The following signs are exempted from the foregoing sign regulations: all town-owned signs; signs bearing the name of the occupant of the dwelling, office, or other building or home occupation which do not exceed two square feet in area per sign face and which, if lighted, are lighted only with concealed light sources; signs advertising the sale, rental, or development of property which are not in excess of 12 square feet per sign face; temporary signs of artisans and contractors temporarily working on the premises and which are not more than 12 square feet in area per sign face and which do not exceed in number more than one sign for each 300 feet of frontage on a public way and provided the signs are removed as soon as the work is completed; signs pertaining to any civic or nonprofit organization or fraternal order which are not in excess of 24 square feet in area per sign face; permanent freestanding identification signs placed at the entrance of subdivisions and residential developments not otherwise regulated, provided, the signs shall not exceed one per major entrance and 24 square feet in area per sign face, shall be placed on private property no closer than ten feet to any street right-of-way line, shall not exceed five feet in height above ground level and shall be illuminated by indirect lighting; signs located within planned unit developments and regulated by planned unit development regulations or ordinances as they pertain to signs; signs normally incidental to the operation of a business, such as small brand name signs, sale signs, signs advertising “specials,” credit card signs, and the like, as long as they are not freestanding signs; signs directing and guiding traffic and parking on private property (including freestanding signs) which are not in excess of eight square feet in area per sign face per side and not in excess of three feet in height, except that any sign within five feet of a street right-of-way shall not exceed two feet in height; signs cautioning traffic on private property (including freestanding signs), such as clearance warning signs at drive-thru ordering stations, which are not in excess of ten square feet in area per sign face per side; signs designated for replaceable product prices such as restaurant menu boards (when attached or freestanding and not in excess of 60 square feet per sign face) and gasoline/diesel price signs (when attached to the supports of an overhead canopy at a fuel pump island and not in excess of 60 square feet per sign face); signs which cannot be seen from a public street or right-of-way.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 6-29-2021) Penalty, see § 154.999