9.21.110 Permit process.
(1) Required. No person shall erect, relocate or otherwise construct or alter any sign in, on, or above any Clallam County road right-of-way without first obtaining an approved permit from the Department of Public Works of the County of Clallam, State of Washington. A separate permit will be required for each business entity but not for each sign for the same entity.
Each sign shall be listed on the permit. After the permit is approved no modification of the size, type, or location shall be allowed without the written permission of the Department of Public Works.
(2) Permit Application. Each permit application shall be filed with the Department of Public Works on a form provided by the Department and shall contain the following information:
(a) Business name or private road name and the location of the business or road.
(b) If the application is for a private road name sign, a list of property owners that front or use the road for access to their property shall accompany the application along with a signed petition of those in favor of the name and a map showing the location of the road.
(c) Business owner, lessee, or responsible party for a private road name including applicable addresses.
(d) Justification for the sign(s) (e.g., gas, food, lodging, camping or RV park, tourist-oriented business, private road name).
(e) Number of signs applied for and a description of each sign including dimensions, materials, copy, and logos, symbols or trademarks, if any, including colors and designs customarily used.
(f) Distance, in feet, from the nearest intersection to the desired location for each sign including which side of the road the sign will be on. The ultimate location of each sign will be at the discretion of the Department of Public Works.
(g) For “follow thru or blaze signs” in conjunction with a Washington State permit for motorist information signing, proof that the State permit has been applied for will be required. Permits for the “follow thru or blaze signs” will be conditional and signs not installed until a copy of the approved State permit has been provided to the Department of Public Works.
(h) Route description from principal road to qualified business.
(i) Zoning designation, zoning or land use permits applicable to the subject property, SEPA threshold determinations, if applicable, copy of plat and deed restrictions, if any.
(3) Permit Fees. For specific service or tourist informational signs the permit fee, as set by Chapter 5.100 CCC, will be submitted with each application. This fee is intended to reimburse the County for the cost of locating and installing each sign and for the administrative costs incurred by each application.
No permit fees will be required for private road name signs.
If the permit application is rejected for any reason other than false and/or misleading statements made on the application, the fees will be refunded. Permit fees, at the discretion of the Department of Public Works, may or may not be refunded for false and/or misleading statements made on the application.
If a sign or signs on a multiple sign application are rejected and the remaining portion of the application approved, that portion of the permit fee pertaining to the rejected sign or signs will be refunded.
(4) Burden of Proof. At every stage of the application process, the burden of demonstrating that the business is qualified under this chapter and that the information is true and correct and otherwise consistent with State and local regulations, is upon the applicant.