(a) General application may be made for a temporary sign as defined in Section 16.20.010 upon payment of an application fee as set forth in the municipal fee schedule. The chief building official may, but need not, refer the application for architectural review approval pursuant to Chapter 18.76 (Permits and Approvals). A temporary sign permit shall be issued for an uninterrupted period of no longer than thirty days, with specified beginning and ending dates. The period of the permit may be extended once for an additional fifteen days upon the payment of a fee as set forth in the municipal fee schedule. In granting a temporary sign permit, such reasonable conditions or restrictions as are deemed appropriate or necessary to protect the public health, safety, general welfare, or convenience, and to secure the purposes of this chapter may be imposed.
(b) Private Property. If the temporary sign is on private property, (1) from the date of issuance of the permit, no additional permit shall be issued for one year for any one place of business and (2) the maximum area of the temporary sign shall be calculated from Table 3* provided, that each place of business may have up to sixty square feet.
(c) Public Property. A temporary sign may be placed on public property only if the sign commemorates or relates to a season or an historical, cultural or artistic event.
(Ord. 4826 § 11, 2004: Ord. 3559 § 1 (part), 1984)
* Editor's Note: Table 3, referred to herein, may be found at the end of this chapter in a printed edition of this code.