No person shall erect, construct, reconstruct, install, replace, rent, lease or service any sign for which a permit is required within the corporate limits of the city until such person has obtained a sign license as required by this chapter. The original license fee shall be $50.00 per year and the renewal license fee shall be $10.00 per year with each renewal license fee payable on or before January 1 of each year.
(1966 Code, § 25½-15; Ordinance 2002-57, § 9, adopted 9/11/2002)
(a) 
No license will be required under this chapter for:
(1) 
The installation or maintenance of those signs that are exempted in section 130-60 from the requirement to obtain a permit; or
(2) 
The installation of nonelectrified signs of less than 32 square feet to be erected personally by the owner or occupant of a parcel of real estate to advertise the business activity located thereon.
(b) 
The exemptions set out in this section from the license requirement shall not operate to exempt a person from the permit requirements or regulations of this chapter nor from any other applicable ordinance, statute or regulation.
(1966 Code, § 25½-16)
No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable. It shall be unlawful for any holder of any license issued under this chapter to allow his name to be used by any other party, either for the purpose of doing work requiring such a license, or for the purpose of obtaining a permit for such work. It shall further be unlawful for any person not holding a license under this chapter to use the name or the license of any other party for the purpose of doing such work, or obtaining a license or permit for such work. The building official shall revoke the license of any license holder who violates this section. It shall further be unlawful for a person not entitled to an exemption from the license or permit requirements of this chapter to fraudulently claim such exemption.
(1966 Code, § 25½-17)
All service equipment utilized by the licensee and operating within the city must have the firm's or individual's name, as listed on the sign license, on the equipment.
(1966 Code, § 25½-18)
A surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state shall be furnished by the applicant for a license under this chapter, providing for payment to the city or applicable property owner in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 upon the failure of such licensee to maintain or construct according to this chapter any sign for which such licensee is responsible for.
(1966 Code, § 25½-19)
(a) 
Upon learning of any sign erected, maintained, serviced, sold, rented, leased, altered or neglected in violation of this chapter, the building official may give notice of such violation by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the responsible license holder or owner of the sign, as applicable. If the violation involves erection or alteration of such sign, the person who performed the work shall also be responsible. If a license holder or employee of a license holder is responsible, the building official may inform such license holder that continued violation for a period of 30 days from such notice will result in the revocation of such license holder's license. If the license holder so notified fails to correct the violation within 30 days of such notice, the building official may revoke such sign license and request the appropriate state official to revoke the highway department permit of the license holder, as applicable. During the time that a license is revoked, the affected license holder shall not be issued any sign permit and no new work shall be commenced under any sign permit which was granted to the affected license holder.
(b) 
Any person who has his license revoked under the provisions of this chapter shall not have his license reinstated nor a new license issued until after the expiration of 30 days from the later of the date of revocation or the date of correction of the cause of revocation, and upon payment of a license fee in the same amount as is then required for an original license.
(1966 Code, § 25½-80)