(a) The purpose of these sign regulations is to provide standards for the placement, display and use of signs. These standards are designed to enhance the aesthetic environment of the Village; promote business development through flexible regulation while encouraging innovation and creativity in sign design and usage; improve pedestrian and traffic safety; and minimize possible adverse effects of signs on nearby public and private property. It is the intent of the Village to encourage low-profile signs.
(b) Further, the purpose of these regulations is to encourage signing and lighting and other communications which aid orientation, identify activities, express local history and character or serve other educational purposes; and to reduce conflict between the private and public communication systems.
(c) The effect of these regulations as more specifically set forth herein, is:
(1) To establish a permit system to allow a variety of types of signs in commercial and industrial zones, and a limited variety of signs in other zones, subject to the standards and the permit procedures of this section;
(2) To prohibit all signs not expressly permitted under this section;
(3) To provide for the enforcement of the provisions of these regulations;
(4) To regulate the use of signs according to zone and the placement and scale of signs primarily by type, length of street frontage, and lot size.
(Ord. 11-07. Passed 7-18-07.)