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CHAPTER 9: SIGN REGULATIONS 901. Sign Regulations 901.1 Short Title. The short form by which this Chapter shall be known is the City of Sunny Isles Beach Sign Ordinance. 901.2 General Principles. The City is a resort community with a unique natural environment framed by Atlantic oceanfront beaches and Biscayne Bay, which attracts a tourism trade that forms the principal economic base of the community. To assure greater harmony between the natural and built environment and in furtherance of the Community Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan, the City has established design guidelines, standards, review procedures and incentives for creating visually distinctive yet attractive and pleasing urban environments. In furtherance of these objectives, to protect the economic base of the City and to preserve the City as a desirable community in which to live, vacation and do business, the regulation of signs and graphic images within the City is considered an essential component of these comprehensive initiatives to maintain and enhance the image of the City. 901.3 PUlJIOse and Intent. The purpose of this Chapter is to regulate all exterior signs and interior signs placed for exterior observance so as to protect property values, to protect the character of the community, to facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community, to create a better business climate, to protect against danger in travel and transportation, to reduce visual pollution, to improve and protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare, and to further the stated purpose and intent of this Ordinance. It is further intended that all signs within a given development be coordinated with the architecture of the principal use in such a manner that the overall appearance is harmonious in color, form and proportion, and that the signs shall be structurally sound so as to ensure the safety of the general public. These regulations balance the need to protect the public safety and welfare, the need for well maintained and attractive community and the need for adequate identification, communication and advertising for land uses. These regulations have the following specific objectives: 1. To ensure that signs are designed, constructed, installed and maintained so that the public safety and traffic safety are not compromised; 2. To allow and promote positive conditions for sign communication enabling the identification of residences and business but limiting the size and number of signs and sign messages to a minimum reasonably City of Sunny Isles Beach-Land Development Regulations Adopted December 10,2002 Siga Reg.latiODS 900 - 1