Application for permits shall be filed with the Administrator, together with a permit fee as specified by the Administrator, for each sign. The permit fee shall be calculated at a rate of $.050 per square foot for only one face of the sign, provided, however, that the minimum permit fee shall be $25.00. In addition, when any sign is hereafter erected, placed, installed, or otherwise established on any property prior to obtaining permits as required by this section, the fees specified hereunder shall be doubled but the payment of such double fee shall not relieve any person from complying with other provisions of this section or from penalties prescribed herein.
(A) On-premise signs. All on-premise signs visible from a public street shall be calculated at a basis of $.30 a square foot.
(1) The calculation on a free- standing pole, ground, monument, or any similar or roof sign shall be based only on one face of the sign. That calculation shall be based on the largest face of the sign.
(2) Facia or wall signs. Only the copy area as calculated in this chapter shall be included in the above- mentioned fee.
(B) Off-premise signs. Off-premise signs shall have a fee based at $.05 a square foot. This fee shall relate to only one face of the sign but be calculated on whichever is the largest exposed face of the sign and shall be based on the total changeable copy area of the largest face on the off-premise signs that can be seen at any one given time.
(Ord. 81-0-8, passed 4-21-81; Am. Ord. 2002-0-05, passed 5-13-02)