The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the type, design, location and size of signs and to regulate their installation and maintenance, in order to:
(a) Promote and maintain attractive and high-quality Residential Districts and promote attractive public facilities;
(b) Provide for reasonable and appropriate methods for identifying establishments in business and industrial districts by relating the size, type and design of signs to the size, type and design of the business and industrial establishments;
(c) Promote the public health, safety and welfare by avoiding conflicts between signs and traffic control devices, avoiding traffic hazards and reducing visual distractions and obstructions;
(d) Control the design of signs so that their appearance will be aesthetically harmonious with an overall urban design for the area by:
(1) Assuring the appropriate design, architectural scale and placement of signs;
(2) Assuring that signs are placed in an orderly and attractive manner on the building or the site;
(3) Assuring that the amount of information on the sign is legible and achieves the intended purpose.
(e) Promote the most desirable developments and economic activity in accordance with the objectives of the Municipality; and
(f) Protect property values. (Ord. 9740-19. Passed 11-18-19.)