Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Abandonment period for removal2 years
A nonconforming sign structure shall be removed if the use to which it is accessory has not been in operation for a period of two years or more.
- Alteration of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Nonconforming signs shall not be extended or structurally reconstructed or altered in any manner, except a sign face may be changed so long as the new face is equal to or reduced in height and/or sign area.
- Maximum damage for restoration50 pct
A nonconforming sign that is destroyed or damaged by any casualty to an extent not exceeding fifty percent of its area may be restored within two years after such destruction or damage but shall not be enlarged in any manner.
- Repair of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign allowed
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent keeping in good repair a nonconforming sign.
- Restoration time limit2 years
A nonconforming sign that is destroyed or damaged by any casualty to an extent not exceeding fifty percent of its area may be restored within two years after such destruction or damage but shall not be enlarged in any manner.
From the ordinance
Signs lawfully existing on the effective date of this article or prior ordinances, which do not conform to the provisions of this article, and signs which are accessory to a nonconforming use shall be deemed to be nonconforming signs and may remain except as qualified below.