1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote, preserve and protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the city by providing reasonable regulations and standards relating to the type, placement and physical dimensions of signs as hereafter set forth, to alleviate the congestion of public streets, provide for the promotion of traffic safety, and to conserve the value of buildings and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality.  This chapter recognizes and subscribes to the right of businesses to advertise and the right of advertising companies to pursue their business, subject to the reasonable regulations herein set forth for the purposes and reasons heretofore indicated.

    2. Scope. This chapter shall not regulate signs required or specifically authorized for a public purpose by any law, statute, or ordinance, which may be of any type, number, area, height above grade, location, illumination, or other animation required by law, statute or ordinance under which the sign is erected.  Nor shall this chapter regulate signs not intended to be viewed from a public right-of-way.  (Ord. 84/T-2853)