19.23.100 Design, construction and maintenance.

All signs shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the following standards:

(A) All signs shall be consistent with any adopted design guidelines.

(B) All signs shall comply with applicable provisions of the city's building and electric codes.

(C) Except for banners, flags, temporary signs and window signs, all signs shall be constructed of permanent materials and shall be permanently attached to the ground, a building, or another structure by direct attachment to a rigid wall, frame, or structure.

(D) Banners, canopies, suspended signs and flags shall maintain a vertical clearance of nine feet from any sidewalk, private driveway or parking area.

(E) The illumination of a sign within three hundred feet of and visible from a residential district, measured along the radius of a one hundred eighty degree arc extending from a sign face, shall be the minimum necessary to provide readability.

(F) All signs shall be maintained in good structural condition, and in conformance with this chapter.