Signs shall be designed, erected, altered, moved and maintained, in whole or in part, in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall not govern the display of the following signs:
(a) Signs erected by the municipal, county, state and federal governments, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), and all other signs regulating traffic and parking in the City;
(b) Signs which are part of the original construction of a vending machine, fuel pump or similar device;
(c) Any monument within a cemetery or grave markers;
(d) Cornerstones and permanent building plaques not displaying a commercial message and not exceeding eight square feet in area;
(e) Up to two signs, each not exceeding two square feet in area, displayed on a property with an individual single-family, two-family or townhouse dwelling;
(f) Holiday displays, excluding advertising;
(g) Messages displayed on vehicles regularly and customarily used to transport persons or property for a business;
(h) Works of art that do not include a commercial message;
(i) Signs that cannot be viewed from a public right-of-way or another property;
(j) Signs carried by a person; and
(k) Other signs determined by the Planning Commission to be outside this chapter's scope of regulation with respect to a reasonable and customary interpretation of the intent of this chapter.
(Ord. 153-22. Passed 9-18-23.)