1. Permits Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, alter, or relocate within the City any sign not exempted herein without first obtaining a permit from the City and making payment of the fee required. All illuminated signs shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Electrical Code of the City and the permit fees required thereunder. EXCEPTIONS TO PERMITTING:
A. Signs exempt in Section 166.10.
B. Sign face replacements which do not change the sign size, height, location or illumination.
C. Maintenance to existing sign structures which do not change the sign size, height, location, illumination or structural components.
2. Application for Permit. An application for a permit shall be made upon forms provided by the City and shall at a minimum contain or have attached thereto the following information:
A. Applicant Information. Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B. Plans and Specifications. One blueprint or ink drawing of the plans and specifications and method of construction and attachment to the building or in the ground. Such blueprint or ink drawing shall show location of sign or signs and shall certify the distance from each other, from signs on adjacent property, from points of ingress and egress, and from adjacent property lot lines.
C. A complete listing of all non-exempt signs on the property including their size, height and setbacks by sign type.
D. Erector. Name of the person or association erecting structure.
E. Valuation. Valuation of sign.
F. Other. Such other information as the City shall require, showing full compliance with this and all other laws and ordinances of the City.
3. Permit Issued. It shall be the duty of the City, upon the filing of an application for a permit, to examine such plans and specifications and other data and the premises upon which the sign is proposed to be erected. If it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter, approved sign plans and site plans, and all other requirements and laws of the City, the City shall then issue a permit. If the work authorized under a sign permit has not been commenced within six (6) months after the date of issuance, the said permit shall be come null and void and refund of the fee shall not be allowed.
4. Permit Fees. Every applicant, before being granted a permit hereunder, shall pay the permit fee, as determined by resolution of the City Council, for each such sign.
5. Duration of Permit. A sign permit is valid for one year, and work on the permit must be commenced within six (6) months of the date of issuance. A sign permit may be renewed one time for a period not to exceed one year upon payment of the required fee to the City.
6. Revocation of Permits. The City is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke any sign permits issued by the City upon failure of the holder thereof to comply with any provisions of this chapter.