1151.05 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   (a)    A Sign permit issued by the City Building Department shall be required prior to the erection, display, relocation, replacement, reinstallation, or alteration of all Signs except for a Temporary Sign in a U-1 Single, Family Residential District.

   (b)    Application for a permit to erect, display, place, illuminate or alter a Sign shall be made by the owner or lessee of the property, or their designee, for which a Sign is proposed to the Building Department. The application shall be submitted on forms furnished by the City and shall be made either separately or with the application for a Sign permit. The fee for a Sign permit shall be established by separate ordinance (Section 1307.04) .

   (c)    Each application for a Sign permit shall be accompanied by drawings to scale showing:

      (1)    The width of the building face or faces which abut the frontage street and, for a building located on a corner lot, the building depth facing the secondary street;

      (2)    The Sign design and layout proposed, including the total area of the Sign and the size, height, character, materials and color of letters, lines and symbols;

      (3)    For illuminated Signs, the number of types of lamps and lens material and a statement in writing that the illuminating of such Sign will comply with the provisions of Section 1151.09;

      (4)    The exact location of the Sign in relation to the building and property lines;

      (5)    Colored photographs of existing buildings or colored rendering of proposed buildings; and

      (6)    Details and specifications for construction, erection and attachment as may be required by the Building Code and the name of the Sign contractor or company.

      (7)    The proposed landscaping plan for the Sign except for Wall Sign and Temporary Sign.

   (d)    The Building Department shall review the drawings for conformance with the requirements of this Chapter. If the application or drawings do not conform and a variance is requested, the documents shall be forwarded to the Zoning Board of Appeals.

   (e)    If the applications and drawings conform with the requirements of this Chapter or if a variance has been granted, the application and drawings shall be sent to the Architectural Board of Review which shall:

      (1)    Review the proposed Sign with regard to appropriateness of size, scale, shape, color and illumination in relation to building size; and

      (2)    Consider the location, quality, visual impact, influence and relationship to Signs currently existing or those reasonably expected to be erected in the vicinity of the location of the proposed Sign.

   (f)   The Architectural Board of Review shall approve or disapprove the proposed Sign based upon the finding of the Building Department and its own review. Following approval, a Sign permit shall be issued by the Building Department.

      (1)    For all Sign applications, except for Wall Signs and Temporary Signs, approval of the landscaping plan must be approved by the City Planner.

         (Ord. 2020-101. Passed 10-13-20.)