Article III — Signs Determined by Land Use

This section states the rules for signs which turn on land use (other than residential) regardless of zone.

• A. Real Estate or Construction Signs. Temporary real estate or construction signs are allowed without permits or fees in all zones, subject to:

  1. Maximum Number. One sign shall be permitted for each street or highway frontage.

  2. Physical Type. The sign may be wall-mounted or freestanding.

  3. Size.

     • a. In any residential zone the display face shall not exceed twelve square feet in sign area on any building frontage or twenty-four square feet in total sign area on the site; or

     • b. In any commercial or industrial zone the display face shall not exceed forty-eight square feet on any single frontage or ninety-six square feet in total sign area on the site.

  4. Height.

     • a. A wall-mounted sign shall not extend above the highest point of a parapet wall or the lowest point of a sloping roof.

     • b. A freestanding sign shall not exceed eight feet in height from finished grade in residential zones, and shall not exceed sixteen feet in height from finished grade in commercial and industrial zones.

  5. Location. Freestanding signs may be placed in required yard areas.

  6. Lighting. Illumination is prohibited.

  7. Time Limit. Real estate signs shall be removed from the premises within fifteen days after the subject property has been rented, leased, or sold. Construction signs shall be removed within fifteen days after an occupancy inspection certificate has been issued by the city or within fifteen days of the completion of the construction.

• B. Pennants and Banners at Automobile Dealerships.

  1. Stringers or clusters of pennants, banners or streamers may be displayed at new or used automobile dealerships, provided that the stringers or clusters are not less than eight feet nor more than thirty feet high.

  2. All stringers, pennants, banners or streamers must be kept in a well-maintained and attractive manner.

  3. A sign permit must be obtained annually for all stringers, pennants, banners, or streamers at all new or used automobile dealerships.

• C. Temporary Noncommercial Messages. Nonresidential uses may display temporary signs expressing only noncommercial messages at all times, without permit or fee, subject to the following:

  1. The area of display face shall not exceed twelve square feet, except in the time period which begins forty-five days before a primary, special or general election, and ends five days after the election, the maximum area is twenty-four square feet;

  2. The height shall not exceed eight feet;

  3. Signs shall be either freestanding or mounted on walls, doors, windows;

  4. The signage allowed by this section is in addition to that otherwise allowed.

• D. Building Identification Signs. In addition to the signs otherwise allowed by this chapter, building identification signs are allowed, subject to a permit and fee, in all commercial and industrial zones, and on legal nonconforming nonresidential properties in other zones, subject to the following:

  1. A maximum of one sign may be displayed;

2. The sign shall be wall-mounted only;

   3. The maximum area of display face shall not exceed six square feet;

   4. The maximum height shall not exceed the following:

      • a. Where a building identification sign is located more than thirty feet above the finished grade, as measured from the bottom of the sign, the area of such sign shall not exceed two percent of the exterior wall area of the building wall on which the sign is mounted, and

b. No sign shall extend above the apparent flat roofline or eave line. (Ord. 985-07 § 2)