§ 8175-5.13.9.5. Message substitution.  


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  • A noncommercial message of any type may be substituted, in whole or in part, for any commercial message or any other noncommercial message provided that the sign, including the sign structure and mounting device, is consistent with the standards of this Article and its permitting requirements without consideration of message content. Such substitution of message may be made without any additional approval or permitting. This provision prevails over any more specific provision to the contrary within this Article. The purpose of this provision is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech, or favoring of any particular noncommercial message over any other noncommercial message. This provision does not create a right to increase the total amount of signage on a parcel, nor does it affect the requirement that a sign, including the sign structure and mounting device, be consistent with the standards of this Article and its permitting requirements.

(Ord. No. 4492, § 3, 6-21-2016)