Sign permits and fees

(a) It is unlawful for any person to install, construct, erect, alter, relocate, reconstruct, or cause to be installed, constructed, erected, altered, relocated, or reconstructed within the city any sign or signs without first having obtained a permit in writing from the director and making payment of the fees required by this section. (b) No permit shall be required nor shall district sign regulations apply to the following types of signs: (1) Subdivision construction signs; (2) Pump island information signs, not to exceed three square feet in sign area; (3) Gasoline price signs, not to exceed one square foot in sign area and located on a gasoline pump; (4) Temporary signs; (5) Public signs; (6) Flags; (7) Plaques; (8) Small signs and address signs; (9) Directional signs; and (10) Political campaign signs. (c) Applicants for permits shall file applications signed by the owner of the sign or the owner’s agent, on forms containing the following information: (1) The name and address of the applicant and of the person by whom such sign is to be constructed, erected, altered, relocated, or reconstructed; (2) An accurate description of the location or proposed location, type, and character of each sign; (3) A plan or design of the sign showing its weight, dimensions, lighting equipment, materials, details of its attachment and hanging and its position relative to the building, property lines, and street lines; (4) Any electrical design required and approved for the sign; and (5) Other information pertinent to the application as may be required by the director of planning and permitting. (d) Every applicant, before being granted a permit, shall pay to the city, for each sign regulated by this chapter, a fee that shall be as specified in Chapter 6, Article 41 . (e) Except when sign work may be commenced without a permit, the fee for a permit for work commenced without a permit shall be $100 plus the fee specified by the director. (f) If the applicant complies with all the requirements of this chapter and all other applicable ordinances, statutes, and regulations, the director shall issue a permit. (g) If the work on any sign authorized under a permit has not been completed within six months after the date of permit issuance, then the permit shall become void and any sign installed, constructed, erected, relocated, or altered thereafter under the permit shall constitute a violation of this chapter. (h) The director is authorized and empowered to revoke any issued permit on failure of the holder to comply with any provision of this chapter or any other applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation.