(A) The following operations shall not be considered as creating a sign insofar as requiring the issuance of a sign permit, but the signs must be in conformance with all other building, structural, and electrical laws and regulations of the city.
(B) The above-mentioned exempt operations are:
(1) Changing of the advertising copy or message on an existing approved painted or printed sign, marquee, changeable copy sign, or a similar approved sign whether electrical, illuminated, electronic changing message center, or nonilluminated painted message, which are all specifically designed for the use of replaceable copy;
(2) Painting, repainting, cleaning, or other normal maintenance and repair of a sign not involving structural changes. Replacement of the plastic face will be included as an exempt operation provided that it is due to a change caused by breakage or deterioration of the face, but not for the substitution of a new or different advertiser; and
(3) Changes in the content of show window displays and permitted temporary signs.
(1969 Code, § 15-131) (Ord. 1994-20, passed 7-11-1994) Penalty, see § 10.99