This sign code is adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, morals, convenience and general welfare of the residents of the City.
(B) To enhance the physical appearance of the City by preserving the scenic and natural beauty of the area.
(C) To promote the safety and recreational value of public travel.
(D) To protect the public investment in streets and highways by reducing sign or advertising distractions that may increase traffic accidents.
(E) To ensure compatibility of signs with surrounding land uses.
(F) To enhance the economy of the City by promoting the reasonable, orderly and effective display of outdoor advertising.
(G) To protect the pedestrians and motorists within the City from damage or injury caused by distractions, obstructions and hazards created by a proliferation of off-site advertising signs.
(H) To prevent the proliferation of off-site advertising signs which distract from the development of the City in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
(I) To preserve the character of the City which is a single- family residential community by assuring the compatibility of signs with the surrounding land uses. (Ord. 0-38-94, 9-6-1994)