(A) Applicability: No sign, except those identified as exempt in chapter 13, "Signs", of this title, shall hereafter be erected, constructed, altered, or relocated without first obtaining a sign permit.
(B) Authority And Execution: The building commissioner shall be responsible for determining compliance with this title and issuing a sign permit.
(C) Permit Issuance: Upon the filing of an application for a permit for erection, alteration, or relocation of a sign the building commissioner shall:
1. Examine the plans and specifications and the premises upon which the proposed structure shall be erected.
2. Issue a permit if the structure complies with the requirements of this title and all other ordinances of the village. If the work authorized under an erection permit is not completed within six (6) months after the date of issuance, the permit becomes null and void.
(D) Approval Of Electrified Signs: The application for a sign permit for the erection of a sign in which electrical wiring and connections are to be used shall be submitted to the building commissioner, who shall forward the specifications regarding all wiring and connections to the electrical inspector. The electrical inspector shall examine the plans and specifications to determine compliance with the electrical code of the village as a condition of granting the sign permit.
(E) Inspection: The building commissioner may inspect at such times as he/she deems necessary, but no more than annually, each sign or other advertising structure regulated by this title for the purpose of ascertaining whether the structure is secure or insecure, whether in need of repair or removal, or not in conformance with the permit application or otherwise in violation of the provisions of this title.
(F) Bond And Certificate Of Insurance:
1. Every applicant for a sign permit shall file with the building commissioner, a permit bond of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), before the permit is granted, executed by the applicant and with sureties approved by the village board, conditioned on the faithful observance and performance of each and every condition and provision of the sign permit and conditioned further to indemnify, keep and save harmless the village against all liabilities, judgments, costs, damages and expenses, which may in any way come against the village as a consequence of granting the sign permit, or which may accrue against, be charged to, or recovered from the village by reason of the authority given in such permit. This bond shall be filed with the plans in the office of the building commissioner. The bond and the liability of the sureties thereon shall be kept in force throughout the life of the sign permit, and if, at any time, it shall not be in full force, then the authority and privileges thereby granted shall be terminated by the building commissioner.
2. A liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state of Illinois may be permitted in lieu of a bond, provided the limits of liability shall not be less than twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for property damage and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for public liability. A certificate of insurance under an existing liability policy, which meets the above requirements, that will be sufficient, provided the policy will have, as an additional insured, the village and a certificate from the insurance company to that effect is filed with the building commissioner.
(G) Revocation Of Permit: All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this section, or any amendment thereto, are mere licenses revocable at any time by the village board. Upon the termination or revocation of the sign permit, the licensee shall remove the sign or other advertising structure without cost or expense of any kind to the village. In the event of the failure, neglect or refusal on the part of the licensee to do so, the village may proceed to remove the same and charge the expense to the licensee.
(H) Fees: Fees shall be established from time to time by resolution of the village board. (Ord. 2006-37, 12-21-2006)