(A) Unless a sign has been specifically exempted from the requirement of a permit by § 155.05 above, or by another section, a permit from the city building department (with all fees paid in full) shall be obtained before the sign is erected, enlarged, painted, expanded, altered (including face changes), relocated, or reconstructed on private or public property.
(B) By way of example, and not by way of limitation, the following situations shall require a permit:
(1) Change of signs. If any sign is removed, and any new sign is erected in its place, a permit shall be obtained in the same way as if a new sign were erected at a new location, subject to all requirements stated in this chapter.
(2) Relocation of signs. If any conforming sign is removed from one located and is erected at a new location, a new permit shall be obtained.
(3) Alteration of signs. Alteration or enlargement of any sign shall require a permit in the same way as a new sign.
(C) Maintenance of signs. If any conforming sign, or legal non-conforming sigh, is removed for maintenance and replaced on the same supports, a new permit shall not be required, provided that the size, type, or message is not changed.
(Ord. 06-14, passed 10-3-06)