(a) Sign regulations, which control the type, design, size, location, illumination and maintenance thereof, are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(1) To provide reasonable, yet appropriate, conditions for identifying and advertising goods sold or services rendered within the City by relating the size, type and design of signs to the type and size of establishments;
(2) To control the design of signs so that their appearance will be aesthetically harmonious with their surroundings and an overall urban design for the area;
(3) Promote pedestrian and traffic safety by minimizing sign hazards and obstructions;
(4) To promote attractive and maintain high value residential districts.
(b) In establishing these objectives the City has determined that, clearly articulated regulations and design standards will effectively promote high quality signs that enhance the appearance, function and character of the community. All signs not conforming with the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared a nuisance. It is further declared that the regulations
contained in this chapter are the minimum regulation necessary to abate the nuisance and to achieve the purposes of this chapter. (Ord. 2-16. Passed 4-18-2016.)