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Subdivision II. -Signs <br />Sec. 30-852. -Purpose, scope, and findings of subdivision. <br />(a) Purpose. The purpose of this subdivision shall be to coordinate the type, <br />signs within the different zoning districts, to recognize the co <br />of the business community, to encourage the innovative use of design, to promote both renovation and <br />maintenance, to allow for special circumstances, and to guarante <br />recordkeeping and consistent enforcement. These shall be accomparegulation of the display, erection, use, <br />and maintenance of signs. <br />(b) Scope. This subdivision shall not relate to building design, nor shall <br />government signs; the copy and message of signs; window displaysproduct dispensers and point of purchase <br />displays; scoreboards on athletic fields; flags of any nation, g <br />gravestones; barber poles; religious symbols; commemorative plaqisplay <br />or construction not defined as a sign in section 30-1. <br />Scope. It is not the purpose or intent of this Subdivision II to regulate the message displayed on any sign; nor is it <br />the purpose or intent of this subdivision to regulate any building design, or any display not defined as a sign, or any <br />sign which cannot be viewed from outside of a building. <br />(c) Findings. <br />The city finds: <br />(1) Exterior signs have a substantial impact on the character and qu <br />(2) Signs provide an important medium that may convey a variety of messages. <br />(3) Signs can create traffic hazards and aesthetic concerns, thereby <br />welfare. <br />(4) The city's zoning regulations include the regulation of signs inrovide adequate means of <br />expression and to promote the economic viability of the business <br />its citizens from a proliferation of signs of a type, size, loca <br />impact upon the aesthetics of the community and threaten the health, safety a <br />The regulation of the physical characteristics of signs within t <br />and the appearance of the community. <br />(Code 1982, § 900.22(1); Ord. No. 13-19, § 2, 12-16-2013) <br />Editor's note Section 2 of Ord. No. 13-19, adopted Dec. 16, 2013, changed the title of § 30-852 from "Purpose and <br />scope of subdivision" to "Purpose, scope, and findings of subdiv <br />Sec. 30-856. -Notice of violation; order to repair or remove sign. <br />In addition to the remedies authorized in section 30-576, the city may cause the following actions to be taken for <br />violations of this Subdivision: <br />(a) When, in the opinion of the city administrator, or designee, a violation of the code exists, the city <br />administrator, or designee, shall issue a written order to eithe <br />property on which the sign is placed. The order shall specify thcode involved, shall <br />describe the violation and shall direct that the violation be co <br /> (b) If, upon inspection, the city administrator, or designee, finds <br />electrically defective, or in any way endangers the public, the <br />written order to the owner of the sign and occupant of the premises stating the nature of the viol <br />requiring repair or removal of the sign within 30 days of the da <br />(a) If a violation of this Subdivision is identified by city administrator, or designee, a written order to either the <br />owner of the sign or the owner of the property on which the sign shall be issued. This ordershall <br />specify those sections of this Subdivision violated, shall describe the violation, and shall require that the <br />violation be corrected in accordance with the timeframe described below: <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />