(a) Residential Districts. Temporary signs in residential districts shall conform to the following standards as well as the other applicable standards of the Codified Ordinances:
(1) Type. Temporary freestanding and wall signs are the only type of temporary signs permitted.
(2) Number. No more than four (4) such signs may be located on a lot.
(3) Maximum area and height. Signs may not exceed eight (8) square feet in area or be more than four (4) feet in height, unless otherwise indicated (Section 1175.07 (c)(2)).
(4) Display period. Each temporary sign may be displayed for no more than 90 days in a calendar year. Temporary signs shall be removed within 3 days of termination of the dated activity, service, project, sale, or event to which the sign pertains.
(5) Off-premises signs. Off-premises signs are prohibited.
(6) Illumination. Signs shall not be separately illuminated. This standard is not intended to prohibit the installation of such a sign near a porch light or yard light, which may incidentally illuminate the sign.
(7) Mounting brackets and posts. All materials used to anchor the sign including mounting brackets and posts shall be removed when the temporary sign is removed.
(8) Permit requirements. Temporary signs in residential districts do not require a permit.
(b) Non-residential Districts. Unless otherwise stated in Section 1175.08, temporary signs in non-residential districts shall conform to the following standards as well as the other applicable standards of the Codified Ordinances:
(1) Type. Temporary freestanding and wall signs are permitted.
(2) Maximum area and height. Signs shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in area or be more than four (4) feet in height.
(3) Number.
A. On lots of five (5) acres or less, no more than two (2) signs are permitted at once.
B. On lots of five (5) acres or more, no more than three (3) signs are permitted at once.
(4) Display period. Each temporary sign may be displayed for no more than 90 days in a calendar year. Temporary signs shall be removed within 3 days of termination of the dated activity, service, project, sale, or event to which the sign pertains.
(5) Setbacks. Temporary signs shall be located no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from the public right-of-way line.
(6) Mounting brackets and posts. All materials used to anchor the sign including mounting brackets and posts shall be removed when the temporary sign is removed.
(7) Illumination. Signs shall not be separately illuminated.
(8) Permit requirements. Unless otherwise indicated, all temporary signs in nonresidential districts require a Temporary Sign Permit. No more than 6 Temporary Sign Permits shall be issued per year.
(c) Time Period Exceptions. There shall be a suspension each year during the period of October 1st through the end of the first full week of November of the effectiveness and application of the provisions regarding the number of signs set forth above in subsection (a)(2) and the maximum area and height of, number of, setbacks for, and permit requirements for signs set forth above in subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(8).
(Ord. 11-10. Passed 5-10-10.)