For the purposes of this chapter, all signs that are presently existing in the Route 83 Corridor or that have been previously approved for construction prior to the passage of this chapter shall not be affected by the amendments contained herein and shall be considered legal signs.
(A) Legal Nonconforming Signs: Any sign which existed lawfully on the date of the passage of this chapter and which remains or becomes nonconforming by the passage of this chapter or which shall become nonconforming due to annexation to the City, shall be continued only in accordance with the following provisions: (Ord. 0-38-94, 9-6-1994; amd. Ord. 0-04-00, 4-3-2000)
1. Modification: Any legal nonconforming sign may be changed or modified as follows: (Ord. 0-16-19, 5-6-2019)
(a) Said legal nonconforming sign may be altered to reflect a change in ownership in the business being advertised and/or change in the nature of the business or use of the premises located upon the lot or parcel improved with said legal nonconforming sign.
(b) Said legal nonconforming signs may be relocated upon the lot or parcel whereon said sign was located, provided that the new location of said legal nonconforming sign shall in all respects conform with the requirements of this chapter as said requirements relate to the location of such signs.
(c) Said legal nonconforming signs may be altered or modified so as to permit a change in the message conveyed thereon, provided such message shall not be in violation of any rule or regulation set forth in this chapter.
(d) Said legal nonconforming signs shall, in the event of any damage thereto, be repaired in conformance with the rules and regulations, standards, and specifications herein contained, which control the construction, illumination, landscaping, and maintenance of signs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the owner of any such damaged sign may elect to reconstruct said sign in conformance with all bulk regulations relating to such sign face area, height, and location, or in the alternative, may elect to repair said nonconforming sign to the same location up to the same height and having the same face area as existed with respect to such sign prior to the damage or destruction thereof.
(e) Said legal nonconforming sign may not be enlarged, expanded, or added onto.
(f) Said legal nonconforming sign may be altered, reconstructed, or replaced with a new sign, provided that there shall be no increase in the extent of the nonconformity of any such altered, reconstructed, or replacement sign.
2. Maintenance And Landscaping: All legal nonconforming signs shall be brought into compliance with each rule and regulation set forth in this chapter relating to the maintenance and landscaping of signs and of lots and parcels improved with signs. (Ord. 0-38-94, 9-6-1994; amd. Ord. 0-04-00, 4-3-2000; Ord. 0-24-18, 12-17-2018; Ord. 0-16-19, 5-6-2019)