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(a) No sign or outdoor advertising structure shall be constructed until a sign permit has been issued by the Building Department certifying that the sign or structure conforms to the requirements of this chapter. The name, address and telephone number of the owner, advertising agency or person/company constructing the sign shall be clearly placed on all signs.
(b) Permit fees for on-premise signs shall be: Fifty dollars ($50) for the first sign and twenty-five dollars ($25) for each additional sign.
(c) (EDITOR’S NOTE: This subsection was repealed by Ordinance C84-94, passed November 21, 1994.)
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
No electrical sign of any description shall hereafter be erected without having been inspected on the ground and approved by the Building Inspector. It shall be the duty of the manufacturer or installer of such sign to notify the Inspector when the sign is ready for ground inspection.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
If any sign is or becomes insecure or is in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe, the owner thereof or the person maintaining it shall, upon receipt of written notice by certified mail, as defined in Section 1133.06 of the Codified Ordinances, from the Building Inspector, proceed immediately within seventy-two (72) hours to put the sign in a safe and secure condition or remove it.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
If any sign is installed, erected, constructed or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Building Inspector shall notify the owner or lessee thereof in writing to alter such sign so as to comply with this chapter or to remove such sign within ten (10) days or a time designated by the Inspector.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
No display or advertising sign shall be attached to the standard of a free-standing sign, other than the display surface originally constructed as a part of such sign. The standard of the free-standing sign shall be painted in only one (1) color unless the sign standard is covered with metal, wood or masonry; any or all may be used together. No display or advertising sign shall exceed eight square feet (8') when attached to or painted or otherwise displayed on a light standard, gasoline pump, fence, wall, post or other structure, or to any portable supporting device, except as specifically authorized by this section.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
(a) No sign shall be placed in any public right-of-way except:
(1) A governmental sign, such as a traffic control or directional sign; and
(2) Signs in the central business district, provided the signs meet the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Any sign placed in a public right-of-way or right-of-way easement may be removed by the city and stored in a city complex for a minimum of seventy-two (72) hours and may thereafter be destroyed.
(c) Whoever violates this provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty ($150). A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each sign placed on said rights-of-way.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C28-05. Passed 4-4-05; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
(a) Real estate, political, church, temporary, garage sales, public or semi-public, directional subdivision's and/or contractor's signs as defined in this chapter and Chapter 713 of the Codified Ordinances may be erected and maintained within the City limits, subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth in this chapter and Section 713.04 of the Codified Ordinances.
(b) Political signs may be displayed as defined in Section 1145.02(r) provided that such signs shall not be located any closer than ten feet (10') to the right-of-way along the street or streets on which a lot or parcel fronts. Such signs shall not be illuminated nor be erected within any public rights-of-way or easements nor attached in any manner to any utility pole, fence or any other structure within any public rights-of-way.
(c) On-site directional signs not exceeding four square feet in area and three feet in height.
(d) Informational signs are limited in size to fifteen (15) square feet and shall be limited to one sign for businesses with less than forty (40) lineal feet of building frontage and no more than two (2) for businesses, exceeding forty (40) lineal feet of building frontage, but at no time shall a sign exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the window area. Such signs shall be placed in ground level windows only.
(e) Signs/banners temporarily displayed to advertise grand openings shall be permitted for nonresidential uses in commercial and industrial districts subject to the following limitations:
(1) Such signs/banners shall be limited to one (1) sign per street front;
(2) Such signs/banners may be displayed for not more than twenty (20) consecutive days for any new business within the first one hundred twenty (120) days of operation.
(3) Total area of all such signs/banners shall not exceed forty (40) square feet.
(f) Signs denoting “open,” management information or acceptable forms of payment may not exceed two (2) square feet for any business.
(Ord. C85-01. Passed 12-3-01; Ord. C58-05. Passed 7-5-05.)
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