A permit shall not be required for the following signs:
(A) Traffic signs. Traffic, directional, street, warning, or information signs authorized by a public agency.
(B) Official notices. Official notices issued by a court, public agency, or office.
(C) Real estate signs. One non-illuminated “for sale,” “for rent,” “for lease,” or similar sign not exceeding 6 square feet in area in a residential district, or 20 square feet in a nonresidential district, and located at least 10 feet from a street right-of-way or on the front wall of a building.
(D) Temporary signs. One non-illuminated political campaign, yard sale, “for sale,” “for rent,” “for lease,” or similar sign not exceeding 6 square feet in area in a residential district or 20 square feet in nonresidential districts, and located a least 10 feet from a street right-of-way or on the front wall of a building.
(E) Government signs. Historical markers, regulatory signs, official notices, public interest signs, and warning signs erected and maintained by the county or state or an agent of such.
(F) Signs for churches, places of worship. Noncommercial signs for churches and/or places of worship, however such signs must be placed at least 10 feet from any street right-of-way as measured from the closest part of the sign.
(G) Flags on permanent poles.
(H) Traffic control signs on private property. Traffic control signs on private property, the faces of which meet SCDOT and/or Newberry County Department of Public Works standards and which contain no commercial message of any kind.
(Ord. 06-11-16, passed 9-21-2016)