(a) No person shall erect, install, remove or re-hang any sign for which a permit fee is required under the provisions of this chapter, except for those signs listed under Section 1143.11, until a policy of public liability insurance approved by the Solicitor in the amount of three-hundred-thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily injury and fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) for damage to property shall have been filed as herein required with the Building and Zoning Inspector. The insurance policy shall indemnify, save and keep harmless the City from any and all costs, damages or expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be suffered by the City, or which it may be put to, or which may accrue against it by charging to or recovering from the City from or by reason of the granting of permission to erect such signs, or by reason of any act or things done under or by authority of permission granted by the Building and Zoning Inspector to erect such signs in the City or by reason of the negligence, failure or refusal of any person to comply with all provisions of this chapter applicable to such signs.
(b) Every person desiring to erect signs for which permits are required, except for those signs listed under Section 1143.11, shall apply to the Building and Zoning Inspector for a sign erector's license, and shall furnish the name and address of the proprietor, president or other senior officer in charge and such other pertinent information as the Building and Zoning Inspector may request. The Building and Zoning Inspector shall examine the qualifications of each applicant and shall cause licenses to be issued to all those properly qualified after their policies of public liability insurance have been filed and approved. Holders of sign erector's licenses shall notify the Building and Zoning Inspector of any change in the management or address of the firm or corporation.
(c) In case the holder of a sign erector's license fails to comply with any notice of the Building and Zoning Inspector relative to the improper construction or erection of any sign, the Building and Zoning Inspector shall notify the senior officer in charge of such firm or corporation to appear before him at a stated time and show cause why his firm's license should not be revoked. The notice to appear shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered mail by the Building and Zoning Inspector to the address shown upon the records of the Building Division. After such hearing, the Building and Zoning Inspector shall recommend to the Director of Public Safety that such sign erector's license be revoked if he is not satisfied that the defects complained of will be promptly remedied. Also, he may recommend to the Director of Public Safety that any such license be revoked if the senior officer of the firm or corporation, or his authorized agent, does not appear for such hearing.
(Ord. 131-2015. Passed 8-3-15.)
(d) The Director of Public Safety shall revoke the license of any sign erector who does not comply with the regulations of this chapter.
(e) An owner/tenant of property upon which a sign is to be erected may receive an exemption for the sign erector's license requirement from the Building and Zoning Inspector, provided the owner/tenant is qualified to perform the necessary work as determined by the Building and Zoning Inspector. Any exemption granted by the Building and Zoning Inspector shall be valid only for a specific site and shall terminate upon the final inspection and approval of that installation.