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§ 161.024 SIGN INSTALLER'S LICENSE.
<br />(A) License required. No person shall engage in the business of installing signs, nor shall be entitled to receive a permit
<br />to install a sign in connection with the business unless first licensed by the city to do so.
<br />(B) Application and fee. A license may be granted by the Council upon written application to the City Administrator on
<br />such form as required by the City Administrator and accompanied by an annual license fee as established per the city's
<br />approved fee schedule.
<br />(C) Liability insurance.
<br />(1) Any person holding a license shall file with the City Administrator policies of public liability and property damage
<br />insurance which shall remain and be in force and effect during the entire term of the license and which shall contain a
<br />provision that they shall not be cancelled without ten days' written notice to the municipality.
<br />(2) Public liability insurance should not be less than $1,000,000 for injuries and property damage, including accidental
<br />death to any one person in an amount not less than $500,000 on account of any one accident.
<br />(D) Expiration. Licenses shall be issued on an annual basis, with the license year running from January 1 through the
<br />following December 31.
<br />(E) Revocation. A license may be terminated and renewal thereof may be denied by the Council for violations of this
<br />chapter or other applicable ordinances.
<br />(Prior Code, § 1008.07) (Ord. 679, passed 05-29-2001; Ord. 816, passed 01-22-2009; Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010; Ord.
<br />957, passed 05-28-2019)
<br />CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS
<br />§ 161.035 MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES.
<br />Premises on which ground signs are located shall be maintained free of weeds and debris, and where landscaping was
<br />part of the original sign permit, the landscaping shall be maintained in the manner provided in the permit.
<br />(Prior Code, § 1008.01) (Ord. 679, passed 05-29-2001)
<br />§ 161.036 SIGN MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS.
<br />(A) General. All owners and property managers shall keep signs in good condition and repair and free from peeling paint,
<br />rust, damaged or rotted support, framework or other materials, broken or missing faces or missing letters. When any sign
<br />becomes insecure, in danger of falling, or is otherwise deemed unsafe or a nuisance by a city inspector, or if any sign shall
<br />have been unlawfully installed, erected or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the owner or firm
<br />using the sign shall, upon written notice by the city inspector, make the sign conform to the provisions of this chapter or shall
<br />remove the sign within ten days. If the sign owner, user or responsible party has not corrected the violation within ten days,
<br />the city inspector may remove or cause the sign to be removed at the expense of the owner or user of the sign.
<br />(B) Obsolete sign copy. The owner or user of any property or sign that has any sign copy that no longer advertises or
<br />identifies a use conducted on the property on which the sign is located must cover or remove the sign copy within 30 days
<br />after written notification from the city inspector. The city considers such a sign to be a nuisance sign.
<br />(C) Paint. The owner or user of any structure from which he or she has moved or removed a sign shall repair and/or paint
<br />the structure with colors and materials to match the existing background.
<br />(D) Sign permit not required. Activities considered to be normal maintenance and repair shall not require a sign or
<br />building permit from the city. The activities shall include replacing or repairing lamps, ballasts, transformers, trim, sign
<br />fasteners, nuts or washers; painting the pole or supports of free-standing signs; and painting the cabinet of the free-standing
<br />signs or building signs.
<br />(E) Sign permit required. For any sign that initially required a permit, the city requires a permit for all of the following
<br />additional activities (the city does not consider such activities as normal maintenance):
<br />(1) Refacing a sign, except for the text on a manual changeable message sign;
<br />(2) Removing the sign for the repair of the cabinet or any part thereof;
<br />(3) Changes made to a sign's size, illumination or electrical service, including, but not limited to, height, width, weight,
<br />area, adding or removing illumination; and
<br />(4) Changes to poles, structural supports, bases or shrouds, footings or anchor bolts, moving the sign to a new
<br />location, or replacement of the interior or exterior cabinet frame, except the sign face.
<br />(F) Building permit. The city also will require a building permit for signs or sign repair that involves the construction of, or
<br />changes to, a sign, a sign structure, billboards and/or electrical connections. All signs using electricity shall be subject to the
<br />state's current Electrical Code. The contractor shall bury or conceal all electrical wiring for the signs.
<br />(G) Inspection authority. All signs are subject to inspection by the Building Official or his or her designee, who the city
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