(a) All pole signs are hereby prohibited in the Village from the effective date of this section.
(b) All signs which were installed with a permit prior to the effective date of this section shall be deemed legal nonconforming signs.
(c) Pole signs in existence on the effective date of this section may continue to be displayed, until the sign is damaged or destroyed in excess of 50 percent of its replacement value, or use of the sign has been voluntarily discontinued for six months or more, whichever time is earlier. The use of a legal nonconforming pole sign shall be considered voluntarily discontinued when the sign has been modified to conform to the requirements related to size, color, illumination and other construction requirements under this section, or when the intent of the permittee to discontinue use is otherwise apparent in the condition of the sign. Evidence of such intent shall include, but is not limited to signs which have ceased to display advertising matter, which display obsolete messages, which require repairs costing more than 50 percent of the replacement value of the sign or for which the property owner claims no responsibility.
(d) Pole signs shall lose their legal nonconforming status upon the transfer of ownership of the business that any existing sign refers to.
(Ord. 95-2-3. Passed 4-4-95; Ord. 2003-4-2. Passed 5-6-03.)