The following signs or activities do not require a certificate of zoning compliance. Each sign exempt from the permit process shall still comply with any applicable safety, height, area, and locational standards established in this chapter.
(a) Noncommercial message flags provided there shall be no more than three such flags on any lot and each flag shall not exceed 100 square feet in area;
(b) Signs and/or notices issued by any court, officer, or other person in performance of a public duty;
(c) For the purposes of safety and emergency access, signs indicating the street number of a building or structure are permitted without a certificate of zoning compliance but shall not exceed three square feet in sign area;
(d) Interior signs within a stadium, open-air theater, shopping center, arena or other use, which signs can be viewed only by persons within such stadium, open-air theater, shopping center, parks, arena, or other use;
(e) Sign face changes where there is no change to the structure including change in sign face area, height, or alteration of the sign cabinet, if applicable (e.g., replacement of a sign face, repainting of a sign face, etc.);
(f) Certain temporary signs as established in § 1220.09;
(g) A certificate of zoning compliance is not required for a change of copy on signs with changeable copy (see § 1220.03(l));
(h) A certificate of zoning compliance is not required for general maintenance, painting, repainting, cleaning and other normal maintenance and repair of a sign or any sign structure unless a structural change is made that results in anything more than a minor modification;
(i) Window signs. Window signs do not require a certificate of zoning compliance provided they comply with the following standards:
(1) Window signs shall not occupy more than 50% of the window area in all nonresidential districts except the UC-C and UC-S Subdistricts where the maximum coverage shall be 25% of the window area. See Figure 1220-A for locations used in the calculation of sign area. The sign area is based on the window area, regardless of the presence of an awning.
(2) One window sign may be placed in one window of a space used for residential uses or purposes provided the sign does not exceed 50% of that window area.
(Ord. O2018-02, passed 2-20-2018)