The following provisions affect all signs and classes of signs. No sign shall be erected, replaced or reconstructed, maintained, enlarged or moved to a new location unless it complies with all of the following conditions: (1989 Code § 12-15-003; amd. Ord. 13-17, 11-12-2013)
A. Permit Required: No advertising, business or temporary subdivision sign shall be erected, relocated, reconstructed or enlarged without obtaining a building permit. These signs shall be subject to the appropriate provisions of the Building Code. (1989 Code § 12-15-003; amd. 1998 Code; Ord. 13-17, 11-12-2013)
B. Site Plan: All applications for sign permits shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to a scale showing the exact size, location and ownership of record for the site; the exact size of any existing signs and any proposed signs (including elevation drawings) and the proposed location of the new sign with relation to buildings and property lines.
C. Lights Or Lighted Signs: In any zone, no spotlight, floodlight or any type of lighted or animated sign shall be installed in any way or continued in operation which will permit the rays of light to penetrate beyond the property upon which such light or lighted sign is located in a manner constituting a nuisance or hazard, and no light may be permitted where the light source is visible from adjacent property.
D. Projection: No part of any sign shall be attached to any building or other structure or otherwise located in such a way as to project across any property line.
E. Prohibited Lights And Signs On Public Property; Exception:
1. No sign or light standard or pole shall be erected on publicly owned land, inside street rights-of-way or otherwise. No sign, handbill, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind or sort, whether political or otherwise, shall be fastened, placed, posted, painted or attached in any way in or upon any curbstone, lamppost, telephone pole, telegraph pole, electric light or power pole, hydrant, bridge, tree, rock, sidewalk or street.
2. Signs and lights owned and erected by a public agency or its authorized representative.
F. Traffic Hazard: No light, sign or other advertising structure as regulated by this title shall be erected at the intersection of any street in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision, or at any location where by reason of the position, shape or color, it may interfere with, obstruct the view of or be confused with any authorized traffic signs, signal or device or which makes use of the words "stop", "look", "drive-in", "danger" or other words, phrases, symbols, or characters in such manner as to interfere, mislead or confuse traffic.
G. Maintenance: Every sign shall be kept in good condition as to maintenance and repair. The building and zoning inspector may require dilapidated and/or unsafe signs to be put in good condition and upon failure of the owner to do so after thirty (30) days' written notice, the City may order such signs removed or demolished.
H. Clearance: There shall be a minimum clearance of ten feet (10') between the ground or sidewalk and any part of a projecting sign or pole sign, excepting where there is less than eighteen inches (18") projection from its support. Ground signs shall have a maximum clearance of four feet (4').
I. Ownership: The identity of the owner of all off premises signs shall be in plain and public view. (1989 Code § 12-15-003; amd. Ord. 13-17, 11-12-2013)
J. Political Signs: Political signs shall be allowed in all zones, provided they comply with the following regulations:
1. They shall comply with the requirements of subsection E of this section.
2. Political signs shall not be erected within one hundred fifty feet (150') from a building where a polling place is located. (Ord. 13-17, 11-12-2013)