San Antonio City Code § 28-41 Erection and maintenance.
Sec. 28-41. - Erection and maintenance.
(a) General. All signs and components thereof shall be erected and maintained in good repair and with the proper and secure structural supports. All signs and their immediate surrounding area shall be kept free of weeds, trash and other refuse. The display surfaces of all signs shall be kept neatly painted or posted. All signs regulated under this chapter shall comply with applicable provisions of chapter 10 of the City Code, the adopted International Building Code including Appendix H, Signs, and the adopted National Electric Code unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Additional/supplemental requirements are provided under this chapter.
(1) No signs shall be erected on or over public property in a manner which interferes with any fire hydrant, traffic light, fire alarm box or street light. Similarly, off-premises signs and on-premises signs shall not be erected in any location where, by reason of traffic conditions, fire, or explosion hazards, the sign would imperil public safety or hamper the functions of the fire department.
(2) All signs shall be securely fastened or anchored to a building wall, structural framing, or other foundation, with a sufficient number of bolts or anchors to resist the stress resulting from the dead weight of the sign and wind loads. The use of staples, wires, and wood plugs in erecting signs is prohibited.
(3) All signs governed by this chapter, excluding electric signs, shall be constructed of durable materials and securely attached to framework and supports made of wood, metal, or other similar material of equivalent strength. On-premises signs may be made of pressed wood. All electric signs shall have metal supports and frames.
(b) Preventing obstructions.
(1) All signs governed by this chapter shall be situated in a manner which does not interfere with or obstruct windows, doors, or other means of exit from a building. No sign shall be supported on or attached to any fire escape, door, or window casing.
(2) On any corner lot on which a front yard is required by the zoning ordinance of the city, no structure, including signs shall be maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line connecting such street lines, at points twenty-five (25) feet from the point of intersection measured along such street lines.
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(3) Signs within the 25-foot triangular area public right-of-way described immediately above are illegal and are subject to removal without prior notification.
(4) Unless permitted by other sections of this chapter, signs within the public right-of-way but outside the 25-foot triangular area described above are presumed illegal and subject to penalties described in this chapter including, but not limited to, sign removal at owner's (if known) expense and other legal means, without prior notification. It is a rebuttable presumption that prior sign placement was legally authorized by this chapter or other legal means. This subsection shall not be interpreted to limit city authority to abate a public danger presented by an otherwise legal structure.
(c) Clear vision area. No sign shall be placed within the clear vision area defined in chapter 35.
(d) Government signs. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or affect the display of insignia, legal notices or informational, directional or traffic signs which are legally required or necessary to the essential functions of government agencies.
(e) Identification. Every sign hereafter erected, constructed or maintained, for which a permit is required and for which engineering is required to obtain a permit, shall be plainly marked with the name of the person, firm or corporation erecting and maintaining such sign (license holder) and shall have affixed on the front thereof the permit number (AP) issued for said sign or other method of identification approved by the director.
(Ord. No. 2017-05-04-0297, § 1(Att. 1), 5-4-17)