The following signs are exempt from regulation under this chapter except for those signs described in § 152.442(B) through (E):
(A) Signs not exceeding four square feet in area that are customarily associated with residential use and that are not of a commercial nature, such as:
(1) Signs giving property identification names or numbers or names of occupants;
(2) Signs on mailboxes or newspaper tubes; and
(3) Signs posted on private property relating to private parking or warning the public against trespassing or danger from animals.
(B) Signs erected by or on behalf of or pursuant to the authorization of a governmental body, including legal notices, identification and informational signs, and traffic, directional, or regulatory signs;
(C) Official signs of a noncommercial nature erected by public utilities;
(D) Flags, pennants, or insignia of any governmental or nonprofit organization when not displayed in connection with a commercial promotion, or as an advertising device;
(E) Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings or works of art, so long as such features or works do not contain letters, trademarks, moving parts or lights;
(F) Signs directing and guiding traffic on private property that do not exceed four square feet each, and that bear no advertising matter;
(G) Church bulletin boards, church identification signs, and church directional signs that do not exceed one per abutting street, do not exceed 16 square feet in area, and are not internally illuminated;
(H) Signs that are painted on or otherwise permanently attached to currently licensed motor vehicles, and that are not primarily used as signs; and
(I) Signs proclaiming religious, political, or other noncommercial messages (other than those regulated by § 152.433(A)(5) that do not exceed one per abutting street, do not exceed 16 square feet in area, and are not internally illuminated.
(Ord. passed 12-20-2001)