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(1) Materials. All anchorage, chains, cables or rods supporting or bracing projecting signs shall be of a noncorrosive material or protected in a manner acceptable to the Building Official. The dead load and the loads due to wind pressure shall be supported by structural shapes, chains, cables, or guy rods. Lateral supports shall be spaced not more than eight feet apart. Turnbuckles or other approved means of adjustment shall be placed in all chains, cables or rods supporting or bracing projecting signs. (2) Method. Complete information regarding the proposed method of support and attachment or projecting signs shall be submitted with the application for the permit. No staples or nails shall be used to secure any projecting sign to any building or other stricture. No part of a projecting sign shall be supported from an unbraced parapet wall. 1329.15 NONCONFORMING SIGNS. A sign which is nonconforming on the effective date of this chapter which does not conform with the regulations of this or a subsequent amendment, shall be deemed a nonconformity. (a) Statement Purpose. The purpose of this chapter, in addition to providing specific standards for the design, construction and erection of every new graphic, sign, marquee, canopy and awning is to cause every graphic or other sign in violation of any provision of this chapter to be removed, altered or replaced so as to conform with the provisions of this chapter. (b) Authority to Continue Existing Nonconformities. Any permanent graphic, sign, marquee, canopy or awning, as defined in Section 1329.03, other than a temporary sign, which is deemed to be a nonconformity, which was erected pursuant to a City permit and in place on the effective date of this chapter, and which remains or becomes a nonconformity upon the adoption of this chapter or any subsequent amendment thereto, may be continued only in accordance with the following regulations: (1) Repairs. Ordinary repairs and nonstructural alterations may be made to a nonconforming sign. No structural alterations shall be made in, to or upon such nonconforming sign, except those required by law to make the sign conform to the regulations of this chapter. (2) Additions and enlar eg ments. A nonconforming sign shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner, except to make the sign conform to the regulation of this chapter. (3) Moving. No nonconforming sign shall be moved in whole or in part to any other location unless such sign, and the use thereof, is made to conform to all regulations of this chapter. (4) Restoration of damaged nonconforming signs. A nonconforming sign which is destroyed or damaged by fire or other cause to the extent that the cost of restoration will exceed sixty percent (60 %) of the original cost of such sign, shall not be restored unless it is made to conform to all the regulations of this chapter, or any subsequent amendment thereto. In the event that such damage or destruction is less than sixty percent (60 %) of the original cost of such sign, no repairs or construction shall be made unless such restoration is started within six months from the date of the partial destruction and is diligently pursued to completion.