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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2001-109 BY: COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE NASHAR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1163. 02, 1163.10, AND 1163.15 OF CHAPTER 1163 (SIGNS) OF THE ZONING CODE SO AS TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD "SIGN"AS USED IN CHAPTER 1163, AND FURTHER TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ABANDONED SIGNS, AND NONCONFORMING SIGNS THE IISE OF WHICH HAS BEEN VOLUNTARILY DISCONTINUED, IN A MANNER WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 713.15 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. WHEREAS, Chapter 1163 of the Zoning Code provides for the regulation of signage on private property located in the City; and WHEREAS, the City Law Department has recommended that an amendment to the definition of the word "sign" as employed in Chapter 1163 be enacted in order to clarify that poles are part of "pole signs;" and WHEREAS, the City Law Department has further recommended that the provisions of Sections 1163.10 and 1163.15, regulating nonconforming signs the use of which has been discontinued, and abandoned signs, be amended so s to increase the time periods therein from 30 days and 90 days, respectively, to six months, in order to be consistent with Section 713.15 of the Ohio Revised Code; and N'HEREAS, the Planning Commission on the ? day of 2001, by formal motion, recommended that this Ordinance, amending Sections 1163. 1, 1163.10 and 1163.15 of the Zoning Code be (approved)(disapprovvA); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 1163.01 of the Zoning Code, entitled `Definitions," which presently read as follows: "1163.02 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) "Sign" shall mean any writing, pictorial representation, illustration, emblem, symbol, design, or other figure of similar character that is a structure or a part thereof, or is attached to or in any