(A) License required. No person shall engage in the business of installing signs, nor shall be entitled to receive a permit to install a sign in connection with the business unless first licensed by the city to do so.
(B) Application and fee. A license may be granted by the Council upon written application to the City Administrator on such form as required by the City Administrator and accompanied by an annual license fee as established per the city’s approved fee schedule.
(C) Liability insurance.
(1) Any person holding a license shall file with the City Administrator policies of public liability and property damage insurance which shall remain and be in force and effect during the entire term of the license and which shall contain a provision that they shall not be cancelled without ten days’ written notice to the municipality.
(2) Public liability insurance should not be less than $1,000,000 for injuries and property damage, including accidental death to any one person in an amount not less than $500,000 on account of any one accident.
(D) Expiration. Licenses shall be issued on an annual basis, with the license year running from January 1 through the following December 31.
(E) Revocation. A license may be terminated and renewal thereof may be denied by the Council for violations of this chapter or other applicable ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 1008.07) (Ord. 679, passed 05-29-2001; Ord. 816, passed 01-22-2009; Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010; Ord. 957, passed 05-28-2019)