(A) Permit Required: No sign shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged, expanded, altered, converted, operated, placed, or relocated without obtaining a sign permit from the zoning administrator except those signs specifically excluded under division (B) of this section.
(B) Exceptions To Requiring A Sign Permit: The following signs shall not require a sign permit:
(1) Memorial signs, commemorative plaques, and memorial tablets displayed on public property, in cemeteries (including tombstones), or at historic sites.
(2) Address numerals and nonilluminated nameplate signs that are in accordance with § 96.62 of this code.
(3) For purpose of orientation, off site directional signs when established by the village, not exceeding 2 square feet.
(4) Legal notices.
(5) On site traffic directional signs and parking signs which bear no advertising and do not exceed 3 square feet in area and no more than 36 inches in height (including on site traffic directional signs) shall be limited to 1 per driveway. The prohibition of pole signs notwithstanding, on site traffic directional signs and parking signs may be pole signs.
(6) Governmental signs and governmental entity flags which are the official flags of the United States, state of Illinois, Lake County, the village of Lindenhurst, U.S. prisoner of war flag, and flags of nationally recognized societies or institutions which are properly displayed as may be permitted under division 157.0400(GG) of this chapter.
(7) "No Trespassing", "No Dumping", and "No Hunting" signs provided that no such sign shall exceed 2 square feet.
(8) No more than 1 "Open/Closed" and 1 "Vacancy/No Vacancy" sign, not exceeding 2 square feet, displayed for each business.
(9) Window signs not exceeding 25% of the glass areas that are used for exits/entrances or necessary for visibility to exits/entrances. All other glass areas shall be considered part of the building and held to the same restrictions and regulations as any other part of the building as set forth in this chapter.
(10) Government related and quasi-government related, off premises, directional signs to give sufficient public notice of the location of governmental facilities, hospitals, colleges, schools, and unincorporated areas. The maximum size of each sign shall be 4 square feet.
(11) Political issue signs. (See also division 157.1000(A) of this chapter.)
(12) Holiday decorations of a temporary, primarily decorative nature, clearly incidental to and customarily associated with traditional accepted civic, patriotic, or religious holidays.
(13) The maximum number of private neighborhood crime watch signs per lot shall be 1. The maximum size of such private neighborhood crime watch sign shall be 1 square foot.
(14) Signs affected by stipulated judgments to which the village of Lindenhurst is a party, entered by courts of competent jurisdiction.
(15) Temporary residential garage sale and/or residential rummage sale signs held in conjunction with residential garage sales and/or residential rummage sales. (See also division 157.1000(D) of this chapter.)
(16) Home security signs in residential neighborhoods.
(17) On site temporary signs for special events/civic organizations at places of worship, schools, public parks, and municipal buildings. (See also division 157.1000(C) of this chapter.)
(18) Interior signs erected within the confines of a building and which signs are not visible through windows or other open or transparent areas.
(19) Repainting, changing of parts, and preventive maintenance of signs located on the site without changing or altering sign design, logo, or wording.
(20) Grand opening sign(s)/banner(s) as permitted under division 157.1000(E) of this chapter.
(Ord. 11-6-1851, passed 6-27-2011)