Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any on-premise sign which is located on property which becomes vacant and unoccupied for a period of three months or more, or any sign which pertains to a time, event or purpose which no longer applies, shall be deemed to have been abandoned. Permanent signs applicable to a business temporarily suspended because of a change of ownership or management of such business shall not be deemed abandoned unless the property remains vacant for a period of six months or more. Any off-premise sign which no longer, and for a period of three consecutive months, advertises goods, products, services or facilities available to the public or which directs persons to a different location where such goods, products, services or facilities are not for a period of three consecutive months available, shall be deemed to have been abandoned.
(1952 Code § 43-10-2)