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AMENDMENT #: 2 SECTION 40.1 -6.5 Existing Section 40.1 -65 ( "Nonconfonning Suns ") is hereby DELETED in its entire , and a new Section 40.1 -65 ( "Nonconfonning Signs ") as set forth below is hereby ADDED 40.1 -6.5 NONCONFORMING SIGNS The following additional restrictions shall apply to signs which were legally erected prior to January 9, 2018, but which do not conform to provisions of this Ordinance: (1) Any nonconforming on- premises sign and sign structure shall be removed or brought into conformance with this Ordinance if for any period of at least two years it does not advertise a business or service located on the same lot with the sign; (2) Any nonconforming off - premises sign and sign structure shall be removed or brought into conformance with this Ordinance if for any period of at least two years it does not contain copy or messages on the advertising display area; (3) In accordance with Code of Virginia, § 15.2- 2307(G), the city may require the property owner to remove any non - conforming sign and/or sign structure which has been abandoned if the business for which the sign was erected has not been in operation for at least two years, or the city may remove the sign and structure after giving notice and reasonably attempting to contact the property owner and charge the cost of removal to the property owner; and (4) If a nonconforming sign is destroyed by natural causes, it may not thereafter be repaired, reconstructed or replaced except in conformity with all of the provisions of this Ordinance. All remnants of the former sign or sign structure not incorporated into the repaired, reconstructed or replaced signage shall be removed from the property. For purposes of this section, a nonconforming sign is "destroyed" if damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the sign to its former condition equals or exceeds the value of the sign so damaged. AMENDMENT #: 3 SECTION 40.1 -8.3 Section 40.1 -8.3 is amended by adding deleting and/or othenvise amending certain de teed terms as shown below. Except as expressly shown below, Section 40.1-8.3 is not hereby amended. AWNING A cover j A �lrlh`et,htatrii�tlU building to which tt. 1�l ihatmha t o hi I jpgg, :w c�tlal�t�rr..fr�at��`�� .t�.��t?�t.4(,s ,1IpI u�n_cl�a�le a mar :��I�� A -24