[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 17-22]
Signs lawfully existing as of October 8, 2013, which do not conform to the provisions of this section, and signs which are accessory to a nonconforming use, shall be deemed to be nonconforming signs.
Nonconforming signs may be changed, altered, repaired, restored, replaced, relocated or expanded only as provided in this article. Nonconforming signs shall be subject to the regulations and restrictions as set forth in § 72-59, except that:
A. 
Nonconforming signs may be changed, altered, repaired, restored, replaced, relocated or expanded only so long as the signs are not structurally altered or the surface area of the sign is not increased.
B. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the City, after making a reasonable attempt to notify the owner, from ordering the removal of a nonconforming sign that has been abandoned. For purposes of this section, a sign shall be considered abandoned if the use or business for which the sign was erected has not been in operation for a period of at least two years. Following the expiration of the two-year period, an abandoned nonconforming sign shall be removed by the owner of the property on which the sign is located, if notified by the locality to do so. If, following such two-year period, the locality has made a reasonable attempt to notify the property owner, the locality through its own agents or employees may enter the property upon which the sign is located and remove any such sign whenever the owner has refused to do so. The cost of such removal shall be chargeable to the owner of the property, and the owner shall reimburse the City for such cost. Nothing herein shall prevent the City from applying to a court for an order requiring the removal of an abandoned nonconforming sign by the owner, by means of injunction or other appropriate remedy.
No nonconforming sign shall be moved on the same lot, and no nonconforming sign shall be moved to any other lot which is not properly zoned to permit such sign or on which such sign would be or remain noncompliant with the zoning regulations prescribed for the district in which such lot is located.