§ 8.12.00. Administration and enforcement.

8.12.01. [Enforcing officer.]

Sign regulations shall be enforced by such person as designated by the Board of County Commissioners, and all signs shall be subject to inspection by said person or his designee.

8.12.02. Non-conforming signs[, continuation].

Non-conforming signs and portable or temporary signs may continue for a period of sixty (60) days from the effective date of this ordinance.

8.12.03. Modification/replacement of non-conforming signs.

A.

An existing non-conforming sign shall not be structurally altered so as to prolong the life of the sign, or so as to change the shape, size, type or design of the sign.

B.

An existing non-conforming sign shall not be repaired after being damaged if the repair of the sign would cost more than fifty (50) percent of the cost of the sign.

C.

If a non-conforming sign is removed or destroyed, it may be replaced only by a sign that is in conformance with this ordinance. Except that if insufficient space is available to comply with the setback regulations, the replacement sign may vary from said regulations to the minimum extent necessary to allow its placement.

D.

An existing non-conforming on premises sign may be changed by modifying the words or symbols used, the message displayed or any other change to the advertising display area. However, in the case of more than one (1) non-conforming on-premises sign per business only one (1) on-premises sign shall be allowed to be facially changed. This sign shall be the one most conforming, excessive square footage and/or height being a greater non-conformity than inadequate set-backs.

An existing non-conforming wall sign may be changed by modifying the words or symbols used, the message displayed or any other change to the advertising display area (with the exception of those listed in Section 8.12.03). In the case where two (2) or more wall signs exist, only one (1) wall sign shall be allowed to be facially changed. This sign shall be the one most conforming.