(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.