1321.18 EXISTING SIGNS .
   No sign or billboard erected before this ordinance (2636-55) was in effect shall be repaired or altered unless it be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter. This section shall not prevent repairing or restoring to a safe condition any part of the structural supports of any sign or minor alterations of copy or maintenance operations performed thereon.
   Any sign or billboard or any substantial part thereof now existing and which for any reason or purpose is blown down, destroyed, taken down or removed, shall not be re-erected, reconstructed, rebuilt or relocated unless it shall be made to comply with this chapter and the proper permits obtained.
(Ord. 2636-55. Passed 2-2-55.)