CHAPTER 12
SIGNS

SECTION:

11-12-1: Application Of Provisions

11-12-2: Purpose

11-12-3: Scope

11-12-4: Exemptions

11-12-5: Messages

11-12-6: Location

11-12-7: Height

11-12-8: Design And Mounting

11-12-9: Illuminated Signs

11-12-10: Permitted Number, Area And Configuration

11-12-11: Signs With Unique Conditions

11-12-12: Maintenance

11-12-13: Removal Of Signs

11-12-14: Political Signs

11-12-1: APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS:

This chapter applies to all districts except as otherwise provided for in the C-3 district. Where provisions in this chapter conflict with provisions in the C-3 district, the provisions in the C-3 district will apply to the C-3 district. (Ord. 961, 2-12-1997, eff. 2-22-1997)

11-12-2: PURPOSE:

This chapter is established to create the standards for a comprehensive and balanced system of signs for the village to achieve the following purposes:

   A.   Communication: To facilitate easy and pleasant communication between people and their environment by authorizing the use of signs which are:

      1.   Compatible with their surroundings;

      2.   Appropriate to the type of activity to which they pertain;

      3.   Expressive of the identity of individual proprietors as well as of the community as a whole;

      4.   Legible in the circumstances in which they are seen; and

      5.   Respectful of the reasonable rights of other sign owners.

   B.   Public Welfare: To preserve, protect, and promote the public health, safety, and welfare.

   C.   Balance Economy: To balance the economy, and the village business and industrial activity by promoting the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of signs.

   D.   Aesthetic Appreciation: To protect the physical and mental well being of the public by encouraging a sense of aesthetic appreciation for the village's visual environment.

   E.   Architectural Elements: To ensure that signs are designed as integral architectural elements of the building and site to which they principally relate.

   F.   Private Property: To preserve the value of private property by assuring the compatibility of signs with surrounding land uses. (Ord. 961, 2-12-1997, eff. 2-22-1997)

11-12-3: SCOPE:

No sign shall be constructed, erected, originally painted, converted, altered, rebuilt, enlarged, remodeled, relocated or expanded until a permit for such sign has been obtained from the village building department in accordance with the standards and procedures set out in this chapter. The required fee, as established by the village board of trustees, shall be paid upon application for such permit. However, no permit shall be required for maintenance as outlined in a following section of this chapter. (Ord. 961, 2-12-1997, eff. 2-22-1997; amd. 1999 Code)