A. If the owner of a nonconforming sign shall discontinue the activity advertised at the place where the sign is located, the sign shall be taken down at the expense of the owner within ten (10) calendar days after such discontinuance. Such sign shall not be erected elsewhere unless a permit is issued for the new installation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
B. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all signs which become nonconforming by the provisions of this chapter or this zoning ordinance, excluding any such nonconforming signs which have heretofore been or are hereafter authorized by a variation or by a special use permit, shall be removed, altered or repaired so as to conform with the provisions of this chapter or this zoning ordinance by five (5) years from the date the last building permit or sign permit was issued for such sign or prior to January 1, 1998, whichever is earlier, except that signs existing prior to the effective date hereof, which were then illegal for any reason or which were not lawfully established for any reason, shall be removed on or before September 1, 1993. (Ord. 93-485, 7-13-1993)