The following signs are exempt from regulation under this subchapter unless more specific provisions in this subchapter indicate otherwise:
(A) One residential sign not exceeding two square feet in area that is customarily associated with residential use;
(B) Signs erected on behalf of or pursuant to the authorization of a government body, including legal notices, identification and informational signs and traffic, directional or regulatory signs;
(C) Official signs of a noncommercial nature erected by public utilities;
(D) Flags or insignia of any governmental or nonprofit organization when not displayed in connection with a commercial promotion or as an advertising device;
(E) Signs directing and guiding traffic on a public property that do not exceed four square feet in area each;
(F) Displays, including lighting, erected in connection with the observance of holidays. Such signs shall be removed within 15 days following the holiday;
(G) Any public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance;
(H) Any sign inside a structure 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 site on which such sign is located;
(I) Works of art that do not include a commercial message;
(J) Memorial signs or tablets denoting the date of erection of a building;
(K) Auctions, garage or yard sale signs provided that they do not exceed five square feet and are removed as soon as the event or activity has occurred, and provided that they shall not be permitted to be erected more than seven days prior to the event and only permitted at the site at which the event will take place;
(L) Signs and banners erected by a governmental body or under the direction of such body;
(M) Temporary event signs and banners announcing a nonprofit event of a civic organization for noncommercial purposes, where such sign does not exceed 32 square feet in area and for a period not to exceed 30 days prior to the start of the event and removed within three days after the conclusion of the event;
(N) Political signs announcing candidates seeking public office; and
(O) No trespassing or no hunting signs, without limitation on number or placement, limited in area to two square feet.
(Ord. 1089, passed 5-19-2014)