Any person, firm, corporation or business engaging in the operation of erecting, installing, servicing or maintaining signs within the city must be registered to conduct such business with the city. For the purposes of this section, persons engaging in the business of erecting, installing and maintaining signs shall be designated as sign installers, including those responsible for erecting temporary signs requiring a permit.
(1) Application.
Registration shall require a completed application on a form supplied by the city.
(2) Transfer.
No registration of a sign installer shall be transferable and no holder of any license issued under provisions of this section shall allow his name or his company’s name to be used by any other party under penalty of forfeiting his license in addition to any fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(3) Fee.
No permit for the erection or alteration of a sign shall be issued to any person (other than a property owner erecting his own sign on his own property, providing all requirements of this article are met) unless such person is registered pursuant to provisions of this section. The fee for such registration shall be as established by the city council, payable on January 1 of each year, which fee will not be prorated.
(4) Revocation.
Any registration granted under the provisions of this section may be revoked by the city manager or designee, upon violation on any provision of this article. Upon revocation of registration, a new registration of that sign installer shall not be permitted for a period of six months (180 days).
(Ordinance 200888, sec. 2 (112-17), adopted 8/5/08; 2013 Code, sec. 44-17(c); Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)