§ 8-58. Permit, etc.

(a)

No sign structure or sign surface shall be erected, altered, rebuilt, or refaced without first obtaining a building permit; provided, however, that the sign surface of an outdoor advertising sign may be repainted or reposted without obtaining a new permit. Permits shall be issued only to licensed and bonded sign hangers as provided hereinafter for all signs except wall bulletins and monument signs. Any owner or authorized person may be issued a permit for wall bulletins and monument signs. No permit shall be issued without first filing a written application with the building official. The application shall include proposed plans showing dimensions, materials, details of construction, site location, illumination, and any other information, including site plans and specifications that shall be requested by the building official.

(b)

Only those signs permitted in chapter 27, article VIII, division 11 shall be granted a sign permit.

(c)

No sign surface or sign structure shall be rebuilt, refaced, altered, or relocated which does not meet the requirements of section 27-388(5) and chapter 27, article VIII, division 11.

(d)

No sign shall be erected without the prior written consent of the owner or authorized agent of the tract upon which the sign is to be placed being filed with the building official at the time an application for a building permit is filed.

(e)

All persons shall plainly show the name and building permit number of the persons erecting and/or maintaining the sign.

(f)

At the time the application is submitted, the applicant shall deposit with the unified government director of revenue an application fee in the amount established by the county administrator, no portion of which shall be returned. If the building permit expires before the sign for which it was issued is erected, the building official may issue a renewal of the building permit issued pursuant to this section upon the expiration thereof or within 30 days thereafter, upon payment by the applicant of a renewal fee in the amount established by the county administrator and surrender of the old permit, accompanied by satisfactory proof that the sign is the sign for which the permit was originally issued.

(Code 1964, § 7-25(7-58.1, 7-58.21, 7-58.22); Code 1988, § 8-53; Ord. No. 64702, § 1, 9-6-1984; Ord. No. 64861, § 1, 8-29-1985)