Section 27-506. Temporary signs  


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  • (a) Materials. Temporary signs not more than
      five  hundred  square  feet  in  area  may be constructed of combustible
      materials. Temporary signs more than one hundred  square  feet  in  area
      shall  be  made  of  rigid  materials with rigid frames. Temporary signs
      shall be securely attached to their supports, and shall  be  removed  as
      soon  as they are torn or damaged, but in no case later than thirty days
      after their erection.
        (b) Limitations. Temporary signs of combustible  materials  shall  not
      extend  more  than  one  foot  over, or into, a street, except that when
      permitted by the department  of  transportation,  temporary  banners  or
      signs  of combustible materials may be suspended from buildings or poles
      to extend across streets, and except that temporary signs of combustible
      materials constructed without a frame may be attached flat  against,  or
      suspended  from  the  fascia  of  a canopy or marquee, provided that the
      lowest part of any such sign is at least nine feet above the  ground  or
      sidewalk level.