§ 14-185. Legal nonconforming signs.

Signs which were erected on or before the date this article and subsequent amendments were adopted and which no longer conform shall be subject to the following amortization schedule:

(1)

The size, shape, context wording and appearance of such sign shall not be changed or altered unless necessary to comply with this article.

(2)

A nonconforming sign which is destroyed or damaged by fire or other casualty to the extent that the cost of restoration will exceed 50 percent of the construction cost of a comparable new sign shall not be restored unless such sign conforms to all requirements of this article. In the event that such damage or construction is less than 50 percent of the construction cost of a comparable new sign, all repairs shall be completed within 180 days from the date of the partial destruction. In the event that such damage or destruction is less than 50 percent of the construction cost of a comparable new sign and repair construction is not completed within 180 days from the date of partial destruction, then the damaged nonconforming sign shall not be restored unless such sign is made to conform to all regulations of this article.

(3)

Such signs shall be properly maintained as required by this article, but authorized maintenance shall not include the right to change or alter the size, shape, context, wording or appearance of such signs.

(4)

No sign which projects more than 24 inches into a public right-of-way shall be approved or erected.

(Code 1979, § 5-75)