(a) Required. No person shall erect, repair, alter, relocate or maintain within the Municipality any sign or other advertising structure except those exempted in subsection (h) hereof without first obtaining a sign permit from the Building Inspector and making payment of the required Building Code fee, except that the application process for political signs and public service announcement signs shall be regulated by Section 1155.09(c) and (d).
(b) Application for Permits.. Applications for a sign permit shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, telephone number and address of the applicant;
(2) The location of the building, structure or lot to which or upon which the sign or other advertising structure is to be attached or erected;
(3) The position of the sign in relation to nearby buildings structures.
(4) Two scale drawings, blueprints, or ink, of the plans and specifications of each sign indicating all dimensions, materials, colors, type of lettering and means of attachment to the building or ground;
(5) The name of the person erecting the structure;
(6) Written consent of the owner of the building, structure, or land to which or on which the structure is to be erected;
(7) A photograph of the area of the building on which a wall sign is to be placed;
(8) Such other information as the Building Inspector shall require.
(c) Architectural Board’s Approval. Approval of the Architectural Board of Review shall be obtained before issuance of any permit required hereunder.
(d) Issuance of Permit. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector upon filing of an application for a sign permit, to examine all required plans and specifications as well as the premises upon which the sign is to be placed. If it appears that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter and all other ordinances of the Municipality, the application shall be submitted to the Architectural Review Board noting the Building Inspector's tentative approval. Upon approval by the Architectural Review Board, the sign permit shall be issued. If the work authorized under the sign permit has not been completed within six months after the date of issuance the permit shall become null and void.
(e) Permit Fees. Every applicant, before being granted a sign permit, shall pay a permit fee as prescribed by Council for each sign regulated by this chapter, except those exempted by subsection (h) hereof, except that Section 1155.09
(d) shall regulate the permit fee for political signs.
(f) Revocability of Permits. All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this chapter or any amendment hereof are mere licenses revocable at any time by the Building Inspector, and all permits shall contain this provision.
(g) Authority to Revoke. The Building Inspector is hereby authorized to revoke any permit issued by him upon failure of the holder thereof to comply with any provisions of this chapter.
(h) Permit Exemptions. The permit provisions of this section shall not apply to the following signs, however, they are still subject to the regulations provided for in this chapter:
(1) Real estate signs as regulated by Section 1155.09.
(2) Nameplates, limited to one plate stating the name and address of the resident, provided that no such sign exceeds one square foot in area.
(3) Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings and dates of erection, provided that such signs do not exceed two square feet in area.
(4) Traffic or other municipal signs, legal notices, railroad crossing signs, danger and other temporary, emergency or nonadvertising signs as may be approved by Council.
(Ord. 64-2001. Passed 7-16-01.)