Non-conforming signs clarified

Published 1:17 am Wednesday, July 6, 2005

By By JOHN EBY / Dowagiac Daily News
Dowagiac Planning Commission Monday night recommended to City Council an amendment to the city zoning code section on non-conforming signs.
Bradford said several years ago this section was amended to allow "the artistic copy of a non-conforming sign to be amended without losing the non-conforming status of the sign. It was the intent of the city to continue this in the new ordinance update. Quite frankly, it just slipped by during our reviews of the draft ordinance."
The recommended section on non-conforming signs states:
The sign on Underwood's side initially advertised FMB-Community Bank, which also had a billboard above Ridge auto parts.