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~truct or to cause ct permit to be erected or constructed, any advertising structure of a surface~sign.space of more than ten (10) feet six (8) inches in height. An ornamental moulding or cornice not to exceed two (2) feet in width be placed around the surface sign space and ornamental posts or pilasters may b~ placed at each end of said sign space. Section 6. HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, fiEn or corporation to erect or construct within the City of Santa Ana any advertising structure unless all ~ortions of the base line of the advertising structure thereof be at least eightee~ l@) inches above the surface of the ground upon which the said structure is erected and no portion of such base line shall be more than five (8) feet above the surface of the ground, provided, however, that when the surface of the ground upon which any advertising structure is erected is below the level of the street, then said base line of the advertising structure shall not be more than five (8) feet above the level of the street upon which the structure faces, provided, however, that on lots or premises used for parking stations, automobile service stations or other commercial activities, then the base line of an~advertising structure may be in excess of five (5) feet but not more than ten (lC) feet above the surface of the ground or above the level of the street on which such advertisir structure faces. (b) The space between the base line of the advertising structure and the ground shall be kept clear or there shall be maintained between the base line of the advertising structure and the ground, lattice work running the entire lengtk of the structure, but the members of said lattice work shall be so spaced that the open or clear spaces between the members shall be at least equal to the greate~ width of any member thereof. Sub-pilasters or orns~nental brackets-may be placed between the base line and the ground but shall not be over two (2) feet in width ~nd shall not be nearer than ten (10) feet from the center to center. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any advertising structure the full length of which is fastened to or the vertical supports of which a~e placed against the side or wall of a building. Section 7. SBECIFICATIONS. All advertising structures with an advertising surface in excess of thirty (30) square feet shall be constructed according to the following specifications: The surface of the advertising structure shall be securely fastened to a framework, the posts or uprights of which shall be redwood not less than four (4) inches by six (6) inches in dimensions, said posts to be spaced not more than eight (8) feet spart and shall extend to the top of the advertising structure, said posts to be set nQt less than three (3) feet in the ground and the earth about them shall be securely.tamped into place. ~The material which comprises the surface of the advertising structure shall be securely attached to wooden stringers which stringers shall run continuously the entire length of the structure. There shall not be less than one (1) stringer, two (~) inches by £our (4).inches in dimensions for each four (4) 2eot or fraction thereof that the surface of such advertising structure is in height; provided, however, that when the advertising surface of an advertising Structure does not exceed ten (10) feet, six ~(6) inches in height, three (3) two (2) inch by six (6) inch. wood®n stringers may be employed. Each wooden stringer shall be attached to each post with three (3) 30d nails. The ~ertical posts shall be braced ~y wooden braces two (2) inches by six (6) inches in dimensions, one brace to eac~upost; each brace to be securely attached to the top or within two (2) feet of the top of each post with three (~) 40d nails. The lower end of each brace shall be securely attached with three (3) 40~ nails to be a redwood anchor post not less than four (4) inches by siX (6) inches by five (8) feet in dimensions, said anchor post shall be set back of the vertical post a distance equal to one-half (1/2) of the total height of the advertising structure above the ground, and said anchor posts shall be set no less than four (4) feet in the ground and in such a pos~tl~n~ast~ make an angle of approximately ninety ~(95) degrees with the brac. e. A cross-piece fourteen (14) inches long of two ~2) inch by six (6) inch redwood shall be sect~ely nailed with three (3) 30d nails across the back of the lower end of the anchor post and a piec~ of redwood two (2) inches by six (6) inches by eighteen (18) inches in dimensions shall be securely nailed with three (3) 30d nails across the front of the anchor post six (6) inches below the ground surface. Redwood anchor posts not less than four (4) inches by six (6) inches by five (5) feet in dimensions or concrete or steel anchor posts or other types of equal strength may be substituted for the foregoing. Nothing in the section shall be deemed to prohibit the erection of advertising structurew built according to other specifications or other material, which will, in the opinion~of the Building Inspector of the City of Santa Aha, witt stand a wind pressure of twenty (20) pounds per square foot of exposed sur£ace. The specifications herein conained shall not be deemed or construed as applying to any advertising structure the full length of which is securely fastened to or the vertical supports of which are placed against the side of a building and which advertising structure is, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, safely and 'securely built. Section 8. SURFACE OF STRUCTURES. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect or construc$ or to caus® ~r permit to be erected or constru6ted within the City of Santa Ana any advertising structure unless the Surface of the same be built or constructed of metal or other non-combustible mater~al. The framework or standards upon which the structure rests and the ornamental moulding, cornice, braces, pilasters or columns and lattice work may be of wood. g