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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14 20.
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)
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20.7.5 Structure and installation
A.   Authority. The construction of signs shall be
     enforced and administered by the Building
                                                            FIGURE 20-B: RACEWAY CABINET EXAMPLES
     Authority. All signs and advertising structures
     must be designed to comply with the
     provisions of this article and applicable                 D. Materials. All permanent signs allowed by
     provisions of Chapter 6 of the City of Portland                this article must be constructed of durable
     Code of Ordinances and constructed to                          materials capable of withstanding
     withstand wind loads, dead loads, and lateral                  continuous exposure to the elements and
     forces.                                                        must be permanently attached to the
     B.   Electrical features. Where electrical                     ground, a building, or another structure by
          service is provided to freestanding signs or              direct attachment to a rigid wall, frame, or
          landscape wall signs, all such electrical                 structure.
          service must be placed be underground
          and concealed. Electrical service to             20.7.6 Sign maintenance
          building-mounted signs, including conduit,       All signs must be maintained by any property owner,
          housings, and wire, must be concealed or,        lessor, lessee, manager, agent, or other person
          when necessary, painted to match the             having lawful possession or control over a building,
          surface of the structure upon which they         structure, or parcel of land, in a condition or state
          are mounted. An electrical permit shall be       of equivalent quality to which was approved or
          issued prior to installation of any new signs    required by the City. All signs together with their
          requiring electrical service.                    supports and appurtenances must be maintained in
     C.   Raceway cabinets. Raceway cabinets, as           good structural condition, in compliance with
          illustrated in Figure 20-B, shall only be used   applicable provisions of Chapter 6 of the City of
          in building-mounted signs when access to         Portland Code of Ordinances, and in conformance
          the wall behind the sign is not feasible,        with this article. Maintenance of a sign includes
          shall not extend in width and height             periodic cleaning, replacement of flickering, burned
          beyond the area of the sign, and shall           out, or broken light bulbs or fixtures, repair or
          match the color of the building to which it      replacement of any faded, peeled, cracked, or CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 20-15 SIGNS