(A) Generally. The following types of signs are exempted from all provisions of this chapter, except for construction and safety regulations and the following standards.
(B) Noncommercial and public interest sign.
(1) Signs of a noncommercial nature and in the public interest, erected by, or on the order of a public officer, in the performance of a public duty, such as directional signs, regulatory signs, warning signs, official signs and notices, and informational signs; and
(2) Names of buildings, date of erection, monument citations, commemorative tablets, and the like, when carved into stone, concrete, or similar material or made of other permanent type construction and made an integral part of the structure.
(C) Political signs.
(1) Political signs are exempt for a period of not more than 60 days before and 7 days after a general election or primary. However, the signs of a primary winner may remain throughout the general election.
(2) The signs are not permitted in pubic rights-of-way nor may they interfere with the vision of motorists.
(3) A total of 3 signs per property are allowed. The total square footage of all political signs shall not exceed 12 square feet in the RNF-1, RS-1, RS-2, RU-1, RU-2, MH-1, RM-1, RM-2, and PR-1 Districts and 32 square feet in the AG-1, RM-1, RM-2, O-1, C-1, C-2, C-3, I-1, I-2, PO-1, PC-1, and PI-2 Districts.
(4) The top of the sign shall not exceed 8 feet above ground level in all districts.
(Ord. -, Article V, § 5.2.11, passed 9-12-2006; Am. Ord. passed - -)