Application for permits to erect, place, paint, illuminate or alter a sign shall be made by the owner or owner's agent of the property for which a sign is proposed. The application shall be submitted on forms furnished by the City and shall be made either separately or with the application for a building permit. The fee for a sign permit shall be established by separate ordinance.
(a) In all use districts, a sign permit shall be required for all permanent signs which exceed three square feet in area.
(b) A description of the application procedure and graphic illustration of required information is outlined in the City of Lakewood sign guidelines or similar adopted guidelines". Each application shall be accompanied by drawings to scale and photographs, showing the following:
(1) The design and layout proposed, including the total area of signs, the size, height, character, materials, colors and type of lettering or other symbols.
(2) Photographs or drawings of the building for which the signs are proposed and photographs of surrounding buildings, signs and uses.
(3) The number and types of lamps and lens material to be used in any illuminated signs.
(4) The exact location of the sign in relation to the building and property.
(5) Details and specifications for construction, erection and attachment as may be required by the Building Code.
(c) A sign permit is applicable only to the specific sign for which it is granted. Once a sign permit is granted, no temporary or permanent signs shall be attached or added to the given sign.
(d) All signs shall be approved by the Board of Building Standards. However, the Building Commissioner is authorized to issue canopy, wall, window and awning signs, as defined in Section 1329.03(c)(1), (7), (8) and (9), without additional Board approval, for any stricture that has been previously reviewed by the Board of Building Standards/Architectural Board of Review, where a building standard for uniform signage has been established for two or more retail, mercantile or other business occupancies and where the new signage is in conformity with the general plan for the building and complies with all other applicable sections of this chapter.
(e) The Building Commissioner may issue permits for temporary signs, as defined in Section 1329.03(b)(10), not to exceed two permits to an applicant relative to a specific sign per twelve -month period. Permits shall be good for no more than 90 days.
(f) The repainting of existing signs the same color, size and message shall be considered maintenance, and no permit shall be required.
(Ord. 2-16. Passed 4-18-2016.)