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 graphics for purposes of navigation, information and identification. It is the intent of this chapter to provide businesses in the City with reasonable and 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 City. This chapter is based on the premise that signs are as much subject to control as are noise, odors, debris and similar characteristics of land use, and that if signs are not controlled and regulated, they can become a danger to the public, as well as a nuisance to adjacent properties or the community in general or depreciate the value of other properties in the City.
No sign shall create a safety hazard by blocking the line of vision for persons or vehicles entering or exiting a sidewalk or driveway or entering or exiting a roadway.
(Ord. 3-95. Passed 1-17-95; Ord. 25-2012. Passed 9-18-12.)