Extracted standards
3 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 abandonment12 months
Any nonconforming sign which is discontinued for a period of more than 12 months shall be deemed to be abandoned and shall not be reestablished.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign damage threshold50 pct
Any nonconforming sign which is damaged or destroyed by fire, explosion, flood, windstorm, earthquake, or other casualty, or by any other cause, to the extent of more than 50 percent of its value, shall not be restored, repaired, or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign restrictions
Any nonconforming sign may be continued, maintained, and repaired, but shall not be: (1) Expanded, enlarged, or extended; (2) Altered, changed, or modified in any manner that increases the degree of nonconformity; (3) Reconstructed, replaced, or relocated; (4) Reestablished after a discontinuance of more than 12 months; (5) Restored after damage or destruction of more than 50 percent of its value; or (6) Converted to a different sign type or a different sign use.
From the ordinance
Any sign which was lawfully existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, or which was lawfully existing on the date of any subsequent amendment to this article, and which does not conform to the provisions of this article, shall be deemed to be a nonconforming sign. (b) Any nonconforming sign may be continued, maintained, and repaired, but shall not be: (1) Expanded, enlarged, or extended; (2) Altered, changed, or modified in any manner that increases the degree of nonconformity; (3) Reconstructed, replaced, or relocated; (4) Reestablished after a discontinuance of more than 12 months; (5) Restored after damage or destruction of more than 50 percent of its value; or (6) Converted to a different sign type or a different sign use.