The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards for the type, design, size, illumination, movement, materials, condition and location of signs in order to achieve, among others, the following:
(a) To protect and maintain property values;
(b) To provide for reasonable and appropriate means of communication;
(c) To maintain and enhance the aesthetic environment of the Village;
(d) To eliminate any conflict that would be hazardous between traffic control signs and devices and signs not related to the function of traffic control;
(e) To ensure a safe and orderly pedestrian and vehicular environment;
(f) To reduce visual clutter and prevent blight characterized by oversized, overcrowded, abandoned, obsolete, and/or dilapidated signs;
(g) To minimize the risk of damage and injuries from signs that are structurally unsafe;
(h) To promote economic development; and,
(i) To achieve an appropriate balance between signs as a means of communication and reducing the harms caused by such signs.
(Ord. 60-2021. Passed 2-14-22.)