A sign is legal non-conforming if it complied with the sign regulations in effect at the time it was erected, but no longer meets the requirements of new regulations. A sign is illegal non-conforming if it did not meet the requirements of the sign regulations when it was installed.
(a) Termination of Legal Non-Conforming Signs. A legal nonconforming sign must be brought into conformance or terminate and cease to exist if any one of the following conditions occur:
(1) Whenever the sign is damaged more than fifty (50) percent of its total replacement value, destroyed from any cause whatsoever, or becomes obsolete or substandard to the extent that the sign becomes a hazard or a danger;
(2) The business to which the sign pertains expands the building gross floor area or parking area or loading area twenty five (25) percent or more after the effective date of this chapter;
(3) Whenever there is a request made for a permit to alter the structural support of the sign;
(4) Whenever there is a request for a building permit to make improvements to the facade of the building on which the nonconforming sign is located exc1uding normal repair or maintenance efforts;
(5) When a change in size or shape of a sign or a change in the area of sign copy occurs;
(6) When a change in the sign copy occurs that does not apply to the original use or the original owner associated with the sign; and,
(7) When a sign is relocated.
(c) See Appendix B-1 and B-2 for Table of Sign Areas.
(Ord. 1045. Passed 10-14-14.)