Section
10.188.010 Purpose.
10.188.020 Objectives.
10.188.030 Definitions.
10.188.040 General requirements.
10.188.050 Standards by sign type.
10.188.060 Standards for miscellaneous signs.
10.188.070 Murals.
10.188.080 Administration.
10.188.090 Exempted signs.
10.188.100 Hazardous signs.
10.188.110 Construction of signs.
10.188.120 Sign approval.
10.188.130 Non-conforming signs.
10.188.140 Prohibited signs and locations.
10.188.150 Removal of signs.
10.188.160 Nature of removal.
10.188.170 Scope of responsibilities.
10.188.180 Enforcement.
10.188.190 Signs in public right-of-way or placing citizens in peril.
10.188.200 Alley-side signs.
10.188.210 Minor deviation.
10.188.220 Administrative adjustment—Major adjustment.
10.188.230 Administrative adjustment—Findings.
(A) Signs have an obvious impact on the character and quality of the city. As a prominent part of the scenery, they attract or repel the viewing public, affect the safety of vehicular traffic, and sets the tone of the neighborhood.
(B) The objectives of this chapter include the following.
(C) Signs have an obvious impact on the character and quality of the city. As a prominent part of the scenery, they attract or repel the viewing public, affect the safety of vehicular traffic, and sets the tone of the neighborhood. The objectives of this chapter include the following:
(1) To locate and design signage to identify the general nature of an establishment or to direct attention to a project, activity, place, person, organization or enterprise;
(2) To avoid visual blight which subjects Tulare residents to excessive competition for their visual attention. As appropriate identification devices, signs must harmonize with the building, the neighborhood, and other signs in the area;
(3) To encourage the installation of signs that improve the appearance of the building and the neighborhood and to enhance the economic effectiveness of signs;
(4) To safeguard life, health, property and public welfare by regulating the size, height, structural design, quality of materials, construction location, electrification, illumination and maintenance of all types of signs and sign structures; and
(5) To provide objective criteria by which a sign can conform to the above intentions of suitability and safety.
(1995 Code, § 10.188.020) (Ord. 00-1854, passed - -2000)
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