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Douglas County Sign Review Instructions All information provided by the applicant and required by the County is expected to be true, accurate, and complete. Sign permits are required for all temporary and permanent signage, with certain exemptions for panel changes on existing signs. Exemptions are determined solely by the County. Once a project is created in the ePlan system, all communication between the County and the applicant shall only be done through the “Communciation” section of the Project’s “Web Page”. This shall include any comments from the County or applicant regarding the application, or any questions the County or applicant may have asking for additional information or clarification. Upon successful project creation, the County does have an initial thirty (30) days to approve or deny an application, with comments supplied by the County for either decision. Changes or additional information required by the County after its initial review may increase the overall time to obtain an approved sign permit. Required: Project name is typically the business or event name requesting signage. Multiple projects can have the same name. Required: Use this field to enter any identifying details for the requested sign: for example, sign size, illumination, location on the property, orientation to a street, etc. Required: The login information can be chosen as this information OR the individual fields can be manually entered. ---PAGE BREAK--- Required: These fields are for property owner information. This information is verified by the County and must be accurate and correct. Required: Legal street address assigned by the Douglas County GIS Department. ---PAGE BREAK--- “Sign Review” must be selected from the drop- down menu. Required: Value must be accurate. Required: “N/A” may be entered if applicable. If required based on the criteria listed, this information will be verified. Information that cannot be verified will result in a denial of the application. ---PAGE BREAK--- All fields are required. An active business license is required or one must at least be applied for, no exceptions are granted. All fields are required. “Self” is acceptable for installer name/business name field. Required. Signage is either permanent OR temporary, but cannot be both. Signage with any type of illumination and/or electrical circuitry is considered an electrical sign and may need an additional electrical permit. Falsifying this field will result in the sign permit being voided and the ordered removal of the sign from the property. No exceptions are granted. Required. Shopping centers or multiple businesses on one parcel are considered “Planned Center”. ---PAGE BREAK--- All fields are required and must be entered correctly. For wall signage, the overall height field should be the height dimension of the constructed sign, not the height of the sign from the ground. For freestanding signage, this will be the height of the sign from the ground to the highest point of the sign. For wall signage, the sign height field should be the same as the overall height field. For freestanding signage, this will be the height dimension of the constructed sign containing the readable sign copy areas of the sign only. Optional field: For the applicant to list any additional information for the County to consider. REQUIRED for the system to create your project. ---PAGE BREAK--- Uploading Your Plans for Review Step Select ‘upload’ each time to select and upload a file for the County to review, then proceed to ‘manage tags’. Step Select ‘manage tags’ for each file to select a required tag identifier for the County to review. Proceed to ‘review’ after all files are uploaded. Step Select “review” ONLY after all files are uploaded following steps 1 and 2 as many times as necessary. The County will then review the files and application for approval or denial with comments. Select “Manage Files” to upload documents to the current submittal.