(A) Sign contractor’s license.
(1) No person shall install, erect or maintain any sign, nor contract for such service, until such person has applied to the Building Official for a license to install, erect and maintain signs and until such license has been approved and issued. The fee for a sign license shall be $75.00 per year payable on the first day of January of each year. The fee for a billboard license shall be $500.00 per year payable on the first day of January of each year. An original license taken out after the first day of January shall be prorated.
(a) The fee for a sign variance shall be $200.00.
(b) The fee for a temporary sign permit shall be $35.00.
(2) The license of any sign contractor may be canceled by the City Commission, upon the recommendation of the Building Official, when such contractor persistently violates the requirements of this chapter. Conviction, whether appealed or not, of three such violations over a period of two calendar years shall constitute evidence of persistent violation. Any license thus canceled shall not be renewed for such contractor or anyone operating his or her shop until all such violations have been corrected. Upon correction of the violation, the contractor’s license may be renewed upon furnishing the bond required by division (B) of this section.
(`87 Code, § 33-1) (Am. Ord. 2020-18, passed 10-6-20; Am. Ord. 2023-15, passed 9-19-23)
(B) Sign contractor’s bond and liability insurance. No license for the installation, erection and maintenance of signs shall be issued to any person nor shall any person install, erect or maintain any sign or medium of display or advertising, electric or otherwise, until such person has filed with the Building Official a surety bond in the sum of $2,000.00.
(1) Such bond shall be approved by the Building Official and shall be conditioned for the installation and erection of signs in accordance with the provisions of this code, ordinances of the city and the laws of the state and shall provide for the indemnification of the city for any and all damages or liability which may accrue against it by reason of faulty installation, erection, demolition, repair, removal or defects in, or collapse of, any sign for a period of one year after erection and for such period of time that such sign is maintained or serviced by or under the direction of the maker of such bond.
(2) Such bond shall further provide for the indemnification of any person, who shall, while upon public property or in any public place, incur damage for which the principal named in the bond is legally liable.
(3) When any sign contractor’s license has been canceled as provided for by division (A) of this section, such license shall not be renewed until the contractor furnishes an additional bond in the amount of $2,000.00, guaranteeing compliance with the provisions of this chapter, which bond shall be for a period of two years following renewal of the license.
(4) In addition to the above bond, each contractor shall carry public liability and property damage insurance, in a company to be approved by the City Council, in the sum of $10,000.00, covering its or his or her operation hereunder.
(`87 Code, § 33-2) (Ord. 1968-9, passed 12-17-68)
(C) Erection of sign by owner. Any person may erect his or her own signs with his or her regular employees which advertise his or her own business or profession or product manufactured or sold by him or her without the necessity of a license or bond, but all other provisions of the code shall be complied with. The person erecting the sign shall keep it in good operating condition and shall remove it at his or her expense when requested by the city.
(`87 Code, § 33-3) (Ord. 1968-3, passed 5-7-68)