Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the chapter, the following signs are not subject to this chapter:
(a) Governmental signs for the control of traffic and other purposes, including street signs and warning signs, and signs erected by the City for government purposes;
(b) Railroad operational signs;
(c) Signs located entirely inside the premises of a building or enclosed space, other than window signs.
(d) Signs on a vehicle, other than an unlawful vehicle sign.
(e) Signs protected by State statute.
(f) Signs of public service companies and other entities for the purpose of safety;
(g) Flags, emblems and insignia of any governmental agency, provided that:
(1) The display area of such flags, emblems and insignia shall not exceed the allowable area for a free-standing sign on the same zoning lot.
(2) Paragraph (g)(1) hereof notwithstanding, any zoning lot may display a minimum area of forty square feet and shall be limited to three displays of either flags, emblems or insignia.
(3) Flags, when displayed from poles, shall not have their longest dimension exceed thirty percent of the height of the pole from which they are displayed, such height to be visible by persons normally viewing such flag.
(4) Such flags shall be displayed in accordance with the Federal Flag Code and other applicable regulations.
(h) Commemorative plaques placed by recognized historical agencies;
(i) Signs within a stadium, open-air theater, shopping center, arena or other use which can be viewed only by persons within such use;
(j) Signs not visible beyond the boundaries of the lot or parcel upon which they are situated, or from any public thoroughfare or right of way;
(k) Signs not exceeding one square foot in area and bearing only property numbers, post box numbers or names of occupants of premises; and
(l) Window signs, provided, however, that no permanent signage is herewith sanctioned unless it meets the display restrictions for wall signs, and provided that no more than fifty percent of the window area in any given plane is taken up by such signage.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Ord. 90-11. Passed 4-10-90; Ord. 91-18. Passed 11-26-91.)
(m) Signs otherwise permitted by this chapter that are utilized for messages by an off- premises business, provided that said business is located on a contiguous zoning lot and is owned by the same entity owning the zoning lot and the business where the sign is located.
(Ord. 93-14. Passed 7-27-93.)
(n) Off-premises public accommodation signage, in addition to otherwise permitted signs, provided that all of the following conditions and restrictions apply:
(1) Such signage is limited to one display per business; one sign per zoning lot; and only the name, logo and a directional arrow indicting the business being announced.
(2) Such signage relates to a business located in the City, within one block of I-70, and such signage is oriented toward traffic on other than I-70, on a thoroughfare that directly connects with I-70 within the City.
(3) Such signage is allowed only if the business involved has no other sign for which the majority of the message area is visible from the location of the off-premises display.
(4) Such signage is located outside existing easements, at least twenty feet from the point of intersection of two or more rights-of-way, at least ten feet from any right-of-way and at least five feet from any property line.
(5) Such signage is no larger than twenty square feet and no more than five feet in height.
(o) Gasoline station signs on free-standing canopies provided displays are limited to two, and each display is the lesser of ten square feet or fifteen percent of the canopy face area in a given plane.
(p) Gasoline station signs limited to permanent words or logos, limited to the product- dispensing face of fuel pumps, displayed as an integral part of the cover of such pumps, and limited to products or services sold on the premises.
(Ord. 97-23. Passed 11-25-97; Ord. 98-6. Passed 3-24-98; Ord. 01-6. Passed 2-13-01; Ord. 18-01. Passed 2-27-18.)