(B) Signs not exempted under the provisions referenced in division (A) above may be erected, moved, enlarged or substantially altered only in accordance with a sign permit issued by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee and a building permit issued by the chief Building Inspector or his or her designee.
(1) Sign permit applications and sign permits shall be governed by the same provisions of this chapter applicable to zoning permits.
(2) In the case of a lot occupied or intended to be occupied by multiple business enterprises (e.g., a shopping center):
(a) Sign permits shall be issued in the name of the property owner rather than in the name of the individual business, and it shall be the responsibility of such owner to allocate among the tenants the permissible maximum sign surface area that has been approved by the Zoning Administrator; and
(b) Upon application by such owner, the Zoning Administrator must approve a master sign plan that allocates permissible sign surface area to the various buildings or businesses within the development according to an agreed-upon formula, and thereafter sign permits may be issued to individual tenants by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee only in accordance with the allocation contained in the master sign plan. In the event an owner is unwilling or unable to devise a master sign plan, such plan shall be developed by the Zoning Administrator using building frontage as a calculation for total sign surface area.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)