The provisions and regulations of this chapter shall not apply to the following signs, nor shall the area of such signs be included in the area of signage permitted for any establishments:
A. Traffic or other municipal street graphics such as railroad crossing signs, legal notices and such temporary emergency signs as may be authorized by the village board.
B. Signs of public utility companies indicating danger or which serve as an aid to public safety or which show the location of underground facilities or of public telephones.
C. Directional, informational or public service signs, excluding public utilities, not exceeding five (5) square feet in area per sign face, erected for the convenience of the public such as signs identifying entrances, exits, parking areas, restrooms, public telephones, walkways and similar features or facilities.
D. Signs consisting of letters and/or numbers identifying the street address of the building located on the premises, when displayed on the building and not exceeding four (4) square feet in area.
E. Signs located in the interior of any building or within an enclosed interior lobby or court of any building; said signs are to be designed and located to be viewed exclusively by patrons of such use or uses but not including those signs displayed as permanent or temporary window signs intended to be viewed from the outside of the building.
F. Seasonal decorations temporarily displayed in connection with local festivity approved by the village board or for a national holiday. Such decorations may not be used for advertising purposes and shall have a time limit on display of forty five (45) days.
G. "No Trespassing" signs or other such signs regulating the use of a property such as "No Hunting", "No Fishing", etc., of no more than two (2) square feet in area.
H. A single United States flag and a single corporate flag and/or any other single flag. Flags shall be displayed on vertical flagpoles, not exceeding the maximum height allowed for buildings in the zoning district, nor larger in square feet than the maximum height allowed. On federal and state holidays there shall be no maximum number or size of flags representing political subdivisions.
I. Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings and the date of erection, and nameplate signs when cut into any masonry surface or inlaid so as to be part of the building or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible material not to exceed six (6) square feet in area.
J. Bulletin boards, not including message board signs, not over thirty two (32) square feet in area for a public, charitable or religious institution when same is located on the premises of such institution and located in such a manner as not to interfere with the vision of motorists.
K. Public signs and other signs incidental thereto for identification, information or directional purposes erected, authorized, or required by governmental bodies, local civic organizations or authorized for a public purpose by any law, statute or ordinance.
L. Informational signs such as "business hour" signs, "help wanted" signs and "open-closed" signs not to exceed one square foot in area and located within a street level window. (Ord. 03-1161, 3-25-2003; amd. Ord. 06-1373, 7-25-2006; Ord. 07-1412, 3-27-2007; Ord. 21-2011, 5-25-2021)