Required Documents

• Permit Application and Critical Areas Worksheet
• Submittal Fee 
  •  Please reference the City’s fee schedule for current application fees. 
• Construction Drawings
  • Structural framing members with connection details (include columns, beams, cross-pieces, bracing and face of sign).
  • Dimensions and a scale.
  • Cable sizes and attachments, including anchorage, tensions and angles.
  • Foundation system details, including footing sizes, depths and reinforcing.
  • Any connections to existing buildings or other structures such as fasteners, location, and quantity. Specify the material the sign will attach to (brick, concrete, wood, etc.)
  • If illumination is proposed, a night rendering.
• Elevation Drawings
  • Elevations must show each building façade which will have a sign. Please include dimensions, wall lengths, heights, and tenant lease lines.
  • If proposing window signs, show window area calculations.
  • Provide a sign detail showing all lettering and symbols with dimensions and sign area calculations.
  • For freestanding signs, such as monument or pylon signs, include the below grade footing and height from grade. 
• Site Plan
  • Site plans for sign permits do not need to meet all requirements, but must show property lines, existing and proposed buildings, proposed sign locations, scale bar and north arrow, easements, and access roads. 

Additional Documents (Possibly Required)

• Structural Calculations / Details
  • If not included with your drawings, include engineering calculations demonstrating that the sign and its foundation system (or the building/other structure supporting the sign) have been designed to withstand gravity, wind and earthquake loads per the current International Building Code.