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Except as otherwise provided, no person shall erect, alter, enlarge, relocate, or maintain within the City any sign or advertising structure without first obtaining a permit as herein prescribed except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(a) Before any permit is granted for the erection of a sign plans shall be filed with the Building and Zoning Inspector showing the dimensions, materials and required details of construction including size, color, loads, stresses and anchorage. These plans shall bear the seal of a registered engineer. The application shall be accompanied by the written consent of the owner or lessee of the premises upon which the sign is to be erected.
(b) A permit fee shall be paid to the City for each permit as required by this Chapter.
The following types of permanent signs shall be permitted in the following districts in accordance with the regulations described in this section and in Section 1143.07 (Signs Permitted in All Districts), Section 1143.08 (Number of On-premises Advertising Signs Permitted), Section 1143.12 (Schedule of Regulations for On-premises Signs), and definitions described in Chapter 1101 (Definitions).
District | Permitted Signs |
R-1, R-2, and R-3 | |
Design Review Overlay District, the C-3 Uptown Design Review Overlay District, the Old Maumee Architectural Overlay District, PUD, FP, and OS | |
C-1, C-2, C-4, C-M, M-1, and M-2 | |
C-3 |
The following types of permanent signs shall be permitted in all districts where the principal uses to which they are related are permitted. Permits shall not be required for signs enumerated in this section.
(a) House numbers and nameplates identifying the address of a parcel of land and not exceeding one square foot in area.
(b) Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings and date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other noncombustible material.
(c) Community special event signs approved by the Director of Public Safety.
(d) Identification signs may be permitted at each vehicle entrance to a completed residential development and placed only on private property by permission of the owner of that property. Each sign shall have a surface area not to exceed twenty (20) square feet.
(e) Vending machines and vending structures shall be permitted signs only attached to the machine or structure.
(g) Institutional bulletin boards subject to the appropriate area, height and placement requirements.
(h) The changing of movable parts of an approved sign that is designed for such changes, or the repainting or repositioning of display matter provided the conditions of the original approval and the requirements of this chapter continue to be met.
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