A. Construction. All signs shall be structurally designed and constructed in conformance with the building code of the city, with all supports for such signs placed in or upon private property.
B. Construction Over Public Property. No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct or cause or permit to be erected or constructed, any projecting sign over any public sidewalk, street, alley, public place, or property, except as may be required by any other law or ordinance of the city.

Clearance Minimum eight
feet.
Maximum Projection Four feet.

No sign or sign structure shall project into any public alley whatsoever below a height of fourteen (14) feet above grade.
C. Inspection Required. All signs for which a permit is required shall, unless waived by the building inspector, be subject to the following inspections:
1. Footing inspection on all freestanding signs;
2. Electrical inspection on all illuminated signs;
3. An inspection of braces, anchors, supports and connections on wall signs.
D. Lighting. All signs permitted by this chapter may be illuminated and shall be installed so as to avoid any glare or reflection into any adjacent property or onto a street or alley, so as not to create a traffic hazard.
E. Prohibited Lighting and Movement. No exposed neon and similar tube type of illumination, including open light bulbs, except indirect lighting, shall be permitted. Further, no flashing, blinking, and/or rotating lights shall be permitted. No action or animated signs shall be permitted.
F. Traffic Hazards Prohibited. No sign shall be erected in such a manner as to interfere in any way with, or confuse traffic or present any traffic hazard.
G. Revocation of Permits. The building inspector shall have the power and authority to revoke any permit granted hereunder when it is his decision that the permitted sign has been constructed or is being maintained contrary to the permit for same. Upon revocation of permit taking effect, the sign shall become an illegal sign and subject to removal under the provisions of this chapter.
H. Removal and/or Repair of Defective Signs.
a. The building inspector is authorized to forthwith cause the removal and/or repair of any sign or signs found to be unsafe or defective to the extent that it creates an immediate and emergency hazard to persons or property. All the actual cost and expense of any such removal and/or repair by the building inspector shall be borne by the owner of such sign installation and the owner of the premises on which located; each of them shall be jointly and severally liable therefor, and action for recovery thereof may be brought by the city attorney upon proper certification thereof to him by the building inspector.
b. Notice. No notice to the property owner or lessee shall be required, except effort to notify owner or lessee shall be exercised by the building inspector or his designated representative, when it is determined by the building inspector that an immediate emergency hazard to persons or property exists.
I. Removal of Signs.
a. The building inspector is authorized to cause the removal of any sign located in the public right-of-way, or of any illegal sign as defined in this chapter. This remedy is in addition to the violations provision of this chapter. All the actual cost and expense of any such removal by the building inspector shall be borne by the owner of such sign installation and the owner of the premises on which located; each of them shall be jointly and severally liable therefor, and an action for recovery thereof may be brought by the city attorney upon proper certification thereof to him by the building inspector.
b. Notice. Before physically removing or causing the removal of any illegal sign or sign structures upon private property, the building inspector shall give at least thirty (30) days written notice to the owner of the sign and/or the owner of the premises on which such sign is located. The notice shall state the reasons and grounds for removal, specifying the deficiencies or defects in such sign or sign structure with reasonable definitions, and the violations charged; such notice shall specify what repairs, if any, must be made to make such an installation conform to the requirement of this chapter, and specify that the sign must be removed or made to conform with the provisions of this chapter within thirty (30) days of such notice. Service of notice may be made personally on the owner or lessee, or by certified mail addressed to the owner or lessee at the address specified in the application, or the last known address. No such notice shall be required for the removal of signs from the public right-of-way. Neither shall any such notice be required where the city attorney elects to take legal action against illegal signs in either the city or superior courts.
J. Conforming Signs. Every sign in existence of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter which conforms to the provisions of this chapter is a legal, conforming sign.

K. Nonconforming Signs.
1. Every sign in existence of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and which was legal at the time of installation, and which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, is a nonconforming sign. Such signs shall be legal for the purposes of this chapter.
a. In the event such nonconforming sign is abandoned or discontinued, said sign shall be required to conform to the provisions of this chapter.
b. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, for purpose of this section, a change of copy or sign face shall not be deemed a discontinuance of use. However, that in the event any such sign is hereafter damaged exceeding fifty (50) percent of the reproduction value according to appraisal thereof by competent appraisers, or is removed by any means whatsoever, including an act of God, such sign may be restored, reconstructed, altered or repaired only to conform with the provisions of this chapter. Reasonable alterations and repairs may be made to nonconforming signs. (Ord. 00-002 § 1 (part))