A sign permit is not required for:
(a) Signs erected by a governmental body or required by law.
(b) Flags up to sixteen (16) square feet in size not containing any commercial advertising, provided that no freestanding pole shall be erected in the public right-of-way nor be within five (5) feet of a service drive, travel lane, or adjoining street.
(c) The changing of messages on marquees and the repair of an existing permitted sign, except that repair of a nonconforming sign must comply with this code.
(d) Temporary signs as follows:
(1) One (1) sign, no illumination, no more than twelve (12) square feet in area, located on property where a building permit is active.
(2) On any property where a dwelling is for sale or rent, one sign with a total area of up to twelve (12) square feet and a maximum height of six (6) feet, and on any commercial property for sale or rent, two signs with a total area of up to thirty two (32) square feet and a maximum height of eight (8) feet.
(3) Official notices or advertisements posted or displayed by or under the direction of any public or court officer in the performance of official or directed duties, provided that all such signs including their frames, bases, and supports shall be removed no more than ten (10) days after their purpose has been accomplished.
(4) On dwellings, no more than four (4) non-commercial temporary signs with a total area of no more than twelve (12) square feet, and which are removed within ninety (90) days after being erected.
(5) On dwellings, non-commercial window signs, provided that the total area of window signs does not exceed 25% of the total area of all windows on each building façade, and such signs are removed within ninety (90) days after being erected.
(6) Banners for opening new businesses or residential communities for not more than fifteen (15) days.
(e) Two (2) minor signs per use.
(f) A-frame signs more than fifty (50) feet from the nearest public right of way.
(g) Pavement markings. Any sign applied directly and entirely to and flush with an asphalt, concrete, or similar paved surface.
(h) A permanent window sign, provided that the aggregate area of all window signs on each window or door does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total area of the window or door. However, the square footage of such sign(s) shall count towards the allowable maximum sign square footage on a particular property.
(Passed 10-3-17.)