Regulations are hereby established to control the type, design, size, location 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 for identifying businesses 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 so that they will be harmonious with their surrounding areas;
(d) To provide a safe environment by eliminating any conflict between advertising or identification signs and traffic-control signs which would be hazardous to the safety of the public;
(e) To control temporary signs and prohibit undesirable impacts on property values and neighborhood character; and
(f) In business districts, to provide for appropriate signs for advertising goods or services rendered in keeping with the type of establishment involved.
(Ord. 179-02. Passed 1-2-03.)