1282.06 PERMITS AND FEES.
   (a)   Before any person erects, installs, uses, alters, relocates, replaces or reconstructs any sign regulated by this chapter, an application shall be made to the City for a sign permit, and a fee shall be paid to the City before the issuance of an approved sign permit.
   (b)   The permit fee for a new permanent sign shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), the fee for a new high-rise freestanding sign shall be one-hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) and the fee for replacing an existing sign face shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). For identification signs of less than two square feet, there shall be no fee. For repainting or cleaning of an advertising structure or for the changing of advertising copy or the message thereon, unless a structural change is made, there shall be no permit or fee required. Change of sign copy because of a change in business occupancy shall be construed to be a structural change requiring another sign permit.
   (c)   The fee for a temporary sign permit (including grand opening signs) shall be twenty dollars ($20.00), plus a thirty dollar ($30.00) deposit to be forfeited if the temporary sign is not removed within one day twenty-four (24 hours) of the time limit for display.
   (d)   Signs conditionally permitted upon favorable review by the Planning Commission shall be subject to an additional fee, beyond that specified by section (b) hereof, of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for Commission review if such review is separate from a review of a conditional use, special exception or like application for the same zoning lot.
    (e)   Signs erected without a permit are subject to a notice of violation and the person erecting the same shall be charged a double fee for the required permit. If no permit is obtained for a sign, the person responsible for the sign shall be subject to Section 1282.99.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Res. 19-88. Passed 4-26-88; Ord. 90-15. Passed 5-8-90; Ord. 91-19. Passed 11-26-91; Ord. 00-1. Passed 2-8-00; Ord. 05-5. Passed 3-8-05; Ord. 10-1. Passed 2-23-10.)