1147.01 Purpose.
1147.02 Interpretation.
1147.03 Application.
1147.04 Nonconforming signs.
1147.05 Administration.
1147.06 Sign computation.
1147.07 General standards.
1147.08 Sign identification, maintenance and repair.
1147.09 Abandoned signs.
1147.10 Prohibited signs.
1147.11 Violation.
1147.12 Signs for residential uses in all districts and signs in Residential, Open Space- Conservation, and Public Facilities Districts.
1147.13 Signs in the M-U District.
1147.14 Signs in commercial and industrial districts.
1147.15 Signs in the Historic District.
1147.16 Conditional sign permit design guidelines.
CROSS REFERENCES
Unlawful traffic signs - see TRAF. 313.07
Definitions - see P. & Z. Ch. 1105
Sign regulations, including provisions controlling the type, design, size and location thereof, are established to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare through the provision of standards for existing and proposed signs of all types by:
(a) Enhancing and protecting the physical appearance of the community;
(b) Promoting and maintaining visually attractive residential, commercial, industrial, and other use districts;
(c) Ensuring 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) Providing review procedures that enable the City to evaluate the appropriateness of a sign to the site, building and surroundings; and
(e) Prohibiting all signs not expressly permitted by this Chapter.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Chapter, as most recently amended, shall be held to be the minimum requirements.
The provisions herein shall not amend or in any way interfere with other codes, rules or regulations governing signs within the City. Whenever there is a conflict between any provisions of any adopted ordinance, the more restrictive provisions shall govern.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)
(a) The regulations contained in this Chapter shall apply to signs outside of the public right-of-way, except when specifically stated otherwise.
(b) A sign may only be erected, established, painted, created or maintained in the City in conformance with the standards, procedures, exemptions, and other requirements of this Chapter.
(c) Architectural features that are either part of the building or part of a freestanding structure are not considered signs and are thus exempt from these regulations. Architectural features include:
(1) Any construction attending to, but not an integral part of the sign, and which may consist of landscape or building or structural forms that enhance the site in general.
(2) Graphic stripes and other architectural painting techniques applied to a structure that serves a functional purpose or to a building when the stripes or other painting technique does not include lettering, logos or pictures.
(d) In addition, the following signs and displays shall be specifically exempted from and not regulated by this Chapter:
(1) Safety and public purpose signs and flags of any nation, government or public service organization, as determined by the Safety Director or designee thereof.
(2) Scoreboards on athletic fields.
(3) Cornerstone inscriptions, commemorative plaques or other text and graphics that are part of facades and/or intended for viewing from within the property.
(4) Gravestones, religious symbols or monuments in cemeteries or monument sales lots.
(5) Signs not exceeding one (1) square foot in sign area such as street numbers on buildings, security system signs or stickers, identification of store hours, emblems of credit cards accepted, and seals indicating membership in business or trade associations.
(6) Signs accessory to juvenile activities, such as a child's lemonade stand or temporary play-related sidewalk markings.
(7) Holiday or other temporary decorations.
(8) Instructional signs, as determined by the Planning Director.
(9) Other signs similar in nature in the judgment of the Planning Director to the above signs.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)
(a) Continuation. The purpose of this Section is to provide for the continuation of, as well as limitations on, nonconforming signs.
(b) Maintenance. A nonconforming sign shall be maintained in good condition pursuant to this Chapter, and may continue until such sign is required to be removed as set forth in this Section.
(c) Servicing. Sign panel replacement (including changeable copy), painting, servicing, cleaning or minor repairs to a nonconforming sign shall be permitted, subject to the following requirements:
(1) The sign shall be restored to its original design;
(2) There shall be no changes to location, structure or framing; and
(3) All work is in compliance with applicable codes and regulations, as well as all other provisions of this Chapter.
(d) Alteration and Removal. A nonconforming sign shall immediately lose its legal nonconforming status and shall be brought into compliance with this Chapter when the sign's structure is voluntarily removed by the owner.
(e) Severability. Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the construction of a nonconforming sign for which a Zoning Certificate has been issued prior to the effective date of this Chapter, or any amendment thereto, provided that construction is completed within ninety (90) days after the issuance of the Zoning Certificate.
(Ord. 29-19. Passed 2-25-19.)
(a) Zoning Certificates Required. From and after the effective date of this Chapter, no person may erect, alter or relocate any of the signs permitted by this Chapter, except for signplates, without first obtaining a Zoning Certificate from the Planning Director and paying the required fee (if applicable) and meeting all application and issuance requirements established by the Planning Director. Temporary signs are subject to administrative approval but do not have additional fees associated therein.
(b) Maintenance. Routine maintenance of a sign shall not be considered an alteration of a sign, provided that the maintenance does not alter the type of installation, surface area, height, or otherwise make the sign nonconforming.
(c) Removal. When a sign requiring a Zoning Certificate is removed for any reason, all mast arms, guywires of any nature, clips, brackets, and all other components of the removed sign shall be removed with the sign. A new Zoning Certificate shall be required for any subsequent installation of a sign, including but not limited to reinstallation of the removed sign.
(d) Registration Required. All temporary signs, except for real estate and window signs, located in nonresidential districts shall be registered pursuant to requirements established by the Planning Director.
(e) Fees. Each application for approval pursuant to this Chapter shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee established in Chapter 1108 of the Planning and Zoning Code. In addition, the reviewing official or board or commission, where appropriate, may refer an application to qualified consultants for a report if the reviewing official or board or commission deems the proposed use may require special study. The cost of such report shall be at the expense of the applicant, in accordance with a policy established and amended from time to time by Council.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)
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