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05/07/2007 DIVISION FOUR: GENERAL REGULATIONS Sec. 3.145. GENERAL PROHIBITION: Unless specifically authorized by this Article, or some other authorization duly adopted by the City Council, no signs may be displayed on public property by private parties. No sign may be displayed on public property unless a permit therefore has first been issued or the subject sign is expressly exempted from the permit requirement by this or another applicable policy statement or other authorization approved by the City Council. Sec. 3.146. ABATEMENT: All permits must be consistent with this Article. Any sign posted on public property within the City, contrary to the sections stated herein, may be summarily removed as a trespass and a nuisance by the City pursuant to this Division and Chapter 14 of this Code. Property andlor sign owners who have signs removed by the City may be charged for all costs associated with said removal. Removed signs will be held by the City for a period of thirty (30) days and the propertylsign owner notified of same. Failure to respond to the notification may result in the sign(s) destruction or disposal by the City. DIVISION FIVE: PERMITS Sec. 3.147. PERMIT APPLICATION: The Administrator shall prepare and make available to members of the public an application for a permit, which shall, when fully approved, constitute a permit and indicate the City's consent, in its proprietary capacity, for placement of a sign on City property. The applicant for the permit must be the same person or entity who is to be the owner of the sign and who shall be responsible for its removal when required. The processing fee for each application, which shall not be refundable even if the application is denied, shall be the same as the fee for a sign permit under the sign ordinance, as that fee currently exists or may be amended from time to time. The application form shall require the applicant to state that they shall abide by the City's policies, as well as any special terms or conditions which may be stated on the Permit, and to abide by any new or different conditions which may be imposed on all permittees who are similarly situated. Sec. 3.148. PERMITS ISSUED IN ERROR: Any permit issued in error may be summarily revoked by the Administrator by informing, in writing, the applicant of the nature of the error in issuance. Any applicant whose permit is revoked as issued in error may, at any time thereafter, submit a new permit application which cures any deficiencies in the original application. The application fee shall apply separately to each new application, but shall be waived when the original issuing error was caused by the City. When a permit is revoked, the permittee must remove the sign within seven (7) calendar days of the revocation. If the permittee does not do so, then the City may remove the sign and recover from the permittee the reasonable cost of removal, as may Atty/Ord/Ord.211 032007 41 Ord 2309 formerly Muff # 305