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BZD Committee - Amended Version development or redevelopment proposal. Every applicant who obtains a temparary erection permit pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph of this section shall be required to post a bond with the Building Commissioner equal to the cost of the sign to be erected, before erecting said sign pursuant to the temporary permit. Said bond shall be forfeited to the City if the applicant, upon receiving final approval for a lot development or redevelopment approval, erects a sign or signs, or fails to modify a sign or signs, in violation of an express condition or conditions of that final approval. ( fl If the work authorized under any erection permit is not completed within six (6) months after the date of issuance, said perniit shall become null and void. 1163.07 PERMIT FEE. Every applicant, upon applying for a permit pursuant to Section 1163.06, shall pay to the Building Commissioner the nonrefundable I'ce establislied by separate ordinance. Applications for temporary sign permits shall not require a fee. 1163.08 APPEAL. If the applicant is dissatisfied with aily determination of the Building Commissioner made during the course of the application process, including but not limited to the calculation of the fee due, the requirement of additional materials, tlle classification of a proposed sign, the denial of a permit, or the revocation of a permit, the applicant may, within ten business (10) days following that determination, file with the Building Commissioner an appeal from the Commissioner's decision to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Upon rcceiving such a notice of appeal, the Building Commissioner shall transmit all papers and other documents coiulected to the application to the Clerk of the Board of Zoning Appeals, which shali hear the applicant's appeal at a meeting which shall be scheduled and held no later than thirty (30) days following the date of the filing of the notice of appeaL The Board of Zoning Appeals may decide to affirm, modify, reverse, or vacate the Building Commissioner's decision, and slial I render its decision and aily order necessary to effectuate its decision within five (5) days following its hearing of the applicant's appeal. The decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall bc final and may only be reviewed by a Court of Common Pleas, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2506 of the Ohio Revised Code. 1163.09 REVOCATION OF PE1011T. The Building Commissioner niay revol:c ail erection pernlit where there has been a violation of the provisions of this chapter or a misrepresentation of fact on the permit application. The Building Commissioner shall issue a?vi-itten stateillent contemporaneous with his decision, explaining the reasons for revocation. 1163.10 NONCONFORMING SIGNS. Nonconforming signs maybe maintained, cxcept: (a) No nonconforming siga or part tlicreof shall be altered, modified, relocated, or changed in any manner whatsoever in any process of reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or restoration, wllcn tlle cost of said reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or restoration excceds fifty percent (50%) of the sign's replacement cost, unless the entire sign shall Uc brought into compliance with all of the provisions of this chaptcr, ancl all other applicable City laws and ordinances.