Portable and temporary signs are allowed in a business and industrial zoning district. Each business may be permitted 90 days of temporary or portable signage per calendar year subject to the following:
(A) Signage shall be on-premise;
(B) Sign size shall not exceed 32 square feet per face;
(C) Sign height shall not exceed eight feet;
(D) Only one sign shall be permitted per parcel; however if lot frontage exceeds 200 feet then one additional sign maybe added per 200 feet of frontage;
(E) Sign shall not encroach within any public right-of-way; nor be located between the right-of-way and a sidewalk; nor encroach upon or impede mobility upon a sidewalk;
(F) A temporary sign permit is required and shall be obtained from the Planning Department;
(G) Each applicant is required to provided to the Planning Department all information and/or documentation necessary and reasonable to permit the city to monitor temporary sign usage;
(H) The cost of a temporary sign permit shall be set by the Planning Department with prior approval by the Planning Commission;
(I) An applicant must specify a consecutive sign period with specific commencement and termination dates; and
(J) Not-for profit entities are exempted from the requirement of obtaining a permit for any temporary signage, but must otherwise comply with all of the remaining provisions of this section.
(K) Any business or property owner placing a portable or temporary sign in violation of this subchapter shall be notified in writing to remove the portable or temporary sign. If the portable or temporary sign is not removed within ten business days of the date of the notice, the property owner of the location where the offending sign is placed will be fined the cost of the temporary sign permit plus an additional $25 per day until the sign is removed. These costs may be assessed as a lien on the property.
(Ord. 2013-01, passed 6-3-13; Am. Ord. 2014-5, passed 6-2-14)