The city shall impose, as a condition for the issuance of a permit for temporary signs, such requirements as to the material, manner of construction and method of erection of a sign as are reasonably necessary to ensure the safety and convenience of the public. Temporary signs may be erected and maintained in accordance with the following provisions:
A. Permitted Business Signs: No window business sign, other than one displayed on the interior side of a window, shall be erected or maintained except pursuant to a permit issued by the city.
1. A temporary business sign is a sign calling attention to a special, unique or limited activity, service, product or sale of limited duration.
2. A temporary business sign is permitted in business districts in accordance with the provisions regulating the height and location of permanent business signs.
3. The total area of a temporary business sign(s) shall not exceed twenty four (24) square feet; and, if displayed in a window, shall not occupy more than thirty three and one-third percent (331/3%) of the gross window area.
4. A temporary business sign may be displayed on a zoning lot for not more than sixty (60) days in any calendar year.
5. A temporary business sign shall not be a projecting sign.
B. Permitted Political Signs:
1. The total area of all political signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet.
2. Political signs may be erected and maintained within the boundaries of a zoning lot in any zoning district, but shall not be located within any public right of way.
C. Quasi-Public Signs:
1. A quasi-public sign is a sign giving notice of events and activities sponsored by civic, patriotic, religious or charitable organizations for noncommercial purposes.
2. Nonprojecting wall or ground type quasi-public signs, having an area not exceeding twenty four (24) square feet, may be erected on the zoning lot on which the event or activity advertised is to occur or be conducted.
3. A quasi-public sign may not be erected or maintained more than thirty (30) days prior to the date(s) on which the event or activity advertised is to occur or be conducted and shall be removed within seven (7) days after the termination thereof.
4. A quasi-public sign may be displayed in a window in any zoning district. Said sign may not be erected or maintained more than thirty (30) days prior to the event and shall be removed within seven (7) days after the termination thereof.
5. No quasi-public sign shall be erected or maintained within any public right of way except pursuant to a permit authorized by the city council.
D. Permitted Tract Development Signs: One tract development sign on each frontage of a zoning lot of at least five (5) acres advertising the sale, rental or conversion of real property in the development on which the sign is located, not to exceed thirty two (32) square feet for each face, may be permitted in any zoning district. Each permit shall be valid for a period of not more than two (2) years and shall not be renewed for more than two (2) successive periods at the same location.
E. For Sale/Lease Signs (Business District): One sign is permitted on each frontage of a zoning lot advertising the sale, rental or conversion of real property in the development on which the sign is located, not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet for property of one acre or less. Signs located on property in excess of one acre may have a maximum size of thirty two (32) square feet per face.
F. Construction Signs: There shall be permitted one sign not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet in area in R-1 districts. All other districts not to exceed thirty two (32) square feet. On multi-frontage lots, two (2) such signs, each one facing a different street, shall be permitted except in R-1 zoning districts. No such sign shall be erected more than ten (10) days before the building permit is issued. Said signs shall be removed within one week after completion of the construction. Construction signs may be permitted in addition to a tract development sign. (See subsection D of this section.)
G. Permitted Buntings, Banners, Pennants And Flags: Incidental and accessory to temporary business signs and quasi-public signs, buntings, banners, pennants and flags may be erected and maintained pursuant to a permit issued by the city and subject to the following provisions:
1. Buntings, banners, pennants and flags accessory to temporary business signs shall be subject to the following provisions:
a. Shall be permitted in business districts only in accordance with the same provisions regulating the height and location of permitted business signs.
b. May be displayed for not more than sixty (60) days in any calendar year.
2. Buntings, banners, pennants and flags accessory to quasi- public signs shall be subject to the following provisions:
a. Shall not be erected or maintained within any public right of way except pursuant to a permit authorized by the city council.
b. May not be erected or maintained more than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the event or activity advertised is to occur or be conducted and shall be removed within ten (10) days after the termination thereof.
3. Buntings, banners, pennants and flags shall not be erected or maintained in such a location or manner as may endanger the public safety or interfere with or obstruct pedestrian or vehicular travel or create a traffic safety problem.
(Ord., 7-1989; amd. Ord. O-20-34, 10-12-2020)