The following signs shall be permitted in any zoning district:
(A) Unilluminated signs which identify a construction project and the architects, engineers, contractors, and other firms or individuals involved with such construction project. However, such signs shall not include product advertisements or endorsements. Such signs shall be confined to the construction site and must be removed within 14 days from the beginning of the intended use of the project. The total area of all such signs is limited to 16 square feet per firm;
(B) Political signs announcing political and public issues contained on a ballot, and other pertinent data thereto are permitted provided the maximum area of all such signs on one lot shall not exceed 32 square feet. All such signs designated as political signs shall be removed within seven days of the election for which they were erected;
(C) Unilluminated signs pertaining to the availability for sale, lease, or rent of a lot or building existing thereon, and “sold” signs pertaining to the sale of a lot or building existing thereon provided that the total area of all such signs on any one lot shall not exceed six square feet and provided further that each such sign shall be removed immediately after seven days following closing;
(D) (1) Unilluminated signs pertaining to the sale, lease, or rent of subdivisions, planned shopping centers, and other developments consisting of one acre or more shall be in compliance with the following table:
Land Size | Total Number Signs | Total Maximum Area/Sign |
Over one but less than six acres | 1 | 100 sq. ft. |
Over six but less than 20 acres | 2 | 100 sq. ft. |
Over 20 acres | 3 | 100 sq. ft. |
(2) Such signs shall be removed within two years except that any such sign may be approved for one additional year by the Board of Appeals on Zoning after a duly advertised public hearing. Each such sign shall be removed not more than 60 days after the sale, lease, rent, or development of the property.
(E) Special event signs or banners approved by the City Council in conjunction with an exhibition authorized in accordance with § 96.021, provided that all signs and banners are removed immediately after the end of the exhibition;
(F) Interior signs displayed by a business occupying not more than one-fourth of the ground level window area of said business. No such sign shall be displayed for more than 15 days in any 30-day period. Signs displayed for longer than this time period shall be considered permanent signs and computed in sign area governed by other sections of this subchapter;
(G) One unilluminated rummage sale sign not exceeding three square feet in area provided any such sign is removed promptly after the end of the sale;
(H) All such signs may be erected anywhere within the limits of the property;
(I) No such sign displayed flatly against the surface of a building shall project above the roof line of the associated structure. No other such sign shall extend more than ten feet above the average grade at the base of the sign; and
(J) Unless otherwise provided, any such sign may be illuminated in accordance with § 153.149.
(Prior Code, § 153.145) (Ord. D-1418, § 711, passed 11-22-1982, effective 1-21-1983; Ord. D-1665, passed 10-26-1992, effective 11-5-1992; Ord. D-1941, passed 12-30-2002, effective 1-9-2003) Penalty, see § 153.999