(A) General Permanent Sign Regulations
All signs shall comply with the following:
(1) All signs on property within the Historic Preservation Overlay District shall be additionally reviewed by the Village Planner and/or Historic Preservation Commission and shall comply with the Local Historic District Standards.
(2) Color: Sign colors shall be uniform between the ground sign and wall sign. Colors shall be muted.
(3) Electrical Wiring: Electric signs that have internal wiring or lighting equipment, and external lighting equipment that directs light on signs, shall not be erected or installed until and unless an electrical permit has been obtained from the Planning and Inspections Department. All such wiring shall be installed underground.
(4) Maintenance Responsibilities: To ensure that signs are erected and maintained in a safe and attractive condition, the following maintenance requirements shall apply to all signs visible from any public or private street or right-of-way or adjacent property:
(a) Disfigured, cracked, ripped, or peeling paint, poster paper, or other material shall not be permitted for a period of more than thirty (30) successive days.
(b) A sign shall not stand with bent or broken sign facing, with broken supports, with loose appendages or struts, or more than fifteen (15) degrees from vertical for a period of more than five (5) successive days.
(c) A sign shall not have weeds, trees, vines, or other vegetation growing upon it, or obscuring the view of the sign message from the street or right-of-way from which it is to be viewed, for a period of more than thirty (30) successive days unless such vegetation is incorporated as a landscape element.
(d) An internally illuminated sign shall be allowed to stand with only partial illumination for a period of no more than seven (7) successive days.
(5) Noncommercial Messages: Any sign, display or device allowed under this chapter may contain, in lieu of any other copy, any otherwise lawful noncommercial message.
(Ord. 21-12, passed 07-27-2021)