(A) (1) Application for permits shall be filed with the County Code Administrator, together with a permit fee which shall be based on the reasonable cost of the sign and supporting structure which includes cost of material and labor in accordance with the fee schedule of division (B) below.
(2) If the Administrator determines that the applicant’s estimate of cost is unreasonable, the Administrator may estimate the cost for purposes of establishing the fee. Permit for neon outline lighting or skeleton lighting will be based on estimated value of job.
(3) If any sign is hereafter erected, placed, installed or otherwise established on any property prior to obtaining a permit as required by this section, the fees specified in division (B) below shall be doubled. Payment of such fee shall not relieve any person from complying with other provisions of the this chapter or from penalties prescribed therein.
(B) Fee schedule: billboards.
Initial sign application fee for permit to erect roadside signage | $800 |
Annual renewal permit fee for single-side sign | $125 |
Annual renewal permit fee for double-side sign | $250 |
(C) Fee schedule: residential, business office and industrial development signs.
For signs up to 30 square feet per sign area | $30 |
For each square foot thereafter for each sign area | $0.30 |
(Ord. passed 3-13-2012; Ord. revised 2-21-2020; Ord. revised 10-15-2021)