§ 21-5. Time for consideration and issuance.

The director shall process all sign permit applications within forty-five (45) business days of the director's actual receipt of a completed application and a sign permit fee. The director shall give notice to the applicant of his/her decision by hand delivery or by mailing a notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address on the permit application on or before the forty-fifth business day after the director's receipt of the completed application. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the date of mailing in conformity with this section. If the director fails to act within the forty-five-day period, the permit shall be deemed to have been granted. A sticker or other device bearing the sign permit number shall be affixed to the sign structure.

(Ord. No. 13-03, Pt. I, 6-10-03)