(A) Review process. The City Administrator or his or her designee shall approve or deny the sign permit application in an expedited manner from the receipt of the completed application, including all plans, specifications and applicable fees. The city will notify all applicants in writing if the city denies the sign application. The notification shall include the reasons the city denied the proposed sign.
(B) Variances. In the event an application is made for a sign which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter, the city will deny the application or the applicant shall either modify the application or apply to the city for a variance according to the provisions established in §§ 160.450 through 160.452, 160.465 through 160.470 and 160.485 through 160.487 of this chapter. No permit for a non-conforming sign shall be issued without evidence of an approved variance.
(Prior Code, § 1008.06) (Ord. 679, passed 05-29-2001; Ord. 816, passed 01-22-2009; Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010)