Permits shall be required for all signs greater
than six square feet in area.
A.
Permit required. Unless otherwise permitted herein,
no person shall erect, alter, locate or relocate or reconstruct or
maintain or cause to be erected, located or relocated or reconstructed
or maintained within the limits of the City of Long Branch any sign
or signs greater than six square feet in area without first having
obtained and having in force and effect a permit for the location
of such sign or signs from the Construction Code Official.
[Amended 5-12-1983 by Ord. No. 1100; 7-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1110]
B.
Application information and contents. Any persons
desiring to procure a permit to maintain a sign in the City of Long
Branch shall file with the Construction Code Official a written application,
which shall contain an accurate description of the location or proposed
location where such sign is to be erected and a diagram of each sign
that the applicant desires to erect, alter, locate or relocate, use
or maintain. Such application shall be signed by the applicant, who
shall also indicate his post office address and supply any and all
information that the Construction Code Official may reasonably require
in order to determine properly whether the proposed location of the
sign complies with the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Inspection of premises; issuance procedure. The Construction
Code Official upon receipt of an application shall examine the premises
upon which it is proposed to erect the sign, and if the proposed structure
is in compliance with all the requirements of this chapter and all
other laws and ordinances of the City of Long Branch, the Construction
Code Official shall then issue the permit. If the work authorized
under a permit has not been completed within four months after the
date of issuance, the permit shall become null and void.
A.
Causes for revocation. A permit to erect or maintain
a sign may be revoked for any one or more of the following causes:
B.
Notice; hearing. No permit shall be revoked for any
of the above causes until a five-day notice has been given the permittee,
which five-day notice shall be served either personally or by first-class
mail. Any permittee will be given a hearing thereon by the City, if
promptly requested, in writing, within a five-day period, addressed
to the Construction Code Official. (Should be specific determination
of body to hold hearing.)
C.
Removal of sign, advertising structure, space or wall.
When a permit for a sign is revoked, the permittee shall remove the
sign, advertising structure or space within 10 days from the date
of the revocation of the permit.
(1)
Failure to remove. Whenever a person fails to remove
an advertising structure or space after the expiration date of the
removal notice, legal proceedings may be instituted against said person
or the power of removal may be exercised.
(2)
City removal, costs. Whenever the removal power is
exercised for the elimination of a violation, the cost and expense
incurred may be charged against the person responsible for it. A bill
rendered for the cost of the removal, unless paid on demand, shall
bear legal interest charges, and collection shall be made accordingly.
The fees to be paid to the City for the erection
of each sign and for each of the conforming signs now erected in the
City as of October 22, 1974, shall be:
The Construction Code Official or other designated
City official shall issue a tag for each sign, which shall be permanently
attached to or displayed on each sign, billboard or structure so that
it may be readily ascertained that a permit has been issued for each
use.
If any person, firm or corporation claims a
special hardship by reason of any ruling which has been or may be
imposed by the Construction Code Official, an appeal may be made to
the Board of Adjustment, and its determination shall be final.
Adoption of amendments to this chapter shall
be in accordance with the enabling legislation of the State of New
Jersey.
The provisions of this chapter set forth minimum
requirements for promotion of the health, safety and public welfare,
and whenever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with
the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations
or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards,
shall govern.
