Exemptions shall not be construed as relieving the sign owner from the responsibility of complying with all other provisions of this chapter. The exemptions shall apply to the requirements for sign permits only, and no sign permit shall be required for the erection of the following signs:
(A) Professional nameplates erected flat on walls of buildings and not exceeding four square feet of display surface area;
(B) One building construction sign on each construction site in any zoning district; provided, that maximum display surface area shall be eight square feet or less in the R zoning district; 32 square feet or less in other zoning districts;
(C) On a lot in any district, there may be erected one unanimated real estate sign; provided, when a lot is listed simultaneously with two real estate firms, one such sign per firm shall be permitted. Provided further, such signs shall be limited to wall signs, freestanding signs, or platform signs; and freestanding signs or platform signs shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the street right-of-way boundary. Real estate signs shall not be illuminated. The maximum display surface area for a real estate sign shall be as follows:
(1) Ag District: 32 square feet;
(2) Residential Districts: Eight square feet; and
(3) Commercial and Industrial Districts: 32 square feet.
(D) Public notice signs;
(E) Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings, and date of erection, when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed of bronze or other materials;
(F) Temporary signs are limited to one and only allowed on-site in a residential district for a period not to exceed 45 days in a 12-month period;
(G) Traffic or other municipal signs, legal notices, railroad crossing signs, danger, and such temporary, emergency, or public safety signs as may be approved by the Board of Trustees;
(H) Posting of bills on signs, repainting of signs, or the changing of letters or numbers on signs designed for changeable lettering or numbering which were legally erected and maintained for such purposes;
(I) Election campaign signs are permitted to be placed on private property in any district, subject to the following conditions: the sign shall be removed within 72 hours following the final election to which it applies; the owner of the property on which said sign is placed shall be responsible for its removal;
(J) Time and temperature displays without advertising matter, providing all clearances prescribed herein for signs similarly located are maintained;
(K) Banners shall be exempted when used in conjunction with public and private events as follows.
(1) Election campaign banners when said banners are not placed more than ten days prior to, and are removed within 72 hours following, the election to which the banner applies.
(2) Public event banners shall be removed within 72 hours following the event to which the banner applies.
(3) Banners placed on private property for advertising a special sales event must be removed 72 hours after the sales event.
(L) All signs located within a building that are not intended to be visible to the public outside said building;
(M) Signs painted on, or permanently affixed to, glass surfaces of windows or doors, including signs indicating if the business is opened or closed;
(N) Signs shall be limited to wall and freestanding signs with a maximum of four square feet of display area. One freestanding or wall sign shall be permitted at each entrance or exit on a lot or parcel to identify such entrance or exit and to encourage the use of motor vehicle seatbelts, subject to the following restriction: No such sign shall be erected which would create a traffic hazard;
(O) Collection boxes for organizations containing no commercial advertising and located on private properly in any C or I Zoning District;
(P) In any district, one temporary subdivision identification sign indirectly illuminated, not to exceed 32 square feet in area per surface, may be erected at any principal entrance to a subdivision; provided, that in no event shall such sign remain for more than six months within 50 feet of an occupied dwelling in an R District;
(Q) In any district, signs advertising the price of motor vehicle fuel sold from a fuel pump located on the premises shall be permitted, subject to the following conditions.
(1) Only one fuel price informational sign shall be permitted per fuel pump.
(2) Fuel price informational signs shall be limited in size to an area of four square feet.
(3) Each fuel price informational sign shall be affixed directly and firmly to a fuel pump and shall be stationary.
(4) Nothing herein shall be construed as to prohibit the advertisement of fuel prices on any other sign meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(5) Only one two-faced, or two one-faced, self-service/full service signs, not exceeding four square feet in display surface area, are permitted at each pump island.
(R) One garage sale sign per parcel or lot in an agricultural or residential district may be placed on private property for a period not to exceed ten consecutive days; and not more than three times per calendar year. Garage sale signs are not permitted in a street right-of-way, on utility poles, or on stop and traffic signs. Garage sale signs must be removed at the close of the sale;
(S) One lost animal sign may be placed on a lot or parcel, for a period not exceeding ten consecutive working days in any residential district;
(T) Signs warning of the location of utilities and of their hazards so that persons will not be injured thereby, or so that fire, police, and other public emergency services may be conducted expeditiously and safely, or so that essential public functions served by such utilities will not be impaired;
(U) Up to three different flags may be posted per lot as follows:
(1) Standard flag sizes (two by three feet, three by five feet, four by six feet, five by eight feet, and six by ten feet);
(2) The total area of all flags may not exceed 80 square feet; and no one dimension of any flag shall exceed eight feet; and
(3) Flags which contain a commercial message are not exempt.
(V) Signs identifying facilities accessible to people with disabilities which comply with federal law regarding character proportion, color contrast, raised or indented characters or symbols, and mounting location and height.
(Ord. 16-03-01, passed 3-8-2016) Penalty, see § 154.99