157.329 Signs allowed – Maximum size.
(A) The signs listed within this section are conditionally permitted outright, subject to the requirements of § 157.330 of this chapter. Each sign type is restricted to the maximum size listed, in addition to any other applicable provision of this chapter or other applicable regulation or law.
(B) All signs shall be limited to a horizontal and/or vertical maximum length of eight linear feet.
(C) The installation, placement or maintenance of any of the following signs, except in the Commercial (C) Zone as noted in division (D) below, shall not constitute a waiver nor imply consent by the city, county, state or federal government to that sign’s installation, placement or maintenance:
(1) Maximum of 32 square feet:
(a) One principal sign per individual property which identifies the business or use contained within or upon that property.
(1) If a single property contains more than one separate identifiable business or use that are not interrelated, each separate business or use may each have one principal sign identifying their business or use.
(2) An A-frame sign shall not be considered nor used as a principal sign.
(3) If a banner is used, it shall be securely attached at all four corners to the principal business structure.
(b) Political signs advertising a candidate or an issue;
(c) Construction and/or contractor signs for new construction, while said construction is occurring; and
(d) Signs containing the name of a subdivision or planned development containing the name of the development.
(2) Maximum of 16 square feet each:
(a) Informational signs;
(b) Temporary community event signs.
(1) All such signs must be placed on the same premises as the event. However, such signs may be placed on other private property as long as they are put up and taken down on the same day as the event and are not placed within a right-of-way, sidewalk, driveway or public parking space.
(2) Signs shall not be placed more than 30 days prior to the event, and must be removed within one day after the event.
(3) This division (D)(3)(b)(2) shall not apply to signs owned/used by the city or to other signs mounted on the city's Gateway Signs as approved and installed by the city itself.
(c) Bulletin boards or window space allowing free public access to advertise community events and/or the non-commercial sale of items;
(d) Real estate, open house or off-premise open house (maximum of two) signs displayed while the property is for sale;
(e) Home occupation sign placed on the premises;
(f) Public memorial tablets, cornerstones or plaques; and
(g) Garage and/or yard sales.
(1) Related off-premise directional signs are limited to two square feet.
(2) All such signs shall not be placed more than one day prior to the sale and must be removed within one day after the sale.
(3) Maximum of eight square feet each:
(a) Incidental signs;
(b) Nameplate for a single-family residence; and
(c) Signs identifying individual motel units by name, other than the name of the motel.
(4) Other signs (no size limitation):
(a) Interior signs not readily visible from the exterior of a building;
(b) Flower baskets located on private property;
(c) Flags of national, state or local government, POW/MIA and/or service branch;
(d) Holiday decorations or lighting, whether publicly or privately owned, that is common and appropriate for the time of year in which it occurs, and doesn't threaten the public's health, safety or welfare. Properties, along with the city whether within a right-of-way or on its own property, may maintain a string of lights year-round as long as the lights do not exceed five watts per bulb and do not flash or blink;
(e) Signs on athletic fields and scoreboards intended for on-premises viewing; and
(f) All publicly-owned and maintained street, traffic, informational, warning, directional, emergency and regulatory signs including electronic message or speed signs owned, installed or maintained by the city, county, state or federal government.
(D) In the Commercial (C) Zone, the installation, placement or maintenance of any of the following signs shall not constitute a waiver nor imply consent by the city, county, state, or federal government to that sign’s installation, placement, or maintenance:
Maximum of 200 square feet:
(1) The aggregate area of all permanent signs per individual property which identifies a business contained within or upon that property;
(a) If a single property contains more than one separate identifiable business, and those businesses are not interrelated, each separate business may have an individual sign identifying their business or use not exceeding 100 square feet per business.
(b) An A-frame sign shall not be considered nor used as a principal sign.
(c) If a banner is used, it shall be securely attached at all four corners to the principal business structure.
(2) Political signs advertising a candidate or an issue;
(3) Construction and/or contractor signs for new construction while said construction is occurring; and
(4) Signs containing the name of a subdivision or planned development containing the name of the development. (Ord. 80-2, passed 06/14/2010; Ord. 2016-01, passed 02/8/2016)