(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 1282.06 relating to exempt signs, no sign shall be erected in the township until a permit therefore has been obtained in the following manner:
(1) An application in writing shall be made to the Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) by the person desiring the permit;
(2) The application submitted to the CEO shall give full particulars regarding the size, shape, material and supports of the sign as well as a sketch or sketches showing the location of the sign on the building or lot, the distance from the curb line, and the height of the sign. The application shall be sufficiently specific to enable the CEO to determine if the sign complies with this chapter as well as any other ordinance or regulation of the township relating thereto. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee as Township Commissioners may establish from time to time by resolution, which shall be 1.5% of the cost of the sign and its erection, with a minimum fee of an amount set forth by the Board of Commissioners in the fee resolution which shall be for the use of the township and is hereby imposed in order to cover or partially cover the cost of inspection of the work of construction/erection of such sign;
(3) If the person submitting the application is not the owner of the property upon which the sign is to be erected, the written consent of the owner of the property on which the sign is to be erected shall accompany the application; and
(4) Except as otherwise provided in § 1282.06 (exempt signs), whenever any sign or sign face is replaced by another sign, enlarged in any manner, or altered, dismantled, damaged or otherwise destroyed, a permit shall be required as provided in this section before the sign is replaced, enlarged, altered or repaired.
(Ord. 896, passed 12-21-2011)