The following signs are exempt from the sign permit requirements herein, but are not exempt from the standards of Section 1293.04 of this chapter or required building, electrical or other permits required by the Chief Building Official:
(a) Signs not legible beyond the boundaries of the lot or parcel upon which they are situated, or from any public thoroughfare or right-of-way.
(b) Government and public signs.
(c) Seasonal or holiday displays that contain no commercial message.
(d) Signs on a truck, bus, trailer or other vehicle while such vehicle is operated in the normal course of a business which is not primarily the display of such signs.
(e) Tablets, grave markers, headstones, statuary or remembrances of persons or events that contain no commercial message.
(f) Works of art not containing a commercial message.
(g) Cornerstones containing no commercial message incorporated into the building design as an architectural feature.
(h) Any identification or display of any official court or public office notices thereof, or any flag, emblem or insignia of a nation, political unit, school, religious, charitable, and/or noncommercial organization.
(i) Non-commercial flags. A flag conveying non-commercial information provided that such flags are flown only from flagpoles securely affixed to the ground, that the number of such flags does not exceed three on any premises, that the height of any flag pole holding such a flag not exceed the maximum allowable height for structures in the subject zoning district, and provided the area of any such flag shall not exceed sixty square feet.
(j) Window signs. Any sign located inside or behind a window shall not be subject to any permitting provisions of this Code, but shall abide fully by all prohibited signs and sign characteristics standards contained in this Code, provided that the window sign is located inside (behind the glass) of a building or flat against the exterior of the window (decal) where a commercial or industrial use is permitted as a principal use, and provided that not more than fifty percent of the area of any window is devoted to window signage. Such signs within or on vacant buildings and/or tenant spaces shall not exceed twenty percent of the window area.
(k) Corporate limit signs.
(l) Signs that are an integral part of the original construction of vending or similar machines, fuel pumps, or similar devices;
(m) Signs that are an integral part of the historic character of a structure that has been designated an official landmark or historic structure by any agency or body of the governments of the United States, State of Ohio, Montgomery County, or the City of Miamisburg.
(n) Signs mounted to the front wall of a building or to a lamp post in the front yard of a building not to exceed two square feet in area.
(o) Street banners permitted under the City of Miamisburg street banner policy.
(Ord. 6717. Passed 5-1-18.)