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No sign or other advertising structure shall advertise a business which is no longer in existence or a product which is no longer sold at the business, as such signs are misleading to the public, create undue visual clutter, and pose a hazard to traffic control and safety. The surface containing the name of the business shall be removed and replaced with a solid color surface. If a sign consists of individually mounted letters or logos, the entire sign shall be removed.
Signs which are abandoned, or which are accessory to an abandoned use of property, are prohibited and shall be removed. A use shall be determined abandoned if it has voluntarily ceased its operations for a period of at least six (6) months, unless the use is typically seasonal.
No sign or other advertising structure shall be erected, relocated or maintained so as to prevent free ingress or egress, or block any light or ventilation openings. No sign of any kind shall be located or attached so as to obstruct emergency facilities or equipment. No sign, otherwise permitted in this Chapter, supported by or suspended from a building shall hang less than eight (8) feet above a pedestrian path, or less than fifteen (15) feet above a vehicular path.
No sign or other advertising structure shall:
(a) Obstruct free and clear vision within sight triangles at any street or vehicular drive intersection defined by a line drawn connecting points lying on each curb line thirty- five (35) feet from the point of intersection of the curb lines.
(b) Interfere with, obstruct the view of, or be similar in appearance to any authorized traffic sign, signal or device because of its position, shape, use of words, or color.
(c) If located within twenty-five (25) feet of a public right-of-way, make use of the words "STOP", "LOOK", "DRIVE-IN", "DANGER" or any other such word, phrase, symbol, character, or any shape, in a manner that causes it to resemble any traffic control device placed in public rights-of-way.
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