(A) The following signs are authorized under in every district:
(1) Government signs in every zoning district which include the signs described and regulated in divisions (A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4) and (A)(5) below.
(2) Traffic control devices on private or public property must be erected and maintained to comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted in this state and if not adopted by this state with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the Federal Highway Administration.
(3) Each property owner must mark their property using numerals that identify the address of the property so that public safety departments can easily identify the address from the public street. Where required under this code or other law the identification must be on the curb and may be on the principal building on the property. This size and location of the identifying numerals and letters if any must be proportional to the size of the building and the distance from the street to the building. In cases where the building is not located within view of the public street, the identifier shall be located on the mailbox or other suitable device such that it is visible from the street.
(4) Where a federal, state or local law requires a property owner to post a sign on the owner’s property to warn of a danger or to prohibit access to the property either generally or specifically, the owner must comply with the federal, state or local law to exercise that authority by posting a sign on the property.
(5) A flag that has been adopted by the federal government, this state or the local government may be displayed as provided under the law that adopts or regulates its use.
(6) The signs described in divisions (A)(1) through (A)(4) above, are an important component of measures necessary to protect the public safety and serve the compelling governmental interest of protecting traffic safety, serving the requirements of emergency response and protecting property rights or the rights of persons on property. The flags described in division (A)(5) of this section are permitted to serve a compelling governmental interest in promoting the rule of law by establishing symbolic representations of the governments who pass, protect and preserve those laws.
(B) Regulations involving temporary signs:
(1) One temporary sign per 0.25 acre of land may be located on the owner’s property for a period of 30 days prior to any election involving any referendum or political cause subject to election or candidates for a federal, state or local office that represents the district in which the property is located and any secondary primary or runoff election as to any such candidate who is subject to such election. Such signs shall be removed within five days following the election. Any person erecting any sign during this time period shall be required to post with the Town Clerk a $100 deposit before posting any such signs, which said sum shall be used to cover the cost of removal of said signs by town employees in the event they are not removed within the time frame set out above.
(2) One temporary sign may be located on the owner’s property when:
(a) That property is being offered for sale through a licensed real estate agent;
(b) If not offered for sale through a real estate agent, when that property is offered for sale through advertising in a local newspaper of general circulation, the internet or similar electronic medium; and
(c) For a period of 15 days following the date on which a contract of sale has been executed by a person purchasing the property.
(3) One temporary sign may be located on the owner’s property on a day when the property owner is opening the property to the public; provided, however, the owner may not use this type of sign in a Residential District on more than two days in a year and the days must be consecutive and may not use this type of sign in any non-residential district for more than 14 days in a year and the days must be consecutive. For purposes of this division (B)(3) a year is counted from the first day on which the sign is erected counting backwards and from the last day on which the sign exists counting forward.
(4) During the 26 day period December 15 to January 10, a property owner may place two temporary signs on the property.
(5) A property owner may place and maintain one temporary sign on the property on July 4.
(6) A property owner may place a sign no larger than 8.5 inches by 11 inches in one window on the property at any time.
(7) A property owner may place one sign with a sign face no larger than two square feet on the property at any time.
(8) A person exercising the right to place temporary signs on a property as described in this division (B) must limit the number of signs on the property per 0.25 acre at any one time to two plus a sign allowed in division (B)(6) of this section.
(9) The sign face of any temporary sign, unless otherwise limited in this division (B) must not be larger than four square feet.
(Ord. 2007-01, passed 1-23-2007; Ord. 2010-02, passed 1-26-2010; Ord. 2016-02, passed 4-26-2016)