance. It combines sections, sets construction standards, permits, and penalties and details base, cushion, materials, and concrete specifications for sidewalks as enforced by the City Engineer.
The document outlines cutting joints in new concrete sidewalks, tamping and re-tamping within twenty minutes, and filling with sand or using steel joints for certain cases. It specifies top wearing surface mix, marking tools, expansion joints every fifty feet, and reinforced edging and curb guidelines. It also covers contractor duties, city engineer authority, permits, and notice requirements, with precise dimensions for curbing and sections.
The document details sidewalk curb and gutter construction standards including excavation depth, foundation, and tamping, timber forms and templates, concrete mix ratios, wearing surfaces, and protection during cure. It also covers wooden curb provisions, concrete curb and gutter specifications, and licensing and bond requirements for contractors.
City ordinances require applicants for contractor licenses to file with the City Clerk detailing full names, management and ownership, past experience, and compliance with city rules. The City Engineer can approve or withhold approval, with further action by the Commissioner of Taxation and the City Commission. A two thousand dollar bond is required, with penalties for noncompliance and safety obligations including indemnity for the city.
The ordinance updates authorize City Engineer led corrections to public sidewalk curb work, licensing and bonds for utilities, maintenance guarantees for two years, permit procedures, and penalties. It sets permit fees, ground markings, and standards for four foot wide sidewalks with curbings, plus extensions across alleys and material allowances with written approval.
The text shows an ordinance amendment from September 18 1916 in San Antonio noting Section Fifteen clarifying conflict with state law and interpretation rules. It states the amendment preserves other provisions and makes cross references inclusive of singular and plural as well as person firm or corporation and preserves cumulative remedies. The document is signed by Mayor and City Clerk Fred Fries.
A late Tuesday night altercation in the 600 block on West Houston Street left Frank Halamuda slashed in the left arm, C Tindel knocked down, and George Knowlton battered. Knowlton jailed for disturbing the peace. Other notices include a hay theft report, doctors and lawyers ads, a Palestine lecture, and a social dance event at Fest Hall on September 23.
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