(a) Conformance Required A sign may be erected, placed, established, painted, created, or maintained in the Village only in conformance with the standards, procedures, exemptions and other requirements of this chapter. The effect of this chapter as more specifically set forth herein, is:
(1) To establish a permit system to allow a variety of types of signs in commercial and industrial zones, and a limited variety of signs in other zones, subject to the standards and the permit procedures of this chapter;
(2) To allow certain signs which are small, unobtrusive, and incidental to the use of the respective lots on which they are located, subject to the substantive requirements of this chapter, but without a requirement for permits;
(3) To provide for temporary signs without commercial messages in limited circumstances in the public right-of-way;
(4) To prohibit all signs not expressly permitted by this chapter; and
(5) To provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) General Permit Procedures The following procedures shall govern the application for and issuance of, all sign permits under this chapter.
(1) Applications. All applications for sign permits of any kind shall be submitted to the Village Clerk on an application form or in accordance with application specifications published by the Clerk.
(2) Fees. Each application for a sign permit shall be accompanied by the applicable fee, which shall be established by the governing body of the Village from time to time by resolution.
(3) Action. Within seven days of the submission of a complete application for a sign permit, the Clerk shall either:
A. Issue the sign permit, if the sign(s) that is (are) the subject of the application conforms in every respect with the requirements of this chapter;
B. Reject the sign permit if the sign(s) that is (are) the subject of the application fails in any way to conform with the requirements of this chapter. In case of rejection, the Clerk shall specify in the rejection the section or sections of this chapter with which the sign is inconsistent.
(Ord. 01-04. Passed 3-26-01.)