The following signs are allowed without a sign permit, and are not required to be included in the determinations of the allowable number, type, or area of signs in each zoning classification. The following signs are not permitted to be attached to any type of utility pole.
(a) Any and all signs erected by a valid and applicable Federal, State or local law or regulation, including, but not limited to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the South Euclid Codified Ordinances.
(b) Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door that is not legible from a distance of more than three feet beyond the building in which such sign is located.
(c) A nameplate, which indicates only the name, address of the occupant and a permitted home occupation, may be displayed for each dwelling unit. The total area of such nameplate shall not exceed one square foot in area, and shall be located at least five feet from a right-of-way and 15 feet from any other lot line. When such nameplate is located at or behind the building line, its total area shall not exceed two square feet.
(d) Garage and Yard Sale Signs: Signs advertising garage and yard sales in residential areas;
(e) Hazard and Prohibition Signs: Signs warning of construction, excavation or other similar hazards, so long as the hazard exists, “No Trespassing”, and other similar warning signs;
(f) Scoreboard for athletic fields, which may be of a pole sign type. However, no scoreboard shall have attached to it any advertising, which exceeds a cumulative total of eight square feet.
(g) Memorial plaques and cornerstones not to exceed two square feet in area designed, intended, or used to preserve the memory of a person, place, or event, including landmark plaques and historical plaques which must be constructed of bronze or other noncombustible materials and be permanently affixed to the building or premises thereto.
(h) Matter appearing on gasoline pumps, newspaper dispensing devices and automatic teller machines and other vending machines as purchased or installed.
(i) Matter appearing on or adjacent to entry doors including “Push”, “Pull”, “Open”, or “Closed” signs, not exceeding one square foot in area per establishment.
(j) Matter appearing on display windows or doors to retail or service establishments denoting hours of operation, credit cards accepted, and similar information, not exceeding a cumulative total of one square foot in area per establishment.
(k) Works of art that do not include a commercial message.
(l) Religious and other holiday lights, decorations and seasonal flags containing no commercial message when displayed during the appropriate time of year.
(m) Flags of the United States, the State of Ohio, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States, any flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction, and an official flag of an institution or business entity. These flags must be flown in accordance with protocol established by the Congress of the United States for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting these conditions shall be considered a sign and shall be subject to regulations as such. Additionally, the height of such flagpoles shall not exceed 15 feet in residential districts and 30 feet in nonresidential districts.
(n) Banner signs as provided for in South Euclid Codified Ordinances, Chapter 1151.
(o) Security signs placed within the front yard of any district dwelling, provided that such signs shall not have a height, measured from grade to the top of the sign, that exceeds 30 inches, a maximum total area of one square foot.
(p) Public information signs identifying telephones, restrooms and similar facilities, not to exceed two square feet. Advertising matter is not permitted on such signs.
(Ord. 15-01. Passed 9-22-03; Ord. 01-23. Passed 5-22-23.)