(a) Application. All applications for erection permits under this article shall be filed with the Code Enforcement Officer on a form to be provided by the Town. Such application shall given the location, size, material of which sign is to be constructed, method of support, amount and manner of illumination, if any, the exact wording or pictorial presentation thereon, and the name and address of the person erecting the sign or structure. The applicant and the owner of the property upon which the sign or structure is to be erected shall sign the application and the full and complete address for both such persons shall be furnished. All applications shall be submitted to the Chief of Police of the Town and the Chief of the Granville Volunteer Fire Department by the Code Enforcement Officer prior to the issuance of a permit for their review and recommendations regarding the issuance of a permit.
(b) Plans and Specifications to be Filed. The applicant shall file with the application a copy of the plans and structural drawings of such sign or structure. He shall file also, when requested by the Code Enforcement Officer, a copy of the stress sheets and calculations required to enable the latter to ascertain whether the sign or other structure is designed for dead load and wind pressure in any direction as required by the Building Code or such other regulation as may then be in force. The applicant shall furnish all such other information as may be required.
(c) Bond or Liability Insurance and Fees. With all applications for permits for the erection of any sign or other device under this article, there shall be a bond with surety approved by the Mayor, or a public liability insurance policy issued by some insurance company doing business in the State, which bond or insurance policy shall provide for a minimum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) as to injury to one person, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as to one accident, and five thousand dollars ($5,000) as to damages to property and providing for the matters and requirements contained in Section 1733.06.
(1) The Town shall be shown as a coinsured on any policy of insurance issued hereunder.
(2) The fees provided for in Section 1733.07 shall accompany any application made under this section.
(d) Duration of Permit. Permits issued under this section shall expire on June 30 next succeeding the date of issuance. If work authorized by a permit has not been completed within six months after the date of issuance, such permit shall become null and void.
(Passed 8-27-13.)