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The following temporary uses and structures require a zoning clearance.
(A) Seasonal sales. Seasonal sales (e.g., Christmas trees, pumpkins) for a maximum of 60 days, no more than four times per year on a single property.
(B) Outdoor sales events. Outdoor sales events conducted by a permanent on-site use for a maximum of 30 days in any 180-day period.
(C) Traveling sellers. Temporary outdoor retail sales not associated with a permanent on-site use conducted in a fixed location as follows.
(1) A traveling seller may conduct sales for a maximum of 14 days and no more than four times per year on a single property. After 14 days, a traveling seller must move to a new location 1,000 feet or more from the previous location.
(2) Traveling sellers may locate only on commercial property, and only with approval of the property owner. Sales activities are not permitted in the public right-of-way.
(3) Retail sales from a vehicle are not subject to these limitations. See § 155.304.090 (Mobile Vendors).
(D) Metal shipping containers. Metal shipping containers (e.g., CONEX boxes) in residential and mixed-use zoning districts, not to exceed 30 days.
(E) Expansion or replacement facilities. Temporary work space for employees during construction or remodeling of a permanent building. Temporary space may be provided in trailers or transportable buildings that are pre-constructed and arrive at the site ready for occupancy and are readily removed and installed at other sites. Structures must be removed within ten days of completion of the construction project, or the expiration of the building permit, whichever occurs first.
(F) Tiny houses on wheels. Tiny houses on wheels when permitted as an accessory dwelling unit in a residential zone district pursuant to § 155.304.130 (Tiny Houses on Wheels).
(G) Other temporary uses. Other temporary uses compatible with the applicable zoning district and surrounding land uses as determined by the Director.
(Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19; Am. Ord. 902 C.-S., passed 8-18-20; Am. Ord. 938-C.S., passed 11-1-22)
This § 155.340 establishes standards relating to the permitted type, size, dimensions, placement, number and design of signs. The intent of these standards is to:
(A) Support economically viable businesses serving city residents, workers and visitors;
(B) Allow for signage that identifies businesses and other properties in a fair and equitable manner;
(C) Allow persons to exercise their free speech rights protected under the U.S. and California Constitutions;
(D) Promote the use of signs that are aesthetically pleasing, of appropriate scale, and integrated with surrounding buildings and landscape, in order to meet the community’s expressed desire for quality development;
(E) Ensure that signs are compatible with their surroundings;
(F) Promote the free flow of traffic and protect pedestrians and motorists from injury and property damage caused by, or which may be fully or partially attributable to cluttered, distracting or illegible signage;
(G) Emphasize Eureka’s small-town historical character by promoting pedestrian-oriented and appropriately-scaled signage in all parts of town other than Broadway;
(H) Acknowledge Broadway’s role as a primarily vehicular corridor through Eureka and allow for larger-scale and more vehicle-oriented signs on Broadway while still emphasizing aesthetic quality and scales appropriate for Eureka; and
(I) Allow for a simple and streamlined sign permitting process.
(Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19)
(A) Types of signs. The following signs are exempt from the permit requirements of this section and are not counted towards the allowable sign area or number of signs:
(1) Address and nameplate signs. Street, apartment, unit, suite numbers, and nameplates, not greater than four inches in height for residential uses, and not greater than six inches in height for commercial uses.
(2) Commemorative plaques. One commemorative plaque identifying a building name, date of construction, or similar information that is cut into, carved, or made of stone, concrete, metal, or other similar permanent material. Commemorative plaques may not be illuminated.
(3) Decorations. Holiday and cultural observance decorations on private property which do not include any commercial advertising.
(4) Sandwich board signs on private property. Non-digital sandwich board signs on private property, not to exceed a vertical or horizontal dimension of four feet. Sandwich board signs within the public right-of-way must comply with the requirement of § 155.340.070(F) (Sandwich Board Signs).
(5) Directional signs. On-site directional signs located entirely on the property to which they pertain, identifying direction to parking, restrooms, and similar public facilities, each not exceeding five feet in height and five square feet in area for non-residential uses, and two square feet for residential uses.
(6) Directory signs. One directory sign per street frontage as follows:
(a) Maximum area: one square foot per tenant.
(b) Maximum height: six feet if freestanding.
(c) Internal illumination prohibited.
(7) Home occupation. One single, non-illuminated, wall-mounted outdoor sign of not more than two square feet in area.
(8) Vacation rental. Each lot containing a vacation rental use may display one single, non-illuminated, wall-mounted outdoor sign of not more than two square feet.
(9) Flags. Flags bearing noncommercial messages or graphic symbols.
(10) Government signs. Signs installed or required by a governmental agency, including signs advertising community activities and local nonprofit, civic, or fraternal organizations.
(11) Informational signs. Signs with information for the safety and convenience of the public such as address, hours and days of operation, whether a business is open or closed, and no smoking notices, up to three square feet per sign and ten square feet in total. Excludes internally illuminated window signs.
(12) Internal signs. Signs within a building, or on the premises of a building, that are not visible from the public right-of-way and are intended for interior viewing only.
(13) Window signs. Window signs consistent with Table 340-2 (Window Signs, Non-Illuminated) and Table 340-3 (Window Signs, Internally Illuminated). Signs may not move or appear to move, change intensity, color, or pattern at any time, and may not create a public nuisance or hazard due to glare or halo effect.
(14) Equipment signage. Signs manufactured as a standard, integral part of a mass-produced product accessory to a commercial or public or semipublic use, including but not limited to telephone booths, restrooms, vending machines, automated teller machines, gasoline pumps, drive-thru restaurant menu boards, and other signs of an instructive nature.
(15) No trespassing signs. "No trespassing" signs, each not more than one square foot in size, placed at each corner and each entrance to a property, and at intervals of not less than 100 feet, or in compliance with the requirements of state or federal law.
(16) Non-commercial bulletin boards. One bulletin board on a parcel occupied by a non-commercial place of public assembly, with a maximum area of 12 square feet.
(17) Real estate listings. Real estate listings posted in the window of a real estate office, with a maximum area of 25% of the total window area.
(18) Restaurant menu signs. Restaurant menu signs attached to a building.
(19) Fuel price signs. Fuel price signs as required by state law. (See Cal. Business and Professions Code § 13530). Fuel price signs may include digital displays; however, the digital display may change no more than once a day. Digital displays must comply with brightness limitations in Table 340-9 (Digital Signs).
(B) Routine maintenance. The painting, cleaning, repair and normal maintenance of a legally-established sign in conformance with § 155.340.080(E) (Maintenance) is allowed by-right, without a zoning clearance or other form of Department approval.
(C) Murals and decorations. Murals, decorations and design elements on the exterior of a building that do not advertise a product, business or service are not considered signs and are not subject to the requirements of this section. Advertisement includes text displaying the name of a business, text displaying the name of a product, text publicizing a service, business-specific logos and product-specific logos. Murals do not require a permit.
(Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19; Am. Ord. 902 C.-S., passed 8-18-20; Am. Ord. 951-C.S., passed 10-17-23)
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