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(h ;z) The changing of an off-premises sign to an on-premises sign by a change in the copy, except for messages advertising the sign for sale or lease, and the changing of an on-premises sign to an off-premises sign requires a pen,nit. Except within the highway corridor, changed signs shall comply with ali regulations pertaining to the new use of the signs. (i) Off-premises sign registration. (1) A person who owns any off-premises sign within the ciW or its extraterritorial iurisdiction shall file with the director a complete listing, on a registration form provided by the director, of all off-premises signs o~vned by the person as required by this subsection. An initial listing as of January 1. 2003 shall be filed by September 30, 2003. An updated listing as of Janum3, 1. 2006 and each three year period thereafter must be filed with the director by February 1st of the applicable year. (2) No fee is required in connection with the filing of a registration form. (3) It is unlawful for a person who owns an off-premises sign to fail to file a complete registration form in a timely manner as required by subsection (a). A separate offense is deemed to be committed for each sign ovmed by the person that is not properly registered, and for each day a sign owned by the person is not properly registered. SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the September 30, 2003 deadline for the filing of initial listings of off-premises signs under City Code Section 106.074(i)(3), no permit for a new or restructured off-premises sign shall be issued to an applicant unless the applicant has submitted a completed registration form. SECTION 4. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in full rome if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolntions in cmfflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 6. Pray person violating any provision of this ordinance corm~aits a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.015 of the San Marcos City Code upon conviction. SECTION 7. This Ordinance will take effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on June 9, 2003. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on June 23, 2003. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on July 14, 2003. S