(A) The owner or other persons having control of any sign defined in this subchapter, except residential, professional and institutional nameplate, signs described in § 154.176(H) of this chapter, and signs not exceeding three square feet in surface area shall file an application for a permit for the erection and maintenance of the sign. Application for permits shall be accompanied by detailed plans and other information to determine the location and compliance with all applicable regulations, and a permit shall be issued upon payment of the required permit fee. Permit fees shall be adopted by resolution of the Council and may be amended from time to time in the same manner; provided, however, that, a schedule of fees, together with the effective date thereof, shall be kept on file in the office of the City Administrator and available for distribution upon request therefor. The fees shall be uniformly enforced upon the adoption or amendment.
(B) Every sign which requires a permit shall have displayed thereon a strip showing the name of the permit holder and the number of permit granted for the sign, with letter of two-inch minimum height with a three-eights-inch stroke.
(C) No person shall erect or place any sign for which a permit is required or place any banner or sign over or across a street right-of-way without first having obtained a license so to do from the Council.
(2002 Code, § 7.40) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 106, Second Series, effective 3-15-1977; Ord. 156, Second Series, effective 1-1-1979; Ord. 9, Third Series, effective 7-15-1979; Ord. 123, Sixth Series, effective 8-26-2010; Ord. 146, Sixth Series, effective 5-25-2013; Ord. 150, Sixth Series, effective 7-20-2013; Ord. 14, Seventh Series, effective 9-20-2014) Penalty, see § 154.999