The following signs shall be exempt from regulation under the Zoning Ordinance.
(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) Historical or commemorative markers, murals and other works of art that do not include a commercial message.
(d) Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings that denote only the building's name, date of erection or street number, when such signs are cut into any masonry surface or implanted with a metal plate.
(e) Any outdoor sign that is not in any way visible from any adjacent public right-of-way or from any adjacent property.
(f) Religious and other holiday lights and decorations containing no commercial message when displayed during the appropriate time of the year.
(g) 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. 2020-21. Passed 2-18-20.)