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<br />PERMITS, FEES, INSPECTION AND INDEMNIFICATION
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<br />Sec. 3.1. Permits Required
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<br />Except as otherwise provided in this code it shall be unlawful for any person to erect, con-
<br />struct, enlarge, move or convert any sign in the city, or cause the same to be done, without first
<br />obtaining a sign permit for each such sign from the Administrator as required by this Code.
<br />These directives shall not be construed to require any permit for a change of copy on any
<br />sign, nor for the repainting, cleaning and other normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign
<br />structure for which a permit has previously been issued, so long as the sign or sign structure is
<br />not modified in any way. No new permit is required for signs which have permits and which
<br />conform with the requirements of this Code on the date of its adoption unless and until the sign
<br />is altered or relocated.
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<br />Every sign permit issued by the Administrator shall become null and void if manufacture is not
<br />commenced within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of such permit. If work au-
<br />thorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for one hundred and twenty (120) days
<br />any time after the work is commenced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and the
<br />fee will be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided that no
<br />changes have been made in the original plans. Such permit may not be unreasonably withheld,
<br />providing that proper application and payment of permit fees is complied with.
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<br />In emergency situations, work may be initiated and completed without first applying for a per-
<br />mit. However, a permit shall be applied for within forty-eight (48) hours after the first working
<br />day when work has commenced on the sign.
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<br />Sec. 3.2. Sign Contractor's License
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<br />(a) Sign contractors to be licensed. No person shall perform any work or service for any
<br />person or for any government entity for compensation, in or in connection with the erec-
<br />tion, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, improvement, maintenance, con-
<br />version or manufacture of any sign in the city, or any work or service in connection with
<br />causing any such work to be done unless such person shall first have obtained a sign con-
<br />tractor's license from the Administrator and paid the license fees provided for by the city.
<br />or shall be represented by a duly licensed agent or sub-contractor.
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<br />(b) Before any manufacturer can engage in the manufacturing of an electrical sign, they must
<br />demonstrate the ability to issue the Canadi!ln Standards Association electrical label pert-
<br />inent to electric signs or the Underwriters' Laboratory (48), electrical signs specification.
<br />or some similar electrical labelling requirement.
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<br />Sec. 3.3. Indemnification for Sign Installation and Maintenance
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<br />As a condition to the issuance of a business license as required in the City Code, all persons
<br />engaged in the business of installing or maintaining signs which involves, in whole or part,
<br />the erection, alteration,' relocation, maintenance of a sign or other sign work in or over or im-
<br />mediately adjacent to a public right-of-way or public property so that a portion of the public
<br />right-of-way or public property is used or encroached upon by the sign installer, shall agree
<br />to hold harmless and indemnify the city, its officers, agents, and employees, from any and all
<br />claims of negligence resulting from the erection, alteration, relocation, maintenance of a sign or
<br />other sign work insofar as this Code has not specifically directed the placement of a sign.
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<br />Sec. 3.4. Insurance
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<br />Every applicant for a license shall, before such license is granted, file with the Province or State
<br />a satisfactory certificate of insurance to indemnify the Province or State, town or municipality
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