Regulations are hereby established to control the type, design, size, location, illumination, movement, materials, condition and maintenance of signs in order to achieve the following:
(a) To promote and maintain high quality residential districts and attractive public facilities;
(b) To provide for appropriate signs by relating the size, type and design of signs to the type, size and nature of the establishment;
(c) To control the design and size of all signs to protect and enhance the unique historic and aesthetic character of the village by requiring that signs be designed in a style compatible with their surroundings;
(d) To provide a safe environment by eliminating hazardous conflict between traffic-control signs and signs not related to the function of traffic control;
(e) To control temporary signs and prohibit undesirable impacts on property values and neighborhood character;
(f) To reduce visual clutter and prevent blight characterized by oversized, overcrowded, abandoned, obsolete, and/or dilapidated signs; and
(g) To minimize the risk of damage and injuries from signs that are structurally unsafe.
(Ord. 3108, passed 7-16-18)