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-10.87 - 10.92(2) 10.87 - REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO (4) The alleged hardship or difficulty is caused by NONCONFORMING SIGNS AND USE. (1) Signs this ordinance and has not been created by any existing prior to the effective date of this ordinance person presently having an interest in the property. which do not conform to the provisions of the (5) The granting of the variance will not be ordinance shall be nonconforming signs. detrimental to the public welfare, or injurious to Nonconforming signs shall not be rebuilt, altered other property or improvements in the or moved to a new location without being brought. neighborhood in which the property is located. into compliance with the requirements of this (6) The proposed variance will not impair an ordinance. Routine maintenance of a sign is adequate supply of light and air to adjacent permitted unless the cost exceeds 50% of the property, endanger the public safety or current value of the sign, if the maintenance cost is substantially diminish or impair property values more than 50010 of the value of the sign said sign within the neighborhood. shall be considered rebuilt. [History: 10.89 cr.,Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub.09/21/90.] (2) Signs advertising a nonconforming use may be continued but such signs shall not expand in 10.90 CONDITIONS ON VARIANCES. (1) The number, copy area, height or illumination. New committee may impose such conditions or signs may be erected only upon the complete restrictions upon the sign and premises benefited removal of all nonconforming signs. by a variance as may be necessary to comply with (3) Nonconforming signs shall be brought into the above standards to reduce or minimize the compliance or removed when the principal use of injurious effect of such variance upon other the premises is changed to a different use. property in the neighborhood and to better carry [History: 10.87 cr.,Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub.09/21/90.] out the general intent of this ordinance. [History: 10.90 cr.,Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub.09/21/90.] 10.88 VARIANCES. (1) Variances from the requirements of this chapter may be granted by the 10.9.1 APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS. (1) The standing committee designated by the county application for 'a permit to install or erect a sign board upon application to and payment of a fee to shall contain such information as required by the the zoning administrator. Variances are limited as zoning administrator. specified in this section. (2) The zoning administrator shall issue a suitable (2) Variances may be granted from the maximums identification tag with each sign permit. The of height or area (but not both) for all signs identification tag shall be placed on the sign or on regulated by this ordinance, except as limited by a support column in a location that is easily visible this section. from the road or proximity of the sign. (3) Variances to maximum of height or area may (3) Fees established by chapter 12 supersede all not exceed maximums specified in this chapter by other fees established in chapters 10 and 78 of the more than 20% Dane County Code of Ordinances. (4) Variances may not be granted to maximum [History: 10.91 Cr.,Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90.pub.09/21/90.] height, to maximum area or to minimum 10.92 PENALTIES. (1) Any person or persons, separation requirements for off-premise advertising firm, company or corporation, owner, occupant or signs. [History: 10.88 Cr.,Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub.09/21/90.] other user of the premises, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists 10.89 VARIANCE STANDARDS. (1) Unnecessary the enforcement of any of the provisions of this hardship must be found as distinguished from a subchapter shall be subject to a forfeiture of not mere inconvenience. The finding of a hardship less than five dollars, nor more than two hundred shall take into consideration the particular physical dollars and costs. Each day that a violation is surroundings, shape or topographical conditions of permitted to exist shall constitute a separate the specific property involved. offense. (2) The conditions upon which the application for (2) Compliance herewith shall be enforced by a variance is based would not be applicable injunctional order at suit of the county or occupant generally to other property similarly situated. of real estate within the district affected by the (3) The purpose of the variance is not based regulations of this ordinance. It shall not be exclusively upon a desire for economic or other necessary to prosecute for forfeiture before material gain by the applicant or owner. resorting to injunctional proceedings. Page 10-52 rev. 013197