(A) Standard street name signage within the city shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) All signs to be brown with reflective white letters mounted on brown four-sided breakaway posts.
(2) Signage for residential streets shall be nine inches by 36 inches in size. Signage for main streets shall be 12 inches by 48 inches.
(3) All new developments must include the standard street name signage and such signage shall be in place prior to final acceptance of the development by the city. The developer shall be responsible for the initial installation of street name signage, and, after final acceptance, the city is responsible for street name signage maintenance and replacement.
(B) Existing non-standard or distinctive signage shall conform to the following:
(1) Nonstandard or distinctive signage within a subdivision which has been previously approved as part of a planned unit development, may be retained so long as reflective lettering is utilized thereon.
(2) Nonstandard or distinctive signage within a subdivision which has been previously accepted by the city, may be retained if formal action has been taken by the appropriate homeowner's association and a written request is filed with the City Manager or his designee. Any such request must be filed within 60 days of the effective date of this section and must stipulate that reflective lettering will be utilized on any nonstandard or distinctive signage.
(3) When the need arises to replace an existing nonstandard or distinctive sign, the replacement signage must have reflective letters and the post must be of a breakaway type, as approved by the City Manager or his designee.
(4) As to areas located within the control of a civic or neighborhood association, the association shall be required to purchase and obtain conforming signage. Such signage shall either be installed by the association in a manner approved by the City Manager or his designee, or, if the association requests, by the city. The city shall charge the civic or neighborhood association a fee for installation of sign posts not to exceed $75 per post per installation.
(C) When a subdivision requests that the city remove nonstandard or distinctive signage and/or post, and install standard signage, no fee shall be assessed for such removal and replacement of those signs. However, the City Manager, or his designee, shall determine, based upon budgetary concerns, the timing of such removal and replacement. Any distinctive signage and/or posts removed by the city shall become the property of the city.
(D) The City Manager may request that nonstandard or distinctive signage be utilized within a specific area of the city. Such a request is subject to approval by formal action of Council taken by ordinance or motion.
(E) All signage within the city shall be brought into conformance with the terms and provisions set forth herein within 12 months from the effective date of this section, except that nonstandard signage within the city shall be modified to include reflective paint within 12 months of the effective date of this section.
('80 Code, § 913.05) (Ord. 63-91, passed 10-7-91)