SIGN APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
You must provide all of the following items with your application, unless the Environmental and Economic Development
Department Director waives a requirement:
1. An application fee. The fees are as follows:
Wall Sign permit fee - $110
Freestanding Sign permit fee - $175
Dynamic Display permit fee - $175
Temporary sign - $45
Billboard permit fee - $500
2. A drawing for signs attached to the building
showing:
a. Where you plan to have the sign
attached to the building.
b. The dimensions of the wall to which
you plan to have the sign attached.
c. The dimensions of the sign.
d. Any existing signs attached to the
building.
3. The following drawings for freestanding signs:
NOTE: Plans signed by a structural engineer are required if the sign is over 6 feet in height.
a. A site plan, drawn to scale, showing the following:
(1) A north arrow
(2) All structures, parking lots, drives and curb cuts on the lot
(3) Property dimensions
(4) Street names
(5) Placement of proposed sign(s)
(6) Placement of existing sign(s)
b. A drawing of the proposed sign showing its dimensions and height above street grade.
c. Footing details.
NOTES
1. It is illegal to install a sign without a permit.
2. You must also get an electrical permit if your sign will use electricity. In addition, all illuminated signs must meet the
City of Maplewood’s outdoor lighting ordinance, which prohibits light glare onto residential properties, and requires
light illumination from all exterior lights to maintain a .4-foot-candle, or less, light illumination at all property lines.
Please contact a city planner with questions regarding the city’s lighting ordinance.
3. The sign installer must have a City of Maplewood license. Sign installer licenses are good from January 1st –
December 31st of the year the license is issued in.
4. Dynamic display sign licensing requirements:
a. Definition: A dynamic display sign is defined as any sign used for outdoor advertisement which is
capable of displaying a video signal, including, but not limited to, cathode-ray tubes (CRT), light-emitting
diode (LED) displays, plasma displays, liquid-crystal displays (LCD), or other technologies used in
commercially available televisions or computer monitors.
b. License Required: No person shall operate an off-site or on-site dynamic display sign in the city
without first obtaining a dynamic display license.
c. Application Process: Prior to final approval of a dynamic display sign permit by the Community
Development Department, the applicant will be required to complete a dynamic display license application.
The initial and yearly applications are processed by the licensing division of the City Clerk’s office (651-249-
2005).
d. License Term: The dynamic display license must be renewed yearly and is valid from July 1 to
June 30 of each year.
e. License Fee: The yearly license fee is equal to the cost of the dynamic display sign permit fee,
which is $175.
f. Transfer of License: Dynamic display licenses are transferable from one owner to another.
g. Renewal of License: The city shall have the right not to reissue a license for a dynamic display
sign if the sign is found to be noncompliant with the city’s dynamic display sign code. The licensee has the
right to appeal such license denial to the city council.
Revised: 12/18
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