1145.01 Intent.
1145.02 Establishing regulations; exemptions.
1145.03 Classification of signs; definitions.
1145.04 Measurement standards.
1145.05 Design standards.
1145.06 Illumination of signs.
1145.07 Application for permits: approval.
1145.08 Maintenance and removal of signs.
1145.09 Nonconforming signs.
1145.10 Variance.
1145.11 Fees.
1145.12 Duties of Building Commissioner.
1145.13 Residential one- and two-family districts.
1145.14 Residential multi-family, garden, townhouse, high-rise, low-rise planned development and senior citizen housing districts.
1145.15 Office building and general business districts.
1145.16 Reserved.
1145.17 Signs permitted in all districts, standards.
1145.18 Temporary signs - political.
1145.19 Civic and recreational districts.
1145.20 Mural or pictorial signs.
1145.21 Areas of special control.
1145.22 Prohibited signs in all districts.
1145.23 Severability.
1145.24 Review.
1145.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCE
Sign permit fee - see BLDG. 1307.08(g)
Sign regulations, including provisions to control the type, design, size, location, illumination and maintenance thereof, are established and shall be strictly construed in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To promote and maintain attractive high value residential and business districts by preventing the blighting influence of excessive signage;
(b) To provide reasonable, yet appropriate, conditions for identifying and advertising goods sold or services rendered in business districts by relating the size, type and design of signs to the type and size of establishments;
(c) To provide for appropriate signs for the identification of commercial development;
(d) To control the design of signs so that their appearance shall be aesthetically harmonious with their surroundings and an overall urban design for the area;
(e) To eliminate any conflict between advertising (or identification) signs and traffic control signs which would be hazardous to the safety of the motoring or pedestrian public;
(f) To provide review procedures which enable the City to comprehensively evaluate the appropriateness of the sign to the site, building and surroundings;
(g) To provide for the control of temporary signs to avoid the blighting influence of excessive and/or deteriorating temporary signage; and
(h) To prohibit all signs not expressly permitted by this code.
In establishing these purposes, the City has determined that signs which do not comply with these regulations (type, size, location and limitation on the number of signs) are a public nuisance and are a detriment to the general health, safety and welfare of the community. Unregulated signs are unduly distracting to motorists and pedestrians and reduce the effectiveness of signs needed to direct the public.
(Ord. 03-37. Passed 11-3-03.)
(a) Signs shall be designed, erected, altered, reconstructed, moved and maintained, in whole or in part, in accordance with the type, design, size, location, illumination and other provisions set forth in this chapter.
(b) The construction, erection, safety, maintenance and painting of all signs shall be in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 1159 the Design Review Guidelines and with the Building Code. The provisions of this chapter shall not amend or in any way modify other codes, rules or regulations governing traffic signs within the City or other signs erected by or pursuant to public authority within the City.
(c) The display of official public notices and the flag, emblem or insignia of an official governmental body shall not be affected by these regulations. Nor shall signs used for safety purposes relative to the repair or maintenance of streets, sidewalks or of utilities in the public right of way be affected by the provisions of these regulations. Name and informational signs containing emblems of service clubs, places of worship, civic organizations and the like consolidated with a single frame placed on public property with the permission of the Director of Public Service and Development are not subject to these regulations provided such emblems do not exceed three square feet in area, provided the frame does not exceed eight feet above finished grade and further provided the sign is not illuminated. Also exempt from the provisions of the chapter are standard signs approved by the Director which are required to be erected by any law, code, rule or regulation in force and in effect within the City. The provisions of this chapter shall not govern the display of signs which are part of the original construction of a vending machine, newspaper dispensing device or fuel pump.
(Ord. 03-37. Passed 11-3-03.)
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