(A) Signs which do not conform to the provisions of this chapter but which complied with all applicable ordinances, rules and regulations in effect at the time of their erection, may remain so long as the use which they advertise or identify remains; but in no case may said nonconforming signs remain after September 26, 1996, except those signs conforming to the sign regulations at the time they were approved by the city for installation. Said signs may remain until the business name changes or the sign is replaced.
(B) No nonconforming sign shall be enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered or changed in any manner nor shall it be altered so as to advertise or identify any use other than the use in effect at the time it became a nonconforming sign. At any time that such nonconforming sign shall cease to advertise or identify its original use, it shall lose its nonconforming status and must be removed in accordance with the provisions of § 153.22.
(Prior Code, Ch. 36, § 1, Art. III, M) (Ord. 93-64, passed 10-4-1993)