14.05.010 Purpose.
(a) The purpose of this title shall be to:
(1) Coordinate the type, placement and physical dimensions of signs.
(2) Recognize the commercial communication requirements of all sectors of the business community.
(3) Encourage the innovative use of design.
(4) Promote both renovation and proper maintenance.
(5) Allow for special circumstances.
(6) Guarantee equal treatment under the law through accurate record keeping and consistent enforcement.
(7) Recognize and ensure the right of those concerned to identify businesses, services and other activities by the use of signs.
(8) Provide a reasonable balance between the right of an individual to identify his business and the right of the public to be protected against the visual discord resulting from the unrestricted proliferation of signs and similar devices.
(9) Recognize that instances may occur where strict application of the provisions of this title may deprive a person of the reasonable use of a sign, and provide a procedure whereby variance from the regulations in this title may, for good cause, be permitted.
(10) Accomplish the above purposes by regulation of the display, construction, erection, alteration, location, use and maintenance of signs.
(11) Preserve and promote the aesthetic qualities and purposes of the town of Granby.
(12) Assure and promote the safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(13) Promote the freedom of expression.
(b) The use of signs is regulated primarily by type, and by building frontage and location. No sign shall be permitted as a main or accessory use except in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(c) This title shall be known as and may be referred to as the Granby sign code. References herein to “the code,” “this code,” or the like, refer to this title. [Code 1999 § 19-1-1].