(A)
No person may engage in any activity that causes an increase in the extent of non-conformity of a non-conforming sign. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no non-conforming sign may be enlarged or altered in such a manner as to aggravate the non-conforming condition. Nor may illumination be added to any non-conforming sign.
(B) A non-conforming sign may not be moved or replaced, except to bring the sign into complete conformity with this chapter.
(C) If a non-conforming sign is destroyed by natural causes, it may not thereafter be repaired, reconstructed or replaced, except in conformity with all the provisions of this chapter, and the remnants of the former sign structure shall be cleared from the land. For purposes of this section, a non- conforming sign is "destroyed" if damaged to the extend that the cost of restoring the sign to its former stature, or replacing it with an equivalent sign, equals or exceeds 50% of its value as listed for tax purposes by the County Tax Administrator.
(D) The message of a non-conforming sign may be changed so long as this does not create new non-conformities (for example, by creating an off-premises sign under circumstances where such a sign would not be allowed).
(E) Subject to the other provisions of this section, non-conforming signs may be repaired and renovated so long as the cost of such work within any 12-month period does not exceed the lesser of:
(1) Its fair market value; or
(2) Its most current tax value.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)