(A) This section shall not apply to any sign located on the property to which it relates, but shall apply only to off-premises signs as defined below.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN. A sign conveying directions to a premises other than the premises on which the sign is located.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAY. An identification, description or illustration which directs attention to a product, person, business or service not offered or sold as the primary use, business or activity on the premises where it is located, and which is owned by one other than the one whose product, person, business or service is advertised.
SIGNS. Any type of sign described herein, as well as any other publicly displayed placard, banner, board or marker bearing information or advertising.
SPECIAL EVENTS SIGNS. Signs or advertising displays which relate specifically to a scheduled special event. SPECIAL EVENTS shall be defined as not to exceed 30 days.
(C) Before construction of any sign further described in this section a construction permit pursuant to § 111.29 of the city must be obtained.
(D) No sign shall be erected or placed on any right-of-way, whether it is a city street, way, alley or a state highway, which specifically includes the placing of a sign, by any means, upon any street, sidewalk, curbing or upon any utility pole, tree or post along and adjacent to the streets and alleys of the city. However, any licensed real estate agent or real estate auctioneer, after first obtaining express permission from the Code Enforcement Officer, shall be permitted to place an auction sign within the city’s right-of-way, so long as the sign is removed within 24 hours of the conclusion of the auction sale. This exception shall not apply to any other rights-of-way but city rights-of-way.
(E) No sign shall be erected or placed in such a fashion or in such a location as to obstruct the flow or view of traffic.
(F) Special events signs shall be removed within five calendar days from the final day of the event and all special events signs shall contain the event date on the sign itself.
(G) No directional sign or outdoor advertising display shall be erected or placed in any residential zone, with the exception of real estate signs advertising the sale, rental or lease, and signs relating to home occupations, which are governed by § 158.078, or signs for permanent identification for the dwelling (i.e., house number).
(H) All signs as defined herein shall be kept and maintained in a good state of repair.
(I) With the exception of billboards, which may only be erected adjacent to the rights-of-way of U.S. Highway 31-E, Kentucky Highway 68-80, Kentucky Highway 90, and the Cumberland Parkway pursuant to §§ 111.20 et seq. of the City of Glasgow Code of Ordinances, all signs, as defined herein, shall not exceed six feet in height and ten feet in width, inclusive of all mounting apparatus, unless another ordinance, relating to a specific application or circumstance, provides otherwise.
(J) So long as it complies with all other provisions of this section, and so long as it is constructed and placed with the express permission of the property owner, a permanent, off-premises, free standing, directional sign or outdoor advertising display relating to a business, or grouping of businesses, whose offices, stores or facilities are at another location, may be larger than the dimensions set forth in division (G) above, but shall not exceed 12 feet in height and 20 feet in width and shall comply with all other applicable planning and zoning regulations. All permanent, off-premises, free-standing, directional signs or outdoor advertising displays shall be constructed with substantial, permanent, weather-resistant materials.
(K) Any sign located, or left remaining, in violation of this section shall be immediately removed by the city’s Code Enforcement Officer, or his or her designee, if the sign’s removal may be accomplished by simply pulling it from the ground or removing it from a pole, tree, post and the like and any such sign shall be temporarily retained at the city landfill for a period of 14 days to allow the rightful owner an opportunity to reclaim it. After 14 days, the sign shall be disposed of at the city landfill. In the event the sign is affixed by a more permanent means, and its owner can be readily identified, the Code Enforcement Officer shall notify the owner, in writing, of the violation, and further notify the owner that the sign must be removed within ten days from the receipt of the written notification and it shall be assumed that the notification is received with five days from the date affixed to the notification. If the sign’s owner cannot be readily identified, or if the sign is not so removed by the owner within the prescribed time period after written notification, the Code Enforcement Officer or his or her designee, shall remove the sign by all necessary means and the owner, if readily identifiable, shall be liable to the city for the costs associated therewith, including the cost of labor.
(1989 Code, § 111.29) (Ord. 2054, passed 5-23-1994; Am. Ord. 2328, passed 3-13-2000; Am. Ord. 2646, passed 12-8-2008; Am. Ord. 2803, passed 10-22-2012; Am. Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018) Penalty, see § 158.999