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Window art displays on the ground floor of a vacant building are allowed subject to the following regulations:
(a) A window art display may contain only a promotional message, generic graphics (including three-dimensional artifacts), or messages identifying the sponsor of the display.
(b) Window signs in a window art display may not:
(1) cover more than 25 percent of the surface area of a window;
(2) contain a logo or word that has any character that exceeds five inches in height;
(3) advertise a specific product or service other than the cultural event or activity; or
(4) have more than 10 percent or four square feet, whichever is less, of its effective area devoted to sponsorship identification.
(c) No sign permit or certificate of appropriateness is required to erect or remove a window art display. (Ord. Nos. 21404; 22112; 26027)
Pursuant to the authority of Section 51A-7.503 of this article, the sign permit requirements for signs in the West End Historic Sign District are as follows:
(1) Except as provided in Sections 51A-7.1008 and 7.1009, a person shall not alter, place, maintain, expand, or remove a sign in the West End Historic Sign District without first obtaining a sign permit from the city.
(3) A person who violates Paragraph (1) above is guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion of a day during which the violation is continued. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 21404; 22112; 26027; 29208)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any sign that may display a type of noncommercial message may display in place of that message any other type of noncommercial message, so long as the sign complies with other requirements of this article and other ordinances that do not pertain to the content of the message displayed. (Ord. Nos. 21404; 22112; 26027)
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