(A) Permit required. No sign shall be erected, altered, or relocated without a permit issued by the Zoning Administrator except as otherwise provided in sections §§ 93.115 through 93.126 and § 93.161(D). Where electrical permits are required, they shall be obtained at the same time as the sign permit.
(B) Application. The permit application shall contain the location for the sign structure, the name and address of the sign owner and of the sign erector, drawings showing the design and location of the sign and such other pertinent information as the Zoning Administrator may require to insure compliance with this zoning code.
(C) Nullification. A sign permit shall become null and void if the work for which the permit was issued has not been completed within a period of 90 days after the date of the permit. The permit fee shall not be refunded.
(D) Permit exception. The following operations shall not be considered as creating a sign and, therefore, shall not require a sign permit:
(1) Replacing copy. The changing of the advertising copy or message on an approved painted or printed sin or marquee and similar approved signs, which are specifically designed for the use of replaceable copy.
(2) Maintenance. Painting, repainting, cleaning and other normal maintenance repair of a sign or a sign structure unless a structural change is made.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024)