It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit signs of a commercial, industrial and residential nature in districts that have appropriate uses and to regulate the size, placement, and design of signs intended to be seen from a public right-of-way. The sign regulations in this chapter are not intended to censor speech or to regulate viewpoints, but instead are intended to regulate the adverse secondary effects of signs. The sign regulations are especially intended to address the secondary effects that may adversely impact aesthetics and traffic and pedestrian safety. This subchapter is not intended to extend its regulatory regime to objects that are not traditionally considered signs for the purpose of government regulations.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 12.1; Ord. passed 5-30-2023, § 2)