Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign damage rebuild threshold50 pct
Should any legal nonconforming sign be damaged by any means to an extent of 50 percent or more of its replacement cost at the time of damage, it shall not be reconstructed except in conformity with the provisions of this article.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign maintenance
Normal maintenance of a legal nonconforming sign, including changing of copy, nonstructural repairs, and incidental alterations which do not extend or intensify the nonconforming features of the sign, shall be permitted.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign relocation
A nonconforming sign shall not be relocated unless the relocation results in the sign becoming a conforming sign at the new location.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign structural alteration
No structural alteration, enlargement, or extension shall be made to a legal nonconforming sign unless the alteration, enlargement, or extension will result in elimination or reduction of the nonconforming features of the sign.
From the ordinance
Normal maintenance of a legal nonconforming sign, including changing of copy, nonstructural repairs, and incidental alterations which do not extend or intensify the nonconforming features of the sign, shall be permitted. No structural alteration, enlargement, or extension shall be made to a legal nonconforming sign unless the alteration, enlargement, or extension will result in elimination or reduction of the nonconforming features of the sign. A nonconforming sign shall not be relocated unless the relocation results in the sign becoming a conforming sign at the new location. Should any legal nonconforming sign be damaged by any means to an extent of 50 percent or more of its replacement cost at the time of damage, it shall not be reconstructed except in conformity with the provisions of this article.