COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 210898

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Amending Chapter 88, Zoning and Development Code, Section 88-445-15, to revise the requirements for relocation of certain legal nonconforming signs in settlement of condemnation actions. (CD-CPC-2021-00146)

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Section 1. That Chapter 88, zoning and Development Code, is hereby amended by repealing Section 88-445-15, Unsafe signs, signs in disrepair and nonconforming signs, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter to read as follows:

88-445-15 UNSAFE SIGNS, SIGNS IN DISREPAIR AND NONCONFORMING SIGNS
88-445-15-A. UNSAFE SIGNS
If the city planning and development director find that any sign is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the public, they must give written notice to the owner or lessee.

1. If the owner or lessee fails to remove or alter the sign to bring it into compliance with this chapter within 30 days after the notice, the subject owner or lessee will be deemed in violation of this chapter.
|109|The city planning and development director is authorized to cause any sign that is an immediate peril to persons or property to be removed immediately and without notice to the owner or lessee.

88-445-15-B. SIGNS IN DISREPAIR
Any sign that is excessively weathered or faded or upon which the paint has excessively peeled or cracked or has panel(s) missing, or is otherwise in disrepair, must, with its supporting members, be immediately removed or restored to a good state of repair.

88-445-15-C. NONCONFORMING SIGNS
1. CONTINUANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS
Subject to the restrictions of this section, nonconforming signs that were otherwise lawful at the time of installation may be continued. Routine maintenance of legal nonconforming signs is allowed, as defined in Section 88-810-992.

2. ALTERATIONS AND EXPANSIONS OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS
No structural alteration, enlargement, expansion or change in sign type may be made to a nonconforming sign unle...

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