A. Construction Project Signs: Construction project signs shall not exceed thirty two (32) square feet in area, and eight feet (8') in overall height, unless legally required by governmental contract to be larger. A construction project sign shall not require a sign permit and may exist no longer than the period of construction.
B. Subdivision Signs:
1. Time Of Placement: Subdivision signs may require a sign permit and shall be permitted provided that when seventy five percent (75%) of the lots in the subdivision have been sold, all such signs shall be removed within thirty (30) days.
2. Location: Subdivision signs may only be located on the premises which they advertise.
3. Size: No subdivision sign may exceed four hundred eighty (480) square feet in area (except as provided in subsection B4 of this section). Said sign area may be divided among not more than four (4) signs.
4. Size Exception: In subdivisions involving more than forty (40) acres, an additional four hundred eighty (480) square feet of on site signage shall be permitted for each additional twenty (20) acres or major fraction thereof. Said additional sign area may be divided between not more than two (2) additional signs.
5. Model Home Lots: Signs are permitted on the same lot with a model home provided they do not exceed four (4) in number and ten (10) square feet each in area. Signs shall be removed after the developer concludes the initial sale of the lots or homes to their initial owners.
6. Subdivision Flags: Subdivisions with functioning and open model homes or actively selling homes within the subdivision may display decorative flags pursuant to the following:
a. One flag for every sixty (60) linear feet of subdivision property along a major street (arterial, collector);
b. One flag for every thirty (30) linear feet of subdivision property within six hundred sixty feet (660') of the main subdivision entrance;
c. Two (2) flags may be placed on each model home lot;
d. No pole structure shall be placed in the corner cutoff area, within thirty feet (30') of intersecting curb lines of a street intersection;
e. Flagpole height shall not exceed twenty feet (20') in height;
f. The maximum flag area shall be twenty four (24) square feet;
g. No flags shall be placed within city rights of way;
h. All flags and pole structures shall be removed within five (5) days after sales activity in the subdivision ceases;
i. Subdivision signs are subject to the sign permit requirements. (Ord. 2013-006, 1-14-2014)