The purpose of this Chapter is to promote public health, safety, and general welfare by:
(A) Establishing standards for the fabrication, erection, use, maintenance and alteration of signs within the City, which standards allow and encourage creativity, effectiveness and flexibility in the design and use of signs;
(B) Promoting pedestrian and traffic safety by reducing signs within the City that pose visual hazards;
(C) Preserving and improving the City's aesthetic appearance and mitigating against visual blight;
(D) Balancing the promotion of public health, safety, and welfare with the public's interest in presenting and receiving constitutionally protected messages by way of signs within the City; and
(E) Facilitating compliance and enforcement by providing objective guidelines, payment of fees to offset costs attendant to administering this ordinance, and imposing penalties in cases where the code is violated.
(Ord. 2017-39, passed 6-15-2017)