Temporary signs are permitted in addition to otherwise permitted signs and sign area in accordance with the following provisions and other applicable provisions of this chapter and other City ordinances:
(a) Banners. The area of all banners displayed for a business or other nonresidential use shall be limited to twenty-five percent of the permitted permanent sign area. Each business or use shall display banners for no more than four months during any calendar year. Banners shall be displayed only as wall, window, canopy or projecting signs in accordance with the applicable provisions pertaining to each sign type. (NOTE: This chapter does not apply to banners displayed in the public right of way.)
(b) Portable Signs. Portable signs shall be permitted only by permission of the Director of Public Safety for businesses located in nonresidential districts and shall be displayed for no more than one period of not more than thirty consecutive days per calendar year. Portable signs shall be limited to one per lot, forty square feet in sign face area and six feet in height. Such a sign shall be set back a minimum of one foot from street right-of-way lines and twenty feet from side lot lines.
(c) Inflatable Signs. An inflatable sign shall be displayed for no more than fourteen days during a calendar year on any lot in a nonresidential district. Inflatable signs shall be permitted under no other circumstances. Inflatable signs shall be limited to one per lot, forty feet in any dimension and for display as either a free-standing or roof sign. The height of such a sign above ground level shall not exceed permitted building height by more than twenty feet.
(d) Window Signs. Temporary window signs, as permitted in nonresidential districts, shall cover no more than twenty-five percent of the window area.
(e) Pennants. The display of strings of pennants, streamers, pinwheels, balloons and similar objects shall be prohibited, except as permitted for carnivals and open-air festivals as approved by the Director of Public Safety.
(f) Other Temporary Signs. Real estate, development and political signs and signs for new businesses shall be permitted as temporary signs in accordance with other provisions of this chapter.
(g) Illumination. Temporary signs shall be illuminated only in accordance with Section 1458.07.
(h) Carnivals and Festivals. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, temporary signs may be permitted for carnivals and open-air festivals as approved by the Director of Public Safety.
(i) Safety Standards. Temporary signs shall conform to the provisions of this Building and Housing Code, the National Electrical Code, as adopted in Chapter 1406, and other applicable codes.
(Ord. 1993-135. Passed 11-1-93.)