A sign conforming to the regulations prevailing immediately prior to the effective date of this regulation but which does not conform with the regulations of this or a subsequent amendment shall be construed as a legal nonconforming sign.
Legal nonconforming signs may be maintained and structural parts repaired and restored to a safe condition if required and if a permit is issued subject to the following limitations:
(a) No legal nonconforming sign or part thereof shall be altered, modified, changed or changed in use in any manner whatsoever in any process of reconstruction, repair, maintenance or restoration of all or a part thereof unless the entire sign shall be brought into compliance with all of the provisions of the Planning and Zoning Code;
(b) Any sign which has been destroyed shall not be rebuilt, re-erected or relocated unless it shall be made to comply with the provisions of the Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2008-17. Passed 11-17-08.)