No billboard, signboard or sign, or other similar structure such as described in this chapter, shall be erected or painted within the city unless a permit therefor shall first have been secured by the person desiring to erect or maintain such billboard, signboard or sign from the City Clerk, to whom application for such permit shall be made; and the application shall be accompanied by plans and specifications of the proposed billboard, signboard or signs, and the location of the same. If the plans and specifications accompanying the application shall be in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, the Building Inspector shall thereupon approve the same and the City Clerk shall issue a permit for the erection of such billboard, signboard or sign upon the payment by the applicant of a fee.
(Prior Code, § 114.035) Penalty, see § 10.99