(a) Government signs for control of traffic and other regulatory purposes, street signs, warning signs, railroad crossing signs and signs for the purpose of public safety or signs associated with city government functions;
(b) Flags, emblems and insignia of any governmental agency. Lots zoned residential shall have no more than two flags and one flag pole. Nonresidential zoned lots shall have no more than four flags and three flag poles;
(c) Commemorative or memorial plaques placed by recognized historical agencies or in association with the city;
(d) Two on-site directional signs without commercial messages, logos, commercial information or other forms of advertising. Directional signs shall not exceed four square feet in area, or 30 inches in height;
(e) Signs that designate a site, building, facility or portion thereof as barrier-free;
(f) Address numbers with a numeral height no greater than six inches for residences and 12 inches for businesses;
(g) Identification signs not to exceed two square feet;
(h) Incidental exterior window signs (see definition in § 1133.140), provided that total of all signs shall not exceed four square feet;
(i) Real estate and “open house” signs with an area no greater than six square feet in area advertising the sale, rental or lease of that particular property;
(j) “No Trespassing,” “Help Wanted” and “No Dumping” or similar signs with an area no greater than two square feet. Signs two square feet or smaller are allowed without a permit. Applicants wishing to install a sign larger than two square feet are required to obtain a sign permit;
(k) Permanent signs on fuel pumps, automatic teller machines (ATM) or ice containers or similar devices indicating only the contents and operational instructions for the devices, provided that the sign area for each device shall not exceed four square feet;
(l) Works of art that do not include a commercial message;
(m) Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door that is not legible from a distance of more than three feet beyond the lot line of the lot or parcel on which the sign is located;
(n) Signs required or specifically authorized for a public purpose by any law, statute or chapter; which may be of any type, number, area, height above grade, location, illumination or animation, required by the law, statute or chapter under which the signs are erected; and
(o) Traffic control signs on private property, such as “Stop,” “Yield” and similar signs, the faces of which meet Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards and which contain no commercial message of any sort.
(Ord. 2003-99, passed 9-8-2003)