(a) On all buildings, structures, alterations or signs requiring a permit, as set forth in the standard building codes hereinafter enumerated, a fee shall be paid as required at the time of filing applications as shall be fixed by the county council from time to time. A copy of the current fee schedules shall be maintained for public review in the office of the Greenville County permits.

(b) Where work for which a permit is required by this code is started or continued prior to obtaining a permit, the permit fees specified shall be doubled. The payment of such double fee shall not relieve any person from fully complying with requirements of this code in the execution of the work, nor from any of the penalties prescribed herein.

(c) Owner/Occupant to Secure Permit for Mobile/Portable Signs. An owner/occupant wishing to place a mobile/portable sign on his premises--whether he owns, rents, or leases such sign--must first secure a permit from the zoning administrator and pay the necessary permit fee, except that eleemosynary agencies and organizations, churches, schools, parent teacher associations, civic clubs, and similar nonprofit groups are exempted from paying the permit fee. (Ord. 2-87, 1987; prior code § 5-1-4)