Exemptions shall not be construed as relieving the owner of such signs from the responsibility of complying with applicable provisions of this chapter. The exemption shall apply to the requirement for sign permit only, and no sign permit shall be required for the erection of the following signs:
A. Signs displaying house or street numbers, danger and warning signs, or nameplate signs.
B. Memorial tablets or markers containing the name, date, erection and use of the buildings, when constructed of bronze, brass, marble, stone or other incombustible materials and either built into the walls of the buildings or built as a freestanding sign or wall sign, if approved by the city as a standard designation for historic resources under title 17 of this code.
C. Unilluminated and nonfloodlighted business or identification signs, constructed as a flat sign, wall sign or a freestanding sign, having an area not in excess of sixteen (16) square feet advertising the place of business of a doctor, dentist or other profession or of a home occupation.
D. A banner sign notifying the public of the opening of a new business as provided under section 18-3-24 of this title.
E. Nonilluminated scoreboard signs or sponsorship signs meeting the requirements of section 18-3-28 of this title.
F. Nonilluminated and nonfloodlighted property signs, having an area not in excess of thirty two (32) square feet if constructed as a freestanding sign, or having an area not in excess of sixteen (16) square feet if constructed as a flat sign or wall sign.
G. Nonilluminated and nonfloodlighted temporary directional signs.
H. Temporary signs meeting the requirements of subsection 18-3-11C of this title.
(Ord. 2013-32, 6-18-2013)