Cross Reference — As to zoning, see ch. 31 of this Code. As to posting of shows and signs on public property and utility poles, see § 20-39.1.
Editor's Note — Ord. No. 2380, adopted
November 21, 2005, repealed §§ 29-2, 24-4 and 29-5
and rewrote and renumbered the remaining sections in this chapter
29. Former Section 29-2 derived from Ord. No. 758 § 1, 10-30-1961.
Former Section 29-4 derived from 758 § 2, 10-31-1961. Former
Section 29-5 derived from Ord. No. 757 §§ 3 —
4, 10-11-1961.
[Ord. No. 757 § 1, 10-11-1961; Ord. No. 2380 § 1, 11-21-2005]
No billboard or advertising sign other than a "For Sale" sign or "For Rent" sign meeting the requirements of Section 31-19 shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered unless a permit for such erection, construction, reconstruction or alteration shall have been first obtained from the City Administrator or the City Engineer, as hereinafter provided. There is no fee for such permit.
[Ord. No. 757 § 2, 10-11-1961; Ord. No. 2380 § 3, 11-21-2005]
No permit for the erection, construction, reconstruction or
alteration of a billboard or advertising sign shall be issued by the
City Administrator or the City Engineer unless there is first filed
in his or her office, by the applicant therefor, an application, on
forms provided by the City Administrator or the City Engineer, upon
which is shown the name and address of the applicant, the contractor
to make the erection, the design, type of construction, size and height
above ground level of the proposed billboard or advertising sign and
the location relative to the nearest streets, together with a drawing
to scale showing the exact location of such billboard or sign upon
the ground with relation to nearest property lines, streets and other
structures within one hundred (100) feet thereof and upon which is
shown the names of the owners of the property upon which same is proposed
to be erected.
[Ord. No. 758 § 3, 10-30-1961; Ord. No. 2380 § 5, 11-21-2005]
Upon the filling of such application by an applicant for a proposed
billboard or sign, the City Administrator or City Engineer shall examine
the proposed site for the erection of the structure, satisfy himself
or herself of the accuracy of the representations made in the application
and, if he or she shall determine that the erection, construction,
reconstruction or alteration will not be detrimental to the public
safety, the public health or the public welfare, he or she shall issue
a permit for the erection of same.
[Ord. No. 758 § 4, 10-30-1961; Ord. No. 2380 § 6, 11-21-2005]
If the City Administrator or City Engineer shall refuse to issue
a permit for such erection, construction, reconstruction or alteration
upon an application therefor, the applicant shall have the right to
request that his application be submitted to the Board of Aldermen
at its next regular meeting to be held after such refusal, and, if
a majority of the Board of Aldermen present and voting at such a meeting
shall favor the issuance of such a permit, the City Administrator
or City Engineer shall issue same. The request for consideration by
the Board of Aldermen shall be in writing and addressed to the Mayor,
and shall state sufficient information to enable the Mayor to readily
determine the application upon which action by the Board of Aldermen
is requested, and it shall be the duty of the Mayor to present such
application to the Board of Aldermen after receiving such written
notice from the applicant.
