§ 199-1. Purpose.

This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:

A. 

To regulate the nature and extent of signs within all zones.

B. 

To provide for a reasonable system of control of signs, integrated within and as part of the Comprehensive Zoning Plan established in the Code.

C. 

To protect and enhance the economic value of the community in each area thereof through the regulation of such things as size, location, design and illumination of signs.

D. 

To eliminate possible traffic and safety hazards.

E. 

To protect the appearance and visual peace of the community by prohibiting devices which tend to make the diversion of attention an involuntary act or which are aesthetically repellent.

F. 

To limit signs to the identification and location of the occupant or permitted use of the premises.

G. 

To permit adequate means of political communication.