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ORDINANC?E N0. 85-16 (AS AMENDED) INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen & Council as a Whole ?? - AN ORDINANCE ENACTING CHAPTER 1185 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF NlAYFIELD V ILLAG E, OH IO, PERTAIN ING TO S IGNS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT TH EREW ITA . WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, have determined that it is in the best interests of the orderly development of the municipality in all use districts to establish a comprehensive ordinance pertaining to the erection of-signs; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, by the enactment of this ordinance, to establish a comprehensive ordinance pertaining to signs and to repeal all existing ordinances pertaining to signs; now, theref ore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO THAT: Section 1. There is hereby enacted Chapter 1185 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, pertaining to signs: CHAPTER 1185 Signs 1185.01 Intent. Sign regulations, including provisions to control the type, design, size, location, illumination and maintenance thereof, are established and shall be liberally construed in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes: (a) To promote attractive and maintain high value residential districts; (b) To provide reasonable, yet appropriate, conditions for identifying and ac3vertising goods sold or services rendered in business districts by relating the size, type and design of signs to the type and size of establishment; (c) To provide for reasonable signs for the identifica- tion of industrial development; (c3) 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; (e) 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 pedestrians.