1333.09 PERMITS.

   (a)   Permits Required. No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, maintain, paint or repair any sign for which a permit is required without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Division.

   (b)   Licensed Sign Erector. Sign permits shall only be issued to licensed sign erectors, except as listed in Section 1187.03(u) of the Zoning Code.

   (c)   Emergency Work. In case of emergency due to an unsafe sign, the holder of a sign erector's license may proceed with the work and file the application for a permit within twenty-four hours, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted.

   (d)   Plans Required. All applications for the erection of signs, billboards or electric signs shall be accompanied by such drawings or description as are necessary to fully advise the Building Superintendent of the location, construction, material, and manner of securing the proposed sign or billboard. If these descriptions conform to the regulations in this Code and to the Zoning Ordinance, the Building Superintendent shall issue a permit upon payment of the required fee.

   (e)   Electrical Permit. An electrical permit shall be secured for all electrical wiring and electrical installations associated with an outdoor sign.

   (f)   Exemptions.

(1)   Permits are not required for real estate signs, construction signs and window signs.

(2)   Such exemptions shall, however, apply to the requirement for a permit only and shall not be construed as relieving an owner or sign erector of such installation from responsibility for zoning provisions, erection and maintenance in a safe condition, or from conformity with applicable provisions of this chapter governing location, material, construction and erection.

(3)   Note that certain signs exempted by the Ohio Basic Building Code, specifically walls signs, ground signs and projecting signs, are not totally exempted herein.

(4)   It shall be the responsibility of an owner or sign erector to ascertain that such exempted sign erected conforms to the provisions of this Code and the Zoning Ordinance. In the event that an exempted sign is erected and is in violation of any provisions of this Code or the Zoning Ordinance, it shall immediately be changed to comply with such provisions or removed upon order of the Building Superintendent.
(Ord. 46-13. Passed 5-28-13.)