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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 development department and shall be filed with the same. The application shall be accompanied by any fees as specified by city council resolution. C. Review Criteria for Sign Permit. 1. Criteria for approval. A sign permit may be approved when it complies with the standards and requirements of this chapter. A permit application may be approved subj ect to conditions, so long as those conditions are required by this chapter or some other applicable law, rule, or regulation. 2. Multiple Sign Applications. When an application proposes two or more signs, the application may be granted in whole or in part, with separate decisions as to each proposed sign. When an application is denied in whole or in part, written notice of determination shall specify the ground for such denial. 3. Revocation or cancellation. The community development director shall revoke any approval or permit upon refusal by the permit holder to comply with the provisions of the permit after written notice of noncompliance and at least thirty days' opportunity to correct. This provision does not apply in the event that the sign, by nature of its physical condition, is an imminent and significant threat to public safety. 4. Permits issued in error. Any approval or permit issued in error maybe revoked by the city upon written notice to the permit holder of the reason for the revocation. D. Uniform Sign Program. 1. Purpose. The purpose of the uniform sign program is to adopt unique and specific design and development standards for individual multi -tenant and mixed use developments. The intent is to integrate a project's signs with the design of the structures to achieve a unified architectural statement. A uniform sign program provides a means for defining common sign regulations for multi -tenant projects, to encourage maximum incentive and latitude in the design and display of multiple signs and to achieve, not circumvent, the intent of this Title. 2. Review Procedure. Review and approval of a uniform sign program is the responsibility of the planning commission. The community development director and/or design review committee may make a recommendation on the program to the commission, and the commission may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the program. Additionally, the planning commission shall be the approving authority for modifications and amendments to uniform sign programs, except that the design review committee may be the approving authority for minor modifications that do not change or modify the intent or conditions of the original approval. The design review committee may elevate the decision to the planning commission. 3. Standards. The uniform sign program shall include criteria for building -attached and freestanding signs for tenants, anchors, and the integrated development itself to establish consistency of sign type, location, logo and/or letter height, lines of copy, illumination, and construction details of signs for the project. All signs within the development shall be consistent with the uniform sign program as the adopted program establishes the sign standards for the development. The message substitution policy of this chapter shall be deemed incorporated in every sign program, even if the