18.56.050 Administrative provisions.
A. Permits Required. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no signs shall hereafter be erected, re-erected, constructed, altered, or maintained, except as provided by this chapter and, when required, a building permit for the same has been issued by the building official. A separate permit shall be required for a sign or signs for each business entity and/or a separate permit shall be required for each group of signs on a single supporting structure.
1. Application for Permits. Application for sign permits shall be made to the building official on a form as provided by the building division. Such application shall require:
a. Name of business and address where work is to be performed.
b. Name and address of property owner.
c. Name and title of the person completing the application.
d. Name, address and telephone number of the person or firm doing the work and preferably the owner of said establishment.
e. Washington contractor’s registration number, industrial use permit number, sales tax number.
f. A site plan showing location of the sign in relation to buildings, property lines and street right-of-way including the size and location of all existing signs on the property.
g. A scale drawing of the proposed sign or sign revision showing size, height, copy, structural and footing details, and material specifications.
h. A description of work to be performed and type of sign.
i. Electrical load with name of electrical contractor responsible for installation of service feed wires if other than sign contractor.
j. Structural engineer’s stamp required on those signs and sign structures subject to wind and seismic forces.
2. Revocation of Permit. The building official may, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under provisions of this chapter whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the provisions of this chapter.
3. Permit Fee Schedule. The fees prescribed in the city’s fee schedule must be paid to the city for each sign installation for which a permit is required by this chapter and must be paid before any such permit is issued by the building official. Fees for building permits for each sign erected, installed, affixed, structurally altered, relocated, or created by painting shall be set in accordance with the city’s fee schedule.
4. Sign permits shall be processed in accordance with the relevant timelines and procedures identified in ACC Title 14, Project Review.
B. Interpretation. In all applications for permits where a matter of interpretation arises, the most restrictive definition shall prevail. (Ord. 5993 § 1, 2006; Ord. 4705 § 2, 1994; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)