Sec. 41-62. - Application, etc.
Sec. 41-63. - Issuance; completion date.
Sec. 41-64. - Annual permit for maintenance.
Sec. 41-66. - Revocation of permits.
Secs. 41-67—41-85. - Reserved.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, repair, alter or relocate within the city any sign or other advertising structure without first obtaining an erection permit from the department of licenses and inspections and making payment of the fee required by section 41-65. All illuminated signs shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of section 41-65(b) and the permit fees required thereunder.
(Code 1968, § 42-4(a))
Sec. 41-62. - Application, etc.
(a)
Applications for erection permits under this division shall be made upon blanks provided by the department of licenses and inspections and shall contain or have attached thereto the following information:
(1)
Name, address and telephone number of owner.
(2)
Location of building, structure or lot to which or upon which the sign or other advertising structure is to be attached or erected.
(3)
Position of the sign or other advertising structure in relation to nearby buildings or structures.
(4)
Two blueprints or ink drawings of the plans and specifications and method of construction and attachment to the building or in the ground. Wall signs not exceeding three feet by five feet in area or three feet in diameter are excluded from the requirements of this subsection.
(5)
Name of person erecting structure.
(6)
Written consent of the owner of the building, structure or land to which or upon which the structure is to be erected.
(7)
Any electrical permit required and issued for such sign.
(8)
Insurance policy or bond as required by section 41-4
(9)
Such other information as the commissioner of licenses and inspections shall require to show full compliance with this chapter and all other laws and ordinances of the city.
(b)
Whenever the conditions for the erection of signs are such as to require unusual structural provisions, the commissioner of licenses and inspections may require that the structural design drawings be prepared and bear the seal of a registered architect or registered professional engineer competent to design such structure.
(Code 1968, § 42-4(b))
Sec. 41-63. - Issuance; completion date.
(a)
It shall be the duty of the enforcement officer, upon the filing of an application for an erection permit under this division, to examine such plans and specifications and other data and the premises upon which it is proposed to erect the sign or other advertising structure. If it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter and all other laws, ordinances and regulations of the city, the enforcement officer shall issue the erection permit. If the work authorized under an erection permit has not been completed within six months after date of issuance, such permit shall become null and void.
(b)
Permits for the erection of signs shall only be issued to persons licensed and qualified to carry on such work under the provisions of this chapter. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcement officer, signs or marquees are structurally more of a general contractor's job than a sign hanger's job, a permit shall be issued to such general contractor as a sign erector and not to a sign hanger.
(Code 1968, § 42-4(c))
Sec. 41-64. - Annual permit for maintenance.
No sign for which a permit is required by this chapter shall be maintained unless the owner thereof shall have paid an annual permit fee as prescribed in section 41-65. All annual renewal permits to maintain signs shall be renewed on or before July 1 of each year and shall be for the period ending June 30 following.
(Code 1968, § 42-6)
(a)
New signs; alteration or relocation. Permit fees for the erection of new signs, or the alteration or relocation of signs, shall be $6.00 for each $1,000.00 valuation or fraction thereof, based upon the total valuation of all work and material involved for its completion.
(b)
Electric wiring and installation; certificate of inspection and approval. For all electric wiring and electrical installation in connection with the erection of illuminated signs or outdoor display structures, a separate fee of $6.00 shall be paid. A certificate of inspection and approval for electrical wiring and installation shall be issued by the electrical inspector of the Middle Department Association of Fire Underwriters and a copy of such certificate shall be filed with the enforcement officer.
(c)
Annual renewals. Annual renewal permit fees for the maintaining of signs requiring a permit as prescribed by this chapter shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
All signs. For signs not exceeding 50 square feet in face area, measured on each face on which the sign is readable or has value as an advertisement, $10.00, plus $5.00 for each additional 50 square feet or fraction thereof.
(2)
Marquees, fixed awnings, canopies and similar fixed structures over public properties. For such signs not exceeding 50 square feet of horizontal projected area, $10.00, plus $5.00 for each additional 50 square feet or fraction thereof.
(3)
Clocks, barberpoles, etc. Clocks, barberpoles and similar structures or devices, displayed for advertising purposes, $5.00.
(4)
Minimum fee. In no event shall the minimum fee be less than $5.00.
(d)
Measurement of sign area. The area of a sign shall be the product of its extreme vertical dimension and its extreme horizontal dimension; in the case of projecting signs, the horizontal dimensions shall be measured from the building face or pole or other support to which the sign is attached; where freestanding letters or insignia are used, the vertical and horizontal dimensions shall be measured between the outer limits of the letters or insignia composing the sign.
(e)
Temporary signs. Permit fees for temporary signs as regulated by this chapter shall be as follows:
(1)
Signs not exceeding 50 square feet in area .....$10.00
(2)
Plus, per each additional 50 square feet or fraction thereof .....10.00
No permit shall be required for any temporary sign which does not exceed 25 square feet in area and its longest dimension does not exceed eight feet.
(Code 1968, § 42-5; Ord. No. 92-053(sub 1), § 29(m), 7-2-92)
Sec. 41-66. - Revocation of permits.
(a)
All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this chapter are mere licenses revocable at any time by the city, and all permits issued under this chapter shall contain this provision.
(b)
The commissioner of licenses and inspections is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke any permit issued by him upon failure of the holder thereof to comply with any provision of this chapter or for cause.
(Code 1968, § 42-7)