02-19-15 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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EXHIBIT C (1) No temporary sign may be erected within the city limits of the City of La Porte without a permit first having been obtained from the building official. (2) Application for temporary sign permits shall be made upon forms provided by the building official, and shall contain and be accompanied by information sufficient to identify the location of the proposed sign, consistent with the location criteria established in subsection (b)(2) above. (3) No person shall be issued a temporary sign permit under this section until such person has filed with the city secretary a bond or insurance policy, or both, in the amount of $200.00 per sign approved, in form approved by the city attorney, such bond or policy to be conditioned on the placement of temporary signs in accordance with the provisions of this article, the other ordinances of the City of La Porte, and further providing for the indemnification of the city for any and all damages or liability that may accrue to or against the city by reason of the placement, maintenance, alteration, repair or removal, or defects in any temporary sign erected by or under the direction of such applicant, and further providing for the indemnification of any person who shall, while on public property or public right-of-way of the City of La Porte, incur damages for which the person erecting any such temporary sign is legally liable by reason of his act or omission in regard to erection of such temporary signage. (4) No permit issued under this ordinance shall be transferable. (d) Number of temporary sign permits: No permittee for a temporary sign may obtain a permit for placement of more than two temporary signs at any one particular location specified in section 106- 877(b) (Temporary signs) above with a maximum of ten temporary signs per permittee, and a maximum of two temporary signs per permittee per location. (e) Further limitations on permit: No permittee may obtain permits for location of temporary signs for more than four consecutive weeks. Upon the expiration of four consecutive weeks of permits for a particular permittee, no permit shall be issued by the city for any temporary signs for 30 days following said four consecutive week period. (f) Revocation of permit: Upon learning of any violation of this article or the ordinances of the City of La Porte by any temporary sign permit holder, the building official shall give notice of said violation to the responsible permit holder. Two or more violations of this article, or other ordinances of the City of La Porte shall result in denial of future temporary sign permits to the responsible permittee by the City of La Porte.