APPLICATION FOR A SIGN PERMIT

You can access your permit application, request inspections or upload additional files in the Contractors Portal Click here

Step 1: Locate your sign location

Directions

  1. Use one of the search options below to find the location of your sign.
  2. Alternatively, you can pan and/or zoom directly to the location by using the city map. Click and drag to pan, and use the +/- buttons to zoom in or out.
  3. Click the map on or near your sign locaton.
  4. A red point will appear where you have clicked, marking the location.

*You will not be able to fill out the form below until there is a red point on the map.

*Once you have located your site, if an address is found, our system will fill in the 'Address' portion of the form below. If more than 1 address is found, it will choose the first address returned by the system. Please fill in any missing information, or correct any information you feel is incorrect.

City Map

Street Labels Address Labels Lot/Apt/Unit Labels

Step 2: Fill out the following application

Sign Owner (Business to be Advertised)
  1. This is the primary contact for the application
Property Owner Information
  1. This is the primary contact for the application
Sign Company Information
  1. This is the primary contact for the application
Installation Contractor Information (if different from sign contractor)
  1. This is the primary contact for the application
S.C. Engineer or Architect *required if sign is over 32 sq ft
  1. This is the primary contact for the application
Primary Contact
Project Information

  1. * if yes, please upload electrical and lighting plan
  2. Sign Dimensions
    Face Dimension (for all signs):
    1. feet inches
    2. feet inches
    3. sq ft
    Structure Dimensions (for ground signs): a site plan with setbacks, existing buildings and sign
    locations shown is required. If 10 ft tall or greater,
    please upload fall zone info.
    1. feet inches
    2. feet inches
    3. sq ft
    Facade Dimensions (for wall or window signs): a picture of the facade/wall on which sign is to be
    installed showing any exisiting signage, wall/facade
    dimensions, and the sign location will be required
    1. feet inches
    2. feet inches
    3. sq ft
  3. Sign Value:
  4. Will this sign display a commercial message?
    If yes, will the sign communicate a commercial idea or message, or identify, or advertise, an establishment, business, person, or activity, or goods, products, services or facilities located or available on the premises, or inherently associated with the premises (or occupant thereof) where the sign is installed?
  5. Will the sign, or any part of it, use changeable or changing copy?
  6. Will the sign utilize any of the following physical methods of message presentation: sound or odor; smoke or fumes or steam; rotating or moving elements; activation by wind or forced air; neon or other fluorescing gases; flashing or strobe lighting; liquid crystal displays or other video-like methods; use of live animals or living persons as part of the display?
  7. To the best of your knowledge, is the property or parcel on which the sign is proposed to be erected or displayed, or any currently existing sign thereon, the subject of any outstanding notice of zoning violation or notice to correct?
Disclaimer
  1. By the act of applying for this permit, I of hereby certify that:
    1. I have read and examined this application and know the same to be true and correct, and, further, any construction will be conducted in compliance with this application and the relevant laws, ordinances, codes, and covenants.
    2. The construction activity for which this permit is sought is not contrary to nor prohibited by any recorded covenant (as required by S.C. Code of Laws Section 6-29-1145).
    3. The property owner consents to the construction activity for which this permit is sought.
    4. I understand that approval of this permit does not guarantee approval of future business license, landscape buffering, or parking requirements.
    5. I understand that all work to be authorized by this permit is subject to inspection.
    6. I understand that, if this application is approved and a permit issued, only the contractor named on this application and permit will be authorized to perform the permitted work.
    7. It is understood that the City may revoke such permit if it is determined that:
      1. This application, drawings, and/or specifications contain an error, misstatement or misrepresentation of fact – either with or without intent on the applicant’s part – such as might have, if known, caused a denial of this application.
      2. There has been a change in plans subsequent to the issuance of a building permit made without approval of the City.
    8. I understand that the City of North Charleston does not pick up trash generated by contractors, landscapers, businesses or other non-residential trash generators. Accordingly, at the conclusion of this project, I understand I will be responsible for ensuring the removal of any debris generated.

Attachments

Acceptable File Formats include: .dwg, .pdf, .jpg, .doc, .docx and .gif
Please limit file name to 30 characters and do not use any special characters in your file name (for example *,@,$,-,', ect). Spaces are allowed.

Attachments required for application approval:
  1. *All Applications: rendering of sign with dimensions noted.
  2. *All Applications: invoice for sign
  3. Free standing sign applications: site plan with setbacks, existing buildings, and existing signs shown
  4. 10 ft or taller free standing sign applications: fall zone information
  5. Applications for wall, window, roof, or projection sign: picture of facade/wall on which sign is to be installed showing dimensions, any existing signage, and the proposed sign location
  6. Applications for illuminated signs: Electrical and lighting plan
*Upload buttons will not be enabled until after you have submited the basic application above. Uploading a file will take you to a new page where you can add additonal files.
Attachment Description:
Comment:
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