The following signs shall be exempt from regulation under this Zoning Code:
(a) Any public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance;
(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) Works of art that do not include a commercial message;
(d) Religious and other holiday lights and decorations containing no commercial message when displayed during the appropriate time of the year;
(e) Required public purpose/safety signs as needed to achieve the intended public purpose and which contain no commercial message of any sort;
(f) Flags of the United States, the state, the City, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States, and any other flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction. 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.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)