Permits are not required for the following signs:
(a) Signs that are an integral part of the original construction of vending or similar machines, fuel pumps, or similar devices;
(b) Any official or public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state, or local law, regulation, or chapter, by a public utility company, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(c) Traffic signs such as Stop, Yield, and similar signs that meet Ohio Department of Transportation standards and contain no commercial message;
(d) Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door, that is not visible from off the site on which it is located;
(e) Any sign inside an athletic field or other enclosed outdoor space, where the sign is not legible from off the site on which it is located;
(f) Works of art with no commercial message;
(g) Holiday decorations with no commercial message;
(h) Signs that are constructed of paper, cloth, or similar expendable material, attached to the inside of a window, do not exceed eight (8) square feet in sign face area, and do not cover more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the window pane; and
(i) Temporary Ground Signs in Residential districts.
(Ord. 2022-42. Passed 10-5-22.)