(a) Purpose. The purposes of these sign regulations are to:
Encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication in the City.
Maintain and enhance the aesthetic environment and the City's ability to attract sources of economic development and growth.
Improve pedestrian and traffic safety.
Minimize the possible adverse effect of signs on nearby public and private property.
Enable the fair and consistent enforcement of these sign regulations.
These sign regulations are adopted under the zoning authority of the City in furtherance of the more general purposes set forth in the Zoning Ordinance.
(b) Applicability.
(1) The regulations contained in this chapter shall apply to all signs and all use districts.
(2) No sign shall be erected, established, modified, created, or maintained in the City of Milford without the issuance of a building permit, zoning certificate and the payment of fees unless otherwise exempted in this Chapter.
(3) No permit is required for the maintenance of a sign or for a change of copy on changeable copy signs.
(4) A change of sign panels or letters requires a zoning certificate.
(5) All signs installed, erected, or attached to a structure shall comply with the City of Milford and/or State of Ohio building and fire codes.
(6) All wiring, fittings and materials used in the construction, connection and operation of electrically illuminated signs shall be in accordance with the provisions of the local Electrical Code in effect.
(7) Governmental signs are excluded from the scope of these regulations.
(Ord. 99-1966. Passed 5-4-99.)