(A) Attractive and integrated urban design features tend to improve the image of the community, raise property values within the community, attract new business and residents to the community and improve the overall quality of life of the community. Attention to urban design features, therefore, is determined by the Board of Trustees of the village to be in the best economic interest of the citizens and business owners of the village.
(B) (1) Signs, due to their inherent visibility and incursion upon the urban landscape, represent a prominent urban design feature.
(2) The regulations contained in this subchapter were prepared in recognition of the impact of signs as a prominent urban design feature and are intended to regulate type, area, height, number, location, illumination, design and construction of signs permitted in the various zoning districts throughout the village.
(3) The intent of this subchapter is, in part: to encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication in the village; to create a more attractive economic and business climate; to minimize the possible adverse effects of signs on nearby public and private property; to foster and improve the economic vitality of the community by enhancing and protecting the physical appearance of the community; and to preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the community.
(Prior Code, § 20-1401) (Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014)