It's on the list of documents to submit with the permit, in italics for emphasis no less. I will ask them what they expect but I was curious if anyone else had heard of this before. I'm kinda wondering if our UL certification will suffice. I might also just submit what I usually do and see what they say.
Over the past couple of years a lot of the local small town municipalities have been turning to private companies to be their building department doing permit approvals and inspections. When I say small town, I'm talking populations ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 people. These companies treat sign work like it's a full fledge building and request all the same type of detail; stamped architect drawings, stamped engineering, etc. They don't realize how much this will balloon a $5000 sign project. It's ironic because the larger cities, where you expect there to be more requirements, actually have fewer demands.
