The following signs do not require permits, but must meet the size and placement limitations of this Chapter.
A.
Any temporary sign 11 square feet or less in area, and not more than five feet in height, subject to compliance with all applicable total sign area limitations of the applicable lot.
B. Property address numbers assigned by the Village and of a design approved by the Village that are required to be placed on every principal structure or as designated by the Village in clear view from the street on which the address is assigned. Such signs are tantamount to government signs, to assist with the provision of emergency services.
C. Signs not readable beyond the boundaries of the lot or parcel upon which they are situated and not readable from any street right-of-way or which are intended solely for providing information to parties on-site.
D. Government signs, as defined herein.
E. Any identification or display of any official court or public office, notices thereof, or any flag, emblem, or insignia of a nation, federal, state, county, or other governmental unit or school. Such signs are tantamount to government signs for the observance of the institutions of our participatory democracy.
F. Any sign that is located completely within an enclosed building and such sign is not placed in a window facing outward for the purpose of being readable from outside the building.
G. Tablets, grave markers, headstones, statuary, or monuments of persons or events that are noncommercial in nature.
H. [Reserved]
I. Works of art that are not intended to attract attention to the type of business or activity conducted on or off the premises.
J. [Reserved]
K. Signs on a truck, bus, trailer, or other vehicle incidental to the use of such vehicle while operated in the normal course of a business. (But see s. 35-174, Prohibited Signs.)
L. Signs within a federal, state, county or Village park or cemetery, placed by a governmental authority, which are not readable from external streets.
M. Private property hazard signs.
N. [Reserved]
O. [Reserved]
P. Memorial Signs, tablets, names of buildings, and date of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of metal and affixed flat against a structure. Such signs are tantamount to governmental signs to assist in identification of property and in the provision of emergency services.
(Ord. 2019-1, passed 4-8-2019)