(a) Except as provided in this code, it shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, enlarge, move, or alter any sign in the City of Brookville, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining, from the Zoning Administrator, a sign permit for each such sign.
(b) A permit is not required for a change of copy on any change panel sign, nor for the repainting, cleaning and other normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure for which a permit has previously been issued, so long as the sign or sign structure is not modified in any way.
(c) No new permit is required for signs which have permits and which conform with the requirements of this Ordinance on the date of its adoption unless and until the sign is altered or relocated.
(d) Every sign permit issued by the Zoning Administrator shall become null and void if erection of the sign is not completed within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of such permit.
(e) No permit for a sign issued hereunder shall be deemed to constitute permission or authorization to maintain an unlawful sign nor shall any permit issued hereunder constitute a defense in an action to abate an unlawful sign.
(a) Application for a permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator upon a form provided by the Zoning Admininstrator and shall be accompanied by such information and drawings as may be required to assure compliance with all appropriate provisions of this Ordinance.
(b) Fees for permits shall be established by City Council, and shall be paid at the time of filing of an application for permit.
(a) The Zoning Administrator shall issue a permit for the erection, alteration or relocation of a sign within the City of Brookville when an application has been properly made and the sign complies with all other provisions of this Ordinance. The Zoning Administrator shall formally grant or deny a sign application within thirty (30) days after the date an application is filed. The Zoning Administrator shall give written notice to the applicant of the denial of the sign permit, and shall provide a written statement of the reasons for the denial of the sign permit. Appeal may be taken to the Board of Zoning Appeals from the Zoning Administrator's denial of a sign permit.
(a) The Zoning Administrator may revoke a sign permit in the event the sign is not in compliance with this Ordinance, or when the permit was issued on the basis of misstatement of fact or fraud in the application for the permit.
(Ord. 2016-15. Passed 5-16-17.)