(A) Standards are herein provided for the purpose of amending regulations of the use of land for the erection, construction, placement, replacement, display, location and maintenance of signs and outdoor advertising media; to increase safety and lessen congestion in the streets; to conserve the value of buildings; to preserve residential and commercial values.
(B) This chapter shall apply prospectively to future sign construction and to existing sign construction, and to existing sign structures. Any commercial sign erected and completed prior to 10-3-1983, and which overhangs the public right-of- way shall not constitute a prohibited encroachment upon the right-of-way if:
(1) The city had theretofore issued a permit for the erection of the sign;
(2) The base of the sign structure is located wholly upon private property; and
(3) This chapter shall not apply to those signs on private property that have been erected in compliance.
(C) No sign or similar outdoor advertising media shall be constructed, erected, placed or replaced from and after the effective date of this chapter, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2002 Code, § 155.01) (Ord. 348, passed 4-8-1996)