(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, enlarge, move or convert any sign within the city limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) without first obtaining a sign permit from and paying a permit fee unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.
(B) Compliance required. No person may install a sign or structurally alter an existing sign except in conformity with this chapter and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including, but not limited to, the building code, electrical code, and other applicable ordinances of the city. In the event of a conflict between this chapter and other laws, the most restrictive standards applies.
(C) Permit approval. An application for a sign permit must be accompanied by the permit fee and shall include such information as is necessary to assure compliance with all appropriate laws and regulations of the city, including:
(1) Complete a sign application permit;
(2) For any sign to be located along a highway, within the city and/or its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction, which is designated as being a portion of the Interstate Highway System or the Federal-Aid Primary Highway System, the owner must have an outdoor advertising license from the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, if applicable.
(D) Presumed responsibility. The primary beneficiary (e.g. the business advertised) and the owner of the property on which a sign has been installed, moved, structurally altered, structurally repaired, maintained, or used in violation of this chapter shall be presumed responsible for the violation of this chapter.