Signs exempt from permits
Sign permits shall not be required for the following:
a. Act of God. A duplicate of a legal sign replaced within one year of damage or destruction, following an act of God; any grandfather rights will expire after one year.
b. Address and name of resident. Attached signs indicating the address and/or name of residential occupants of the premises and/or date of construction for historical structures, not exceeding 1 ½ square feet in size, and not including any commercial advertising or identification.
c. Artwork. Works of art that do not include commercial messages or references.
d. Directional signs. Directional signs, not exceeding four square feet.
e. Public and nonprofit organization flags and emblems. Flags, emblems or insignia of any governmental agency, religious, charitable, public or nonprofit organization, not exceeding 20 feet in height, with a maximum of three flags per lot.
f. Handicapped parking signs. Signs indicating handicapped parking spaces.
g. Public institutional signs. One sign per lot for houses of worship, schools and public uses, not exceeding 16 square feet in size and eight feet in height.
h. Nonprofit organization special event signs. An on-site special event sign displayed by a nonprofit organization, not exceeding 20 square feet, with a maximum of one such sign twice in a 12-month period for 14 days. (See section 8 for off-site signs for nonprofit special events.)
i. Point-of-sale sign. A sign designed to provide information at the point of sale, such as menu signs at walk-up windows or drive-through order locations of food establishments, with one sign posted at each actual point of sale, not exceeding eight square feet in size and a letter height no greater than two inches.
j. Private road signs. On-site signs not exceeding two square feet, limited to one per drive or road entrance, and limited to copy relating to the private road and location.
k. Political campaign signs. Signs erected to promote the election of candidates for public office, or to address other issues included on ballots scheduled for public vote, posted on private property with the approval of the owner. Such signs must be removed within seven days following the election; the burden of removing the sign shall be on the property owner.
l. Public signs. Signs erected by government agencies or utilities relating to traffic, utilities, safety issues and identification of public facilities.
m. Security or warning signs. On-site signs regulating the use of the premises such as "no trespassing," "no hunting," "no soliciting," and "warning: bad dog," not exceeding four square feet in residential areas, and 16 square feet in commercial and industrial areas.
n. Temporary farm product signs. Temporary on-site signs announcing the availability of seasonal farm products, with a maximum of two signs, not exceeding 20 square feet in size per sign.
o. Temporary on-site real estate signs. Signs indicating the availability of real property for lease or sale, limited to one per property not exceeding six square feet in residential areas, and 24 square feet in commercial and industrial areas. Such signs shall be removed within seven days of settlement or lease of the property.
p. Two-day signs. Signs to announce private or semiprivate events of brief duration, whose copy is of a noncommercial nature, posted in the direct vicinity of the event on private property for 48 hours with the permission of the property owner, and not exceeding four square feet in size. The sign must be removed following the event; the burden of removing the sign shall be on the property owner.
q. "A" frame signs. A commercial business located in a commercial zone shall be allowed one portable "A" frame type sign not to exceed three feet by two feet for sidewalk display during business hours.
(Ord. of 9-13-99; Ord. of 9-25-06(1))