7A.4.5. SPECIAL INSPECTOR REQUIRED

   A.   The following sign types shall be subject to continuous inspection by special inspectors as provided in Chapter 1 of the International Building Code.

   B.   All detached sign  structures exceeding 100 square feet in area or 25 feet in overall height.

   C.   All signs attached to a building in excess of 30 feet from the bottom of the sign to grade, if, in the opinion of the plans examiner , the subject sign and/or the particular building  structure and/or the method of attachment constitutes an unusual and/or dangerous structure and/or attachment.

   D.   A record of the special inspections shall be submitted to the Planning and Development Services Department by the applicant at or prior to final inspection and retained by the Planning and Development Services Department with the sign permit application.

7A.4.6. FEES

   A.   All sign permit fees are set forth in Section 4-01 Development Review Fee Schedule of the Administrative Manual.

7A.4.7. MAINTENANCE

   A.   Each sign shall be maintained in a safe, presentable and good condition, including the replacement of defective parts, painting, repainting, cleaning, and other acts required for the maintenance of said sign , without altering the basic copy, design or structure of the sign . Any painted sign that is painted out and repainted exactly as it previously existed is considered maintenance of a sign . The zoning administrator shall require compliance or removal of any sign determined by said official to be in violation of this section.

   B.   In addition to satisfying the requirements of subsection A, any sign that is constructed of paper, cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard, plastic or other light material, and that is not rigidly and permanently installed in the ground or permanently attached to a building , must be removed or replaced within 100 days after it is installed or erected.

   C.   Dangerous or Defective Signs

      No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained on any premise owned or controlled by him or her any sign that is in a dangerous or defective condition. Any such sign shall be promptly removed or repaired by the owner of the sign or the owner of the premises .

   D.   Removal of Dangerous or Defective Signs

      The zoning administrator shall remove or cause to be removed any dangerous or defective sign pursuant to the provisions for the unsafe structures and equipment in the International Building Code.

(Ord. 11508, 12/5/2017)

7A.5. VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES

Sign  standards violations , enforcement and penalties provisions shall be in accordance with Article 10 Enforcement and the provisions below.

7A.5.1. INDEMNIFICATION OF CITY

   As a condition to the issuance of a sign permit as required by the sign  standards, all persons engaged in hanging of signs that involves, in whole or part, the erection, alteration , relocation, maintenance or other sign work in, over or immediately adjacent to a public right-of-way or public property so that a portion of the public right-of-way or public property is used or encroached upon by the sign hanger in the said sign work, shall agree to hold harmless and indemnify the City, its officers, agents and employees from any and all claims of negligence resulting from said erection, alteration , relocation, maintenance or other sign work.

7A.5.2. LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED

   As a condition to the issuance of a sign permit as required by the sign  standards, all sign hangers performing work shall obtain a public liability insurance policy in the minimum amounts of $230,000.00/500,000.00 for injury or death to any person in any one accident or for injury or death to two or more persons in any one accident; and $100,000.00 for destruction of property in any one accident. The sign hanger shall furnish the City with a certificate of insurance that shall name the City, its officers, agents, and employees as additional insured under the policy. The insurance shall provide that the City shall be notified of any cancellation of the insurance ten days prior to the date of cancellation.

(Ord. 11508, 12/5/2017)

7A.6. MEASUREMENTS, LOCATION, AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The sign  standards shall be subject to the additional requirements, conditions and exceptions specified in this section.

7A.6.1. SIGN AREA

   The area of a sign shall be determined as follows (see Figure 1: Area of a Sign ):

   A.   Single Face Sign

      1.   The entire area within a single continuous perimeter composed of squares or rectangles that enclose the extreme limits of the advertising message, announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia, surface, or space of a similar nature, together with any frame or other material, color, or condition that forms an integral part of the display and is used to differentiate such sign from the wall against which it is placed, excluding the necessary supports or uprights on which such sign is placed. In cases where non-useable space is within the measurement rectangle and the non-useable space is greater than fifty-percent of the area of the useable sign area, the measurement rectangles may enclose the useable sign area only.

      2.    Individual Letters

         Where a sign consists only of individual letters, numerals, symbols or other similar components and is painted on or attached flat against the wall of a building , and where such individual components are without integrated background definition and are not within a circumscribed frame area, the total area of the sign shall be the area of the square or rectangle that circumscribes the entire message.

   B.   Two or More Faced Sign

      Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of all faces shall be included in determining the area of the sign , except that only one face of a double-faced sign shall be considered in determining the sign area when both faces are parallel and the farthest distance between faces does not exceed five feet, or when the interior angle of the sign faces does not exceed 45° if the boards are in a "V" configuration.