(A) Exempt signs requiring an administrative sign permit. The following allowed signs are exempt from the requirement to obtain a building permit and certificate of appropriateness, but no such sign shall be located, erected, used, displayed, constructed, installed, enlarged, expanded, altered or relocated unless an administrative sign permit has been issued by the Administrative Official.
(1) Directory sign.
(2) Informational sign.
(3) Memorial plaque sign.
(4) Construction site sign.
(B) Application for administrative sign permit. An application for an administrative sign permit shall be on forms supplied by the village and shall be filed in such number of duplicate copies as the Administrative Official may designate, accompanied by a nonrefundable application and filing fee in the amount established by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Such application shall provide the information listed in § 153.247 as well as the following additional information: a description and graphic depiction of the proposed sign(s) including dimensions; a description of the proposed location of the sign; the dimensions and locations of all other signs on the property; a copy of the master sign plan for the property, if applicable; and such other information as the Administrative Official shall require.
(C) Review of administrative sign permit by Administrative Official.
(1) Standards for review. The application for an administrative sign permit shall be reviewed by the Administrative Official who shall grant the application upon showing that the following standards related to appearance, appropriateness and safety of the proposed sign have been met:
(a) The proposed sign is consistent with any applicable master sign plan;
(b) The proposed sign is visually compatible with surrounding buildings, structures and other signs on the property in terms of height, size, proportion, materials, colors, shape and orientation on the property;
(c) The information contained in the proposed sign is a clear and readable design;
(d) The proposed sign is designed and intended to be constructed, installed and maintained in a safe condition with high quality design and materials; and
(e) the proposed sign does not create a public safety nuisance or distraction to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and does not lead to an excessive number of signs on the property.
(2) Issuance of administrative sign permit. Within ten days after the submission of a complete application for an administrative sign permit, the Administrative Official shall notify the applicant whether the application has met the standards for review for an administrative sign permit.
(D) Denial by action of Administrative Official.
If the Administrative Official finds that the application fails to meet the standards for review by the Administrative Official set forth in paragraph (C)(1) above, the applicant shall have the right to submit the application to the Architectural Review Commission as an application for a certificate of appropriateness. The applicant must notify the Commission of its intent to submit such an application within 60 days after the denial of the application by the Administrative Official.
(Ord. 1057, passed 2-22-2011)