(A) The Building Commissioner may suspend the sign license of any person for any of the following reasons:
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of this Building Code;
(2) Misrepresentation of a material fact in obtaining or renewing such license;
(3) Failure to secure the permits, inspections and approvals required by this Building Code;
(4) Use of such license to obtain a permit for another;
(5) Failure or refusal to correct promptly an installation or part thereof which has been made in an incompetent or improper manner, after notice thereof has been given by a duly appointed inspector of the Division of Building Inspection, or which is in violation of any of the provisions of this Building Code;
(6) Conviction of a felony involving the moral character of the licensee; provided that, such suspension or revocation is deemed necessary to the public interest; and
(7) For any other valid reason adversely affecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city.
(B) Written notice of such suspension, signed by the Commissioner, shall be mailed to the address of the licensee as given in the application for the license. If the licensee lives outside the city or cannot, after reasonable search, be located, such notice shall be mailed or handed to his agent or employee. No person shall perform any work under such license, except such work as may be authorized by the Commissioner to complete properly or make safe any work which may have been authorized by a permit issued under such license.
(C) When a sign license is denied or suspended by the Commissioner, the person affected may appeal to the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals. Notice of intention to appeal shall be filed with the Commissioner within ten days after a license has been denied or suspended. In addition to the authority of such Board as set forth in the 1973 Akron Building Code, the Board may revoke the sign license of the appellant or authorize the discontinuance to the appellant of building permits for Class J structures and devices as classified in the Building Code, for any of the reasons listed in division (A) above.
(D) Failure to file a notice of intention to appeal within the time herein specified shall constitute a plea of guilty by the person affected to the charges or reasons for the denial or suspension of such license and shall be construed as an admission by such person that the denial or suspension of such license is justifiable. In such case, such license shall become null and void.
(E) When a notice of intention to appeal is filed within the ten days specified in this section, then the appeal shall be heard and disposed of as provided for in the Charter.
(F) When a sign license is denied a person or when such license is suspended and a notice of appeal is filed with the Commissioner and such notice is not transmitted to the members of the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals or the Board fails to render a decision in the time specified in this chapter, then the license which has been denied shall be granted or the license which has been suspended shall be restored when application is made for the same to the Commissioner.
(Prior Code, § 1430.09)