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3,4. Fee. Sign permit fees and any impoundment fee shall be set by the <br />City Council by ordinance, as amended from time to time. The required lee shall <br />accompany any sign permit application <br />3.5. Review. The Zoning Administrator shall review applications for <br />compliance with these regulations. A decision to approve or deny should be made <br />within 30 days of receiving a complete application. Applicants shall be informed <br />of the decision in writing. Decisions to deny a permit shall be accompanied by a <br />statement of reasons for the denial. <br />3.6 Variance and Appeal. An appeal from a sign permit denial shall be <br />taken in the manner of zoning appeals, using the procedure stated in Section 17.7 <br />of the Zoning Ordinance.. Requests for variance from these sign regulations shall <br />be made and considered in the manner of requests for zoning variance, using the <br />procedure stated in Section .1.7.4 of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />3.7. Comprehensive Sign Plan. An applicant seeking approval for signs in <br />connection with new building construction, remodeling, or re -development may <br />submit a comprehensive sign plan with the other required submittals in lieu of <br />making individual applications for sign permits. All information required in <br />Section 3.3, (d) through (g), is required to be representedin the supporting <br />documentation supporting thecomprehensive sign request. In acting upon the <br />comprehensive sign plan, the Planning Commission and City Council may permit <br />consideration of unique conditions, flexibility and creativity in the design and <br />placement of signs, to the extent such leeway promotes the purposes and goals of <br />any design standards in the underlying zoning district. If a comprehensive sign <br />plan is. approved, the Zoning. Administrator may issue sign permits for individual <br />signs in the plan without further review, upon payment of the applicable sign <br />permit fee. <br />SECTION 4. Inspections and Enforcement. All signs shall be subject to inspection by <br />the Zoning Administrator, or other official designated by The Zoning Administrator, The <br />Administrator or designee must be allowed entry upon the property on which the sign is <br />located to ascertain compliance with the termsof these regulations and the technical. <br />specifications provided with the permit application. Such entrance shall be made during <br />business hours unless an emergency exists. <br />4.1 Signs in Disrepair: The Zoning Administrator or designee may order <br />the removal of any sign that is not maintained in accordance with the. <br />requirements of these regulations. Upon failure to.comply with such order within <br />the time specified, the. City Council may declare the sign a public nuisance and <br />directthat the nuisance be abated under theproceduresset forth in Gem Lake <br />Ordinance No. 86. <br />4,2 Impoundment of Signs on. Public Property. The. . City may at any time, <br />and without notice, remove and impound signs which have been erected on public <br />Ordinance 109 draft 9/16/09 4 <br />