The following signs shall not require a permit, if they meet all other requirements of this chapter. These exemptions, however, shall not be construed as relieving the owner of the sign from the responsibility of its erection and maintenance, and its compliance with the provisions of this chapter or any other law or ordinance regulating the same.
(A) Changing display surface. The changing of the display surface on a painted or printed sign only. This exemption, however, shall apply only to poster replacement and/or on-site changes involving sign painting elsewhere than directly on a building.
(B) Signs of certain size. Signs six square feet or less in size.
(C) Window signs. Temporary or permanent window signs duly authorized by zoning and other laws of this city, provided that all such signs on a frontage shall not have a total sign surface area greater than 50% of the glass area, excluding doors, on such frontage and provided that a minimum of one-half of the open window space must be below a horizontal line which is five feet above the interior floor of the commercial establishment. Merchandise displays in windows shall not be considered a part of the sign area if such display is not intended to be continued for a period of more than eight weeks.
(D) Bus/transit benches. Signs affixed on benches at public bus stops or signs within bus/transit benches as defined in § 94.03.
(E) Replacement of existing commercial identification signs. A commercial identification sign designed to replace an existing commercial identification sign which lawfully exists under this code, so long as the new sign has the same dimensions and is in the same location as the existing sign, and is not prohibited sign under § 157.17.
(F) Non-commercial signs exemption. All non-commercial signs of any size may be posted in any number from 46 days before the state primary in a state general election year until ten days following the state general election. These exempted non-commercial signs are not allowed to be placed within ten feet from the curb and ten feet from the property lines. If these signs are placed in violation of these setbacks, they will be removed by the City Manager or designee.
(G) The owner of any property zoned R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-4, C, or I may display one temporary sign of up to ten square feet in area per sign surface relating to activities or events occurring in a R/OS, Recreation and Open Space District, for a total of up to 28 days per calendar year. This temporary sign display under this section shall be located entirely on the owner’s property, and shall be in addition to the one permitted six square foot noncommercial speech sign per § 157.25(D).
(H) Any property in the R/OS Recreation and Open Space District may display one temporary sign per street frontage of up to ten square feet in area per sign surface relating to activities or events occurring on property zoned R/OS Recreation and Open Space District.
(I) For property zoned residential, one sign of up to six square feet in area per sign surface may be displayed on days when an active garage or rummage sale is occurring on-site, up to a maximum of nine days per calendar year.
(Prior Code, § 155.23) (Ord. 08-002, passed 4-22-2008; Ord. 10-001, passed 4-13-2010; Ord. 2022-03, passed 5-24-2022; Ord. 2022-07, passed 10-11-2022; Ord. 2023-01, passed 7-11-2023)