The purpose of this chapter is to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community by providing an instrument for protecting the physical appearance of the community and for encouraging high quality, effective outdoor graphics for purposes of navigation, information and identification. Specifically, it is the intent of this chapter to provide businesses in the village with equitable sign standards in accordance with fair competition and aesthetic standards acceptable to the community, and to provide the public with a safe and effective means of locating businesses, services, areas and points of interest in the village. This chapter is based on the premise that signs are as much subject to control as noise, odors, debris and similar characteristics of land use and that if they are not controlled and regulated they can become a nuisance to adjacent properties or to the community in general or depreciate the value of other properties in the community.
(Ord. 5-89, passed 5-8-1989)