Sign regulations, including provisions to control the type, design, size, illumination, movement, materials, condition and location thereof, are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To protect and maintain property values;
(b) To provide for reasonable and appropriate means of communication;
(c) To protect and enhance the unique historic and aesthetic character of the Municipality;
(d) To eliminate any conflict that would be hazardous between traffic control signs and devices and signs not related to the function of traffic control;
(e) To ensure a safe and orderly pedestrian and vehicular environment;
(f) To reduce visual clutter;
(g) To promote economic development; and,
(h) To achieve an appropriate balance between visual displays as a means of communication and reducing the harms caused by such displays.
(Ord. 2019-39. Passed 8-13-19.)