[Code 1964, § 3-15]
For the purpose of this chapter, all signs shall be classified
as one of the following:
[Code 1964, § 3-19]
(a)
Required. No roof signboard, wall bulletin or commercial sign shall
hereafter be erected by any person except as prescribed by this chapter,
and until after a permit to erect the sign has been obtained from
the commissioner of codes enforcement, and the required fee for the
permit has been paid.
(b)
Application. No permit shall be issued by the commissioner of codes
enforcement until after an application has been filed with the commissioner
showing the plans, specifications, dimensions, materials of which
the sign is to be constructed and the details of construction of the
sign. The commissioner may prescribe suitable regulations consistent
with the provisions of this chapter concerning the form and contents
of all applications for the various forms of permits required.
(c)
Fees. The fees for permits shall be as follows:
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Freestanding
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$12
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Facial (lighted)
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$7
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Facial (unlighted)
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$5
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Projecting (lighted)
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$10
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Projecting (unlighted)
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$5
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[Code 1964, § 3-16(a)]
No sign of any description shall be erected within the corporate
limits until the consent in writing of the owner or agent of the premises
upon which the sign is to be erected has been filed with the commissioner
of codes enforcement. No sign permit shall be issued until the consent
is filed.
[Code 1964, § 3-16(b)]
No sign of any of the classes regulated by this chapter which
has been heretofore erected or constructed shall be relocated or rebuilt
to be brought into compliance with the provisions of this chapter
or until after the permit required in this article has been obtained
from the commissioner of codes enforcement to so relocate or rebuild
the signs.
[Code 1964, § 3-16(d)]
Every roof signboard or wall bulletin installed, erected, constructed
or maintained shall be plainly marked with the name of the person
erecting and maintaining the sign.
[Code 1964, § 3-16(e)]
It shall be unlawful for any person except a public officer
or employee in the performance of a public duty to place, post, print,
nail, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner, handbill, sign, poster,
advertisement or notice of any kind or cause the same to be done upon
poles, posts, curbstones, bridges, trees, rocks, buildings or fences
within the corporate limits, except as may be permitted by this chapter,
unless a permit to do so and a written permit from the property owner
and consent of the commissioner of codes enforcement has been obtained.
This section shall not apply to signs located on property for the
sale or rent of the property or advertising in or upon the cars and
stations of any common carrier.
[Code 1964, § 3-16(f)]
If any sign of any of the classes regulated in this chapter
shall be installed, erected, constructed or maintained in violation
of any of the terms of this chapter, the commissioner of codes enforcement
shall enclose a notice by registered mail to the owner or lessee of
the sign to alter the sign to comply with the provisions of this chapter
and to secure the necessary permit for the sign, or to remove the
sign. If the order is not complied with within 10 days after the notice
has been mailed, the commissioner of codes enforcement may remove
the sign at the expense of the owner or lessee of the sign.
[Code 1964, § 3-16(g)]
Should any sign of any of the classes regulated in this chapter
become insecure or otherwise unsafe in the opinion of the commissioner
of codes enforcement, the owner of the sign or the person maintaining
the sign shall, upon receipt of written notice from the commissioner
of codes enforcement and in any case within 10 days, secure the sign
in a manner to be approved by the commissioner of codes enforcement
in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. If the order is
not complied with within 10 days after notice to the owner or lessee
of the premises, the commissioner shall remove the sign at the expense
of the owner or lessee of the premises.
[Code 1964, § 3-17]
The posting of signs or appurtenances of any type shall be prohibited
where the view of motorists is obstructed. All present signs which
are obstructing the view of motorists at intersections shall be removed
as directed by the commissioner of public safety.
