Article IX

The class of signs set forth in this section are exempt from the standards specified in this chapter. This section shall not exempt such signs from other provisions of this code which require building or electrical permits.

• A. Official Public Signs and Notices (Noncommercial). No maximum size or number. Such signs shall only be displayed by a court, public body, person or officer performing a public duty or by a public agency on public property.

• B. Any Signs Erected and Maintained by Public Authority or Any Third Party Authorized by the Public Authority on Property Owned or Controlled by the Public Authority (Commercial or Noncommercial). Notwithstanding this exemption, commercial/ noncommercial freestanding signs larger than eight square feet in area or four feet high to be placed on property owned or controlled by the public authority shall be granted a sign permit and a use permit; provided, that the planning commission determines through a design review that: (1) such signs satisfy MMC § 10.05.2520(D); and (2) the location, number, size, scale, design, lighting, materials and colors of such signs harmonize with and are compatible with the immediate surroundings of such signs.

• C. Informational Signs, On-Premises. Maximum size of two square feet in area. Total signage visible per street frontage shall not exceed ten square feet. No maximum number.

• D. Business Information. Maximum size of two square feet to identify hours of operation, telephone and emergency information. One per business entry. Eight-inch illuminated address numbers also are exempt.

• E. Flags (Noncommercial). Maximum height of thirty feet and sixty square feet in area. Limited to one flagpole per address. All commercial flags subject to use permit and maximum permitted sign area.

• F. Directional Signs, Off-Premises. Limited to signs on public property which are erected and maintained by a public agency. Applicants may apply to the director of public works for review and approval when the sign will (1) serve a public convenience and/or safety, and (2) relate to a use which is clearly of a noncommercial nature. Maximum size of two square feet in area. Normally limited to one sign. All associated costs of such sign shall be paid by the applicant.

Also see MMC § 10.10.300(A) for temporary signs not requiring design review or a sign permit. (1976 Code § 10-2.901; Ord. 626 § 2; Ord. 753 § 3)

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