Applications for permits to erect, place, move or alter a sign shall be made by the owner or lessee of the property for which a sign is proposed. The application shall be submitted to the Zoning Inspector on forms furnished by the Village. The fee shall be established by separate ordinance. The permit fee shall be waived in the case of a sign alteration or replacement in order to bring a legal nonconforming sign into conformance with the regulations of this chapter.
(a) Permit Required. All permanent and temporary signs shall be subject to the applicable regulations regarding permitted types, number, area, height and location. Permits shall be required for all permanent and temporary signs with the exception of the following:
(1) Nameplates and information signs for individual dwellings.
(2) Real estate, auction sale, garage sale, house sale, and open house signs less than six square feet in area.
(3) Business signs displayed as temporary window signs.
(4) Political signs.
(6) Normal maintenance or repainting which does not alter the size, placement or structure of a legal conforming sign (legal nonconforming signs see Section 1185.13).
(7) Signs excepted as stated in Section 1185.08(a).
(b) Contents of Application. Each application shall present the information required below through use of photographs and drawings at a scale which clearly shows details and design of the sign.
(1) The design and layout of each sign proposed, including the total area of all signs and the area, height, character, materials, colors and type of lettering or other symbols of individual signs.
(2) Photographs or drawings of the building for which the signs are proposed and photographs of surrounding buildings, signs and uses. Also included shall be the width of the building or building unit face or faces and the lot dimensions.
(3) The proposed illumination shall be described.
(4) A site plan showing the location of each sign in relation to the building and property boundary markers.
(Ord. 04-965. Passed 7-6-04.)