(a) Submission of Information. As part of the comprehensive sign location plan to be submitted to the City Planning Commission pursuant to division (a) of Section 511.08, each hospital shall submit a complete listing of all existing hospital trailblazer signs it installed prior to the effective date of this chapter. The listing shall include the location of each sign, a notation indicating whether the hospital proposes to retain, remove or replace each sign, the ordinance number of the applicable Encroachment Permit for each sign, and a photograph of each sign, or sign type, marked with the dimensions of the sign panel.
(b) Conforming Signs. Any sign determined by the Director of the City Planning Commission to be substantially conforming to these guidelines shall be permitted to remain in place. However, if there is no record of an Encroachment Permit for any such sign, the subject hospital shall apply for an Encroachment Permit within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notification from said Director.
(c) Nonconforming Signs. Any sign determined by the Director of the City Planning Commission to be substantially nonconforming to the standards of this chapter shall be removed by the subject hospital within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from said Director, except in the case of a sign which the hospital proposes to replace. For such signs, the hospital shall submit an Encroachment Permit application for the replacement sign to the Director of Public Service within thirty (30) days of approval of the Comprehensive Sign Location Plan. The nonconforming sign shall be removed and replaced within thirty (30) days of the issuance of an Encroachment Permit.
(Ord. No. 374-96. Passed 6-10-96, eff. 7-20-96)