The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare through the provision of standards for existing and proposed signs of all types. More specifically, these regulations are intended to:
(a) Enhance and protect the physical appearance of the community by controlling the design of signs so their appearance will be aesthetically harmonious with their surroundings and overall design for the area;
(b) Promote and maintain visually attractive residential, historical, office, business and commercial and industrial districts;
(c) Ensure that signs are located and designed to reduce sign distraction and confusion that may be contributing factors in traffic congestion and accidents and maintain safe and orderly pedestrian and vehicular environments;
(d) Provide review procedures that enable the city to evaluate the appropriateness of a sign to the site, building and surroundings; and
(e) Abate preexisting nonconforming signs which have collectively become a public nuisance and constitute "sign blight" adversely impacting the aesthetics, vitality and value of the city's commercial areas and create a hazard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(Ord. 04-O-28, passed 8-23-2004)