18.91.080

Signage

• Abatement period15 years

  Legal nonconforming signs erected or in place or for which a permit has been issued as of the effective date of this chapter shall be removed or brought into compliance, without compensation, to conform with this chapter within fifteen years from the effective date of this chapter.

• Deactivation period60 days

  Any sign, including signs lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this chapter, which rotates, moves, scintillates, blinks or flashes shall be deactivated within sixty days from the effective date of this chapter, without compensation.

• Nonfunctional sign removal period180 days

  Any sign, other than an off-premises sign, which is not functional, abandoned or which is not used for advertising purposes for a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days, shall be removed from the parcel upon which it is located by the owner of said sign or the owner or lessee of the parcel upon which the sign is located.

• Permit required

  It is unlawful for any person to erect, enlarge, alter, replace or relocate any sign or other advertising structure, or to install any sign or other advertising structure, or to install or alter any electrical wiring or fixtures therein without having first obtained a permit from the planning department and paying the required fees as determined by the planning department unless a sign is otherwise exempt by this chapter.