(A) No sign shall be permitted or placed in any district except as described in this subchapter.
(B) No sign shall obstruct vehicular driver viewing for safe passage or ingress and egress of vehicular traffic on public roadways.
(C) All signs shall comply with applicable provisions of the Uniform Building Code and the Electrical Code of the city at all times.
(D) Sign content shall not contain language or symbols that can reasonably been seen as potentially harming the community image, and or would impair future economic development efforts.
(E) Sign illumination or lighting device, when permitted, shall only employ light which emits illumination of constant intensity changing no more than one time per eight seconds, nor shall any sign be illuminated by or contain flashing, intermittent, rotating, or moving lights. In no event, shall such devices be placed or directed so as to directly beam upon a public road, highway, street, sidewalk, other vehicular or pedestrian system, or adjacent premises so as to cause glare or reflection that may constitute a hazard or nuisance nor have a night-time brightness level greater than 0.3 footcandles above ambient lighting.
(F) Freestanding signs shall be five feet outside the public right-of-way and public easement, unless otherwise stated. In cases where a road may not have a dedicated right-of-way the sign must be placed a minimum of 30 feet from the centerline of the road.
(G) Signs shall not be placed in any public right-of-way, except publicly owned signs, without obtaining an encroachment permit.
(H) Sign types not specifically recognized in this chapter that are similar in type to another type specifically described may be allowed in accordance with such like type with approval from the planning director or designee.
(I) Signs shall be maintained in a safe, legible condition, nor be in a state of disrepair.
(1) Disrepair shall include, but not be limited to, burned out lights, broken sign faces or sign structures, peeling paint, and weathered or discolored sign faces or structures.
(2) Sign face messages must be removed from an abandoned sign if a location has been out of business or abandoned for six months or more; however, the sign structure may remain for an additional six months if the property owner is actively pursuing a new tenant or buyer.
(3) Landscaping around ground signs shall be maintained.
(J) Signs not installed in accordance with this subchapter shall be forfeited to the public and subject to confiscation. In addition to other remedies hereunder, the city shall have the right to recover from the owner or person placing such a sign the full costs of removal and disposal of such sign.
(Ord. 2017-13, passed 12-4-17)