This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Village of Hamilton Sign Law."
In accordance with the provisions of § 4-412 of the Village Law, this chapter is enacted to guide and regulate signs and street graphics to promote the public welfare and safety as follows:
A. 
Encourage appropriate and compatible signs and graphics.
B. 
Reduce the hazards of sign obstructions and distractions.
C. 
Create a more attractive business climate.
D. 
Conserve the value of buildings and properties.
E. 
Protect and enhance Village appearance.
A. 
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of public welfare and safety.
B. 
When this chapter imposes a greater restriction on the design, construction, placement and maintenance of signs or makes any other greater restriction than is required by any other law, ordinance, regulation, rule, covenant or agreement, the provisions of this chapter shall govern, except that in case of conflict between this chapter and the Zoning Law,[1] the provisions of the latter shall apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 174, Zoning.
C. 
The adoption of this chapter shall not affect any pending or prevent any future prosecution of or action to abate any existing violation of the 1961 Zoning Ordinance, as amended, if the use so in violation is in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
D. 
When any provision of this chapter imposes a greater restriction than another, the more stringent shall govern.
E. 
Nothing herein shall be deemed to change the status of nonconforming uses heretofore created by virtue of the 1961 Zoning Ordinance, if such uses remain nonconforming under the provisions of this chapter.