The purpose of this chapter is to create the legal framework for a comprehensive and balanced system of signage to facilitate an easy and pleasant communication between people and their environment and to avoid visual clutter that is potentially harmful to traffic and pedestrian safety, property values, business opportunities and the community appearance. With these purposes in mind, it is the intent of this chapter to authorize the use of signs which are:
(A) Compatible with their surroundings;
(B) Appropriate to the activity which displays the sign;
(C) Expressive of the identity of individual activities, and the community as a whole; and
(D) Legible in the circumstances they are seen.
(Ord. 222-1991, passed 12-16-91)