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<br />Proposed Changes to Sign Ordinance <br /> <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />ISSUE: <br />Root SJgns <br /> <br />EXISTING ORDINANCE: <br /> <br />The current ordinance prohibits roof signs. The issue of wall signs extending beyond the <br />roof line is addressed in the Placement of Signs Section. <br /> <br />PRINCIPLE BEHIND EXISTING ORDINANCE: <br /> <br />Roof signs are not wanted in the City due to aesthetic and safety issues. Wall signs that <br />extend over a roof line are considered roof signs. <br /> <br />PROBLEM WITH EXISTING ORDINANCE: <br /> <br />Although signs that extend over the roof line are considered roof signs, this provision is <br />included in a separate section called "Placement of Sign". It is unclear that this type of sign <br />is prohibited. <br /> <br />POSSIBLE SOLUTION: <br /> <br />Change definition of roof sign to state "any sign erected upon or projecting above the roof line <br />of a structure to which it is affixed". Leave unchanged provision that prohibits roof signs. <br /> <br />PRINCIPLE BEHIND SOLUTION: <br /> <br />By including in the roof sign definition language regarding signs projecting over the roof line, <br />it is much clearer that this type of sign is prohibited. <br />