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Ordinance 679 Report <br />May 29, 2001 <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />Code relating to zoning 1. No sign shall be so located as to obscure or tend to obscure any existing sign. The <br />following additional requirements are to be observed: <br /> <br /> a. Each ground sign shall be securely built, constructed and erected on the building or ground. Temporary signs <br />shall be so designed that they are not readily overturned. <br /> <br /> b. No sign structure shall be attached or placed upon any building in such a manner as to obstruct any fire escape <br />or any window or door nor shall any sign structure be attached to a fire escape. <br /> <br /> c. No sign erected before the effective date hereof shall be rebuilt, altered or removed to a new location without <br />being brought into compliance with the requirements hereof. <br /> <br /> c. The illumination of any sign located near a residential district shall be defused or indirect and located so as not <br />to direct light on residences1. <br /> <br /> d. No swinging sign shall hereafter be erected or hung on or attached to any building <br />within the Municipality, and every such sign so erected, hung or attached prior to the effective date <br />hereof which is deemed unsafe by the Building Inspector shall be immediately removed by the <br />owner thereof or changed to conform with the requirements of this Chapter when so ordered by <br />the Building Inspector. <br /> <br /> e. Where portions of a sign are subject to a different classification, each portion shall meet the requirements of its <br />classification. <br /> <br /> f. Each sign requiring a permit shall have an identifying number to be provided by the Inspector, which number <br />shall be posted on the exterior surface of the sign structure in a location where such information will be readily <br />visible after the sign is constructed. <br /> <br />f. Maintenance, Repair or Removal: Every sign permitted by this ordinance shall be maintained in <br />good condition and repair. When any sign becomes insecure, in danger of falling, or is otherwise <br />deemed unsafe or a nuisance by a City Inspector, or if any sign shall have been unlawfully <br />installed, erected or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, the owner or <br />firm using such sign shall, upon written notice by the City Inspector, make such sign conform to <br />the provisions of this ordinance or shall remove it within ten (10) days. If such violation has not <br />been corrected within ten (10) days, The City Inspector may remove or cause such sign to be <br />removed at the expense of the owner or user of the sign. <br /> <br />g. All signs and sign structures shall be maintained in a safe condition and in a state of good <br />repair at all times. No sign shall display matter that has been deemed obscene by a court of <br />competent jurisdiction. <br /> <br />h. Obsolete Sign Copy. Any sign copy that no longer advertises or identifies a use conducted on the property on <br />which the sign is located must have the sign copy covered or removed within thirty (30) days after written <br />notification from the City Inspector. Such sign shall be considered a nuisance sign. <br /> <br /> i. h. Each sign shall be used and maintained only in the manner permitted and subject to the conditions imposed at <br />the time the permit therefore was granted. <br /> <br /> j. Clearance of Signs from Conductors: The minimum clearance of any sign from unprotected electrical conductors <br /> <br /> 1 See Title 1100 of this Code. <br />1 See Section 1103.09 of this Code.