The following provisions shall apply to all signs:
(a) Construction standards. All signs shall be constructed and installed following the applicable provisions of the North Carolina State Building Code.
(b) Electrical standards. All illuminated signs shall be installed following the applicable provisions of the North Carolina State Electrical Code, and all detached signs shall be illuminated by an underground electrical source.
(c) Maintenance of signs. All signs shall be maintained in good structural and aesthetic conditions. Deficiencies such as chipped paint, broken plastic, missing letters, and exposed light bulbs shall be evidence of a lack of maintenance.
(d) Content. Content of the message, commercial or non-commercial, is not regulated by this chapter.
(e) No sign shall be placed to obstruct the clear sight triangle at a street intersection.
(f) Whenever the ordinance permits a commercial sign, a non-commercial message may be substituted for the commercial message. The right to substitute the non-commercial message does not waive any other requirement imposed the town's ordinances as to the number, size, type, construction, location, lighting, safety, or other regulated attribute.
(Ord. of 1/10/05; Ord. of 12/6/10; Ord. of 6/28/21)