§ 165.105 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of this subchapter is to achieve balance among the following goals:

   (A)   To protect the property values and economic well-being of the city;

   (B)   To encourage the effective use of signs as a means of identification and communication for businesses, organizations and individuals in the city;

   (C)   To provide a means of way finding in the community, thus reducing traffic confusion and congestion;

   (D)   To assure maintenance of signs;

   (E)   To prohibit signs of such excessive size and number that they obscure one another to the detriment of the economic and social well-being of the city;

   (F)   To protect the safety and welfare of the public by minimizing sign-related hazards to pedestrian and vehicular traffic;

   (G)   To preventing unsightly and chaotic visual clutter which has a blighting influence upon the community; and

   (H)   To minimize the possible adverse effects of signs on nearby public and private property, in particular on residential uses and districts.

(Prior Code, § 166.105) (Ord. 2014-040, passed 7-8-2014)