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<br />1163.02 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE 136 <br />(a) To maintain high quality districts of all land uses, and attractive public and <br />private facilities of all types, by permitting only signs appropriate to their <br />environs; <br />(b) To provide for reasonable and appropriate methods for identifying <br />establishments in office, business and industrial districts by relating the size, <br />type and design of signs to the size, type and design of the office, business and <br />industrial establistunents; <br />(c) To eliminate any conflict between traffic control signs and other signs which <br />would be hazardous to the safety of the motoring public or pedestrians; <br />(d) To control the design and size of all signs so that their appearance will be <br />aesthetically harmonious with an overall urban design for the area, in <br />accordance with commonly accepted community planning and design practices, <br />and the City's Master Plan. <br />The City does not intend to infringe on the rights of free speech as protected by the <br />First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 11 of the Ohio <br />Constitution. All ordinances in this Chapter are to be construed, whenever possible, in favor of <br />vigorous political debate and accommodation of the rights of residents and visitors to speak <br />freely. <br />(Ord. 2000-12. Passed 5-2-00.) <br />1163.02 DEFI1vITIONS. <br />As used in this chapter unless the cantext otherwise indicates: <br />(a) "Sign" shall mean any writing, pictarial representation, illustration, emblem, <br />symbol, c3esign, or other figure of similar character that is a structure or a part <br />thereof, or is attached to or in any manner represented on a building, vehicle, or <br />other structure, and is visible from any public right-of-way or any other lot or <br />parcel, and is used for purposes of advertisement, announcement, declaration, <br />demonstration, identification or expression. <br />(b) "Illuminated Sign" shall mean any sign which has characters, letters, figures, <br />designs, or outlines illuminated externally or internally by any light source other <br />than nan-reflected natural daylight. <br />(c) "Ground Sign" sha.ll mean any sign, excluding a billboard, supported by <br />uprights, braces, or base or stem of any material, placed upan the ground and <br />not attached to any building. <br />(d) "Wall Sign" shall rnean any sign applied or attached to, or painted onto, any <br />exterior wall surface of any buiiding or structure. <br />(e) "Canopy Sign" shall mean any sign attached to the soffit or fascia of a canopy, <br />marquee, awning, covered entrance, covered walkway, arbor, pergola or other <br />similar structure. <br />( fl "Billboard" shall mean any sign advertising, identifying or directing attention to <br />any product, service, entertainment or commercial activity not offered upon the <br />lot on which the sign is located. <br />2002 Replacement <br />