(A) (1) No sign shall be erected, altered or relocated without a permit issued by the Building Department except as otherwise provided herein.
(2) Where electrical permits are required, they shall be obtained at the same time as the sign permit.
(3) Application for a permit shall be made upon forms provided by the Building Department and shall include the following information:
(a) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
(b) Location of the building, structure or parcel of property to which, or upon which, the sign is to be attached or erected;
(c) Position of sign in relation to nearby buildings, structures, street grade, easements and overhead utilities;
(d) Two copies of plans and specifications showing method of construction, location and support, sealed by a registered architect or structural engineer;
(e) Sketch showing sign faces, exposed surfaces and proposed message thereof accurately represented in scale as to size, proportion and color;
(f) Name of person, firm, corporation or association erecting the sign;
(g) Written consent of the owners of the building, structure or land on or to which the sign is to be erected; and
(h) Such other information as the Building Inspector shall require to show full compliance with this and all other laws and ordinances of the village.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector, who shall be the enforcing officer, upon the filing of an application for a permit, to examine the plans and specifications, the premises upon which it is proposed to erect the sign or other advertising structure, and other date; and if it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter, and all other ordinances of the village, he or she shall then issue the permit. If the work authorized under the permit has not been completed within six months after date of issuance, the permit shall become null and void.
(C) Every applicant, before being granted a permit hereunder, shall pay the following permit fee for each sign to the Village Clerk:
Costs of Construction | Permit Fee |
$0 - $499 | $50 |
$500 - $4,999 | $100 |
Any project exceeding $5,000 | 3% of the cost of said project |
(Ord. 87-477, passed 4-6-1987; Ord. 14-1097, passed 2-27-2014)