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Proposed Ordinance 53-10. Substituted October 18, 2010. 1329.01 INTENT (a) Sign regulations, including provisions to control the type, design, size, location, illumination and maintenance thereof, are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes: (1) To promote attractive and maintain high value residential districts by permitting only nameplates, bulletin boards and signs related to the develop, rental. or sale of properties in such districts; (2) To provide reasonable, yet appropriate, conditions for identifying and advertising goods sold or services rendered in business districts. by relating the size, type and design of signs to the type and size of establishments; (3) To provide for appropriate signs for the identification and encouragement of industrial development; (4) To control the.. design of signs so that their appearance will be aesthetically harmonious with their surroundings and an overall urban design for the area; (5) To eliminate any conflict between advertising (or identification) signs and traffic control signs which would be hazardous to the safety of the motoring public or pedestrian. (b) In establishing these objectives the City has determined that, clearly articulated regulations and design standards will effectively promote. high quality signs that enhance the appearance, function and character of the community. All signs not conforming with the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared a nuisance. It is further declared that the regulations contained in this chapter are the minimum regulation necessary to abate the nuisance and to achieve the purposes of this chapter. 1329.02 ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS. Signs shall be designed, erected, altered, reconstructed, moved and maintained, in whole or in part, in accordance with the type, design, size, location, illumination and other provisions set forth in this chapter. The construction, erection, safety and maintenance of all signs shall be in accordance with the City Building Code. The provisions of this chapter shall not amend or in any way interfere with other codes, rules or regulations governing traffic signs within the City. (Ord. 58-79. Passed 7-16-79.) 1329.03 CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNS. (a) °Sign" means any display, figure, painting, drawing, placard,. poster or other device visible from, or on, a public way which is designed, intended or used to convey a message, inform or direct attention to a person, institution, organization, activity, .place, object or product, but does not include show window or interior displays. It may be a structure or part thereof painted on or attached directly or indirectly to a structure. Page 17 of 28