§ 3378.07. Inventory and permit requirements.

In order to facilitate consistency and timeliness in the processing of installation permits and the establishment of accurate records, every billboard shall be subject to the following inventory and permit requirements:

A.

Each billboard shall be identified with the owner's or the erector's name.

B.

Within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, every owner of a billboard shall provide to the director an inventory, in the format to be determined by the director, disclosing the location and size of every approved billboard, built or unbuilt, within the city belonging to said owner.

C.

The department shall assign an identifying number to each built or unbuilt billboard, which number shall be part of the permanent inventory information.

D.

Each application for a billboard installation permit shall be accompanied by an affidavit, signed by the property owner, which shall specify that the applicant has exclusive permission to erect and maintain the billboard for which the installation permit is requested.

E.

An installation permit shall expire one year after the date of issuance. Each permit application shall be reviewed using the regulations in effect at the time of such application.

F.

Prior to removing any existing billboard, the owner or the general or limited sign erector employed to remove same shall submit a written notification to the director.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 6 (part).)