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(a) All signs and supports shall be installed and maintained subject to the following:
(1) Signs and supports shall be structurally sound, safe and pose no danger to persons or property.
(2) Signs and supports shall be fabricated on and of materials which are good quality, good durability and conform to allowable stresses and temperatures for such materials.
(3) Signs and supports shall be structurally designed to withstand a wind force of seventy-five miles per hour.
(4) Electric wiring shall be installed and maintained according to safe practice and in weatherproof condition.
(5) Signs and supports shall not constitute a blight or deteriorating influence on adjacent or neighboring properties.
(a) All sign framing and supports shall be repaired or repainted as required to preclude blight or deteriorating influence. Any conforming sign or support blown down, destroyed or otherwise involuntarily taken down may be rebuilt, restored or relocated upon obtaining a new permit, complying with this Zoning Ordinance and subject to approval of the Building and Zoning Inspector.
(b) All legally nonconforming signs and supports shall not be graphically or structurally altered, added to or enlarged, changed or relocated except in conformity with or to conform to this Zoning Ordinance. Any legally nonconforming sign which is involuntarily removed or damaged or destroyed for any cause, by sixty percent (60%) or more of its replacement value at the time of such damage or destruction, may be rebuilt, restored or relocated only after obtaining a new permit from the Building and Zoning Inspector, upon complying with this Zoning Ordinance, and subject to approval of the Building and Zoning Inspector. Lawfully permitted change of copy and minor repairs such as cleaning, painting and refurbishing is permitted at any time. Legally nonconforming signs damaged or destroyed by less than forty percent (40%) of replacement value may be restored to previous nonconforming condition if commenced within thirty days of such damage or destruction and diligently pursued to completion.
(a) Required. No person shall erect, alter or relocate any sign without first obtaining a permit from the Building and Zoning Inspector and paying the fee required herein, except that nonstructural repairs or maintenance may be made without a permit. A permit is required for all signs except political signs, for sale or for rent signs not exceeding six square feet in face area, nameplate signs not denoting any home occupation, and not more than two temporary school, church, or garage sale community service activity signs which may be displayed not more than forty-eight consecutive hours.
(b) Application. Application for a sign permit shall be made upon a form provided by the Building and Zoning Inspector and shall contain or have attached thereto, the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(2) Location of the building or lot to which or upon which the sign is to be attached or erected, and position of the sign in relation to nearby buildings and structures and the lot lines or right-of-way lines.
(3) Plans and specifications indicating method of construction, attachment to building or installation in the ground and method of illumination.
(4) Name of person, firm, corporation or association erecting the sign.
(5) Written consent of the owner of the building, structure or land to which or on which the sign is to be attached or erected.
(6) Scaled drawing indicating the sign dimensions, materials, color and copy, and the building face and sign position for a wall sign.
(7) Such other information as the Building and Zoning Inspector may require to show full compliance with this section and other laws.
(c) Issuance. It shall be the duty of the Building and Zoning Inspector, upon an application being filed for an erection permit, to examine such plans and specifications and other data and the premises upon which it is proposed to erect the sign. If it appears that the proposed sign is in compliance with all the requirements of this section and other laws, the sign permit shall be issued. If the work authorized by a sign permit has not been completed within six months after the date of issuance the permit shall become null and void.
(d) Fees. Every sign permit applicant, before being granted a permit, shall pay a fee or deposit as required by Council.
(e) Revocation. The Building and Zoning Inspector is authorized and empowered to revoke any sign permit issued upon failure of the permittee to comply with any provision of this Zoning Ordinance.
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