22.64.045 Permit process.
A. Application for sign permits shall be made to the building official on a form as provided by the building department. Such application shall require:
1. Name of business, address where work is to be performed;
2. Name and title of the person completing the application;
3. Name and address, telephone number of the person or firm doing the work and preferably the owner of said establishment;
4. Washington contractors registration number, industrial use permit number, sales tax number;
5. A site plan showing location of sign in relation to buildings, property lines and public right-of-way including the size and location of all existing signs on the property shall be eight and one-half inches by eleven inches;
6. A scale drawing of proposed sign or sign revision showing size, height, copy, structural and footing details, material specifications;
7. A description of work to be performed and type of sign;
8. Electrical load with name of electrical contractor responsible for installation of service feed wires if other than sign contractor.
B. Special Use Permit. A special use permit may be obtained for temporary signs in excess of eight square feet; beacon light; and banners and streamers which are not otherwise permitted by this code. This permit may be approved by the planning commission for a specified and limited amount of time for grand opening or other special use permit shall be made to the building official.
C. Comprehensive Sign Design Plan Permits. Special consideration shall be given to signs which use a comprehensive sign design plan to encourage the integration of signage into the framework of the building where it is located. This may be done on an existing building whose facade is being altered, new building, or freestanding sign. Such special consideration will, in come cases, result in allowance of height or total area in excess of those limitations specified for particular zones in this chapter. Supergraphics may be permitted as a comprehensive design plan. The exception herein is based on an exceptional effort toward creating visual harmony between the sign, the building and site where it is located through the use of a consistent design theme. The comprehensive sign design plan shall be presented to the planning commission with a narrative outlining the proposed plan including, but not limited to, the following:
1. How the physical components of the sign go to make up the area of copy detailing legibility, visibility, and readability factors on the basis of traffic speed, color combinations, sign placement, etc.;
2. How the sign relates to the immediate surroundings, including existing and proposed buildings, other signs and landscape;
3. How the sign relates to the desired land use characteristics that the sign proposal is being asked to promote; and
4. A colored rendering.
In evaluating the proposed solution, the planning commission shall assess the foregoing information on the basis of the alternative solution available using existing ordinance. Application for comprehensive sign design plan permits shall be made to the building official on forms provided by the building department, and shall be submitted along with the regular sign permit application.
D. Permits Issued.
1. The building official shall issue a sign permit upon approval of plans and payment of the required fees. The building inspector shall also keep records of the disposition of all hearings involving the planning commission in regards to sign usage, appeals, etc., in the permit file.
2. Permits shall be numbered in the order of their issuance and shall disclose:
a. The type of sign as defined in this chapter;
b. The street address of the property upon which the sign is proposed to be located and the proposed location of the sign on the property; in the absence of a street address, an acceptable plot plan of location may be required;
c. The amount of the fee paid for such permit;
d. The date of issuance;
e. The name of the sign company installing the sign.
3. With each sign permit issued, the building official shall issue a corresponding permanent sticker indicating the date of issuance, the name of permittee or his agent to attach the label in the lower right hand area of the sign so that it can be prima facia evidence that the sign has been, or is being, erected or operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
E. Time Limitation. Every permit issued by the building official under the provision of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced within one hundred twenty days from the date of issuance of such permit or from the date work is suspended or abandoned. Work may recommence only after obtaining a new permit. (Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).