Signs identified in Table 9.2-1, Table 9.2-2, or Table 9.2-3, whichever is applicable, as requiring a permit shall be erected, installed or created only in accordance with a duly issued and valid sign permit from the Planning Director. Such permit shall be issued only in accordance with the following requirements and procedures:
(A) An application for construction, creation or installation of a new sign or for modification of an existing sign shall be accompanied by detailed drawing to show the dimensions, design, structure, and location of each particular sign, to the extent that such details are not contained in a Master Sign Plan then in effect for the site. One (1) application may include multiple signs on the same site.
(B) The Planning Director may cause an inspection of the site for which each permit for a new sign or modification of an existing sign is issued during the sixth month period after the issuance of such permit or at such earlier date as the owner may request. If the construction is substantially complete but not in full compliance with this chapter or other applicable codes, the Planning Director shall give the owner or applicant notice of the deficiencies and shall allow an additional thirty (30) days from the date of inspection for the deficiencies to be corrected. If the deficiencies are not corrected by such date, the permit shall lapse.
Sign Permit Approval Procedure
(C) Within five (5) working days of receiving an application for a sign permit or for a Master Sign Plan, the Planning Director shall review it for completeness. If it is incomplete, the Planning Director shall within such five (5)-day period, send to the applicant a notice of the specific ways in which the application is deficient, with appropriate references to the applicable sections of this chapter, or Chapter 9.
(D) Within twenty (20) days of submission of a complete application for a sign permit, the Planning Director shall either:
(1) Issue the sign permit, if the sign conforms in every respect with the requirements of this chapter or Chapter 9, and the applicable Master Sign Plan; or