(A) The party signing the application shall be considered the applicant.
(B) An applicant must be the fee owner or trustee of record, trust beneficiary, lessee, contract purchaser, or option holder of the subject property or his or her agent or nominee.
(1) Applicant is not fee owner.
(a) If the applicant is not the fee owner of the record of the subject property, the application shall disclose the legal capacity of the applicant and the full names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all owners.
(b) In addition, an affidavit of the fee owner or owners shall be filed with the application stating that the applicant has authority from the owner to make the application.
(2) Applicant of fee owner is corporation or partnership. If the applicant, fee owner, contract purchaser, option holder or any beneficiary of a land trust is a corporation, the application shall disclose the names and addressed of the corporation’s officers, directors, and registered agents, or the partnership’s general partners and those shareholders or limited partners owning in excess of 5% of the outstanding stock or interest in the corporation or interest shared by the limited partners.
(3) Applicant or owner is a land trust.
(a) If the applicant or fee owner is a land trust or other trust or trustee thereof, the full name, address, telephone number and extent of interest of each beneficiary must be disclosed in the application.
(b) Disclosure of the present ownership interests shall be accompanied by a statement by the applicant of proposed ownership of all land. In the event of a change in ownership between the time the application is filed and the time of the public hearing, such change shall be disclosed by affidavit no later than the time of the hearing.
(c) For any application for a sign permit, the application shall disclose the ownership of the sign and the ownership or management of the premises on which it is to be displayed. For an application for either a sign permit or a temporary use permit, the application shall include the written permission of the owner or manager of the premises on which the sign or temporary use permit, the application shall include the written permission of the owner or manager of the premises on which the sign or temporary use is to be located. A manager providing such permission shall furnish satisfactory evidence of his or her authority to act on behalf of the owner.
(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014)