§ 138-3753. Exempt signs.

The following types of signs are exempt from the permitting process and other provisions in this section, except those relating to construction, illumination, safety, nonconformity, and any other noted requirement (these signs shall not be located within ten feet of a public right-of-way or within 15 feet of the intersection of any road rights-of-way):

(a)

Address number. The address numbers shall be at least three inches in height, in Arabic numerals, and of contrasting color to background and displayed on the front of the establishment.

(b)

Artwork.

(c)

Changeable message on permitted signs.

(d)

Government and public signs, including, but not limited to, community identity and entrance signs, signs for special community events, commemorative and historic signs, and coordinated countywide trail-blazing signs that provide direction to places of interest.

(e)

There shall be a maximum of three noncommercial flags permitted on each zone lot. Flags containing a corporate name or logo or directing attention to a business operated for profit, or to a commodity or service for sale, shall be part of the computation of the allowable area for freestanding signs. Three additional noncommercial flags may be allowed for each additional street frontage and lots or parcels with over 500 feet of street frontage may be permitted three additional flags for each 500 feet of additional frontage.

(f)

Machinery signs. Examples of machinery signs are signs on newspaper machines, vending machines, gasoline pumps and public telephone booths.

(g)

Menu signs for drive-through establishments. There shall be a maximum of two such signs per zone lot or business; no more than one sign per drive-through lane. Sign area may not exceed 40 square feet per sign face.

(h)

On-site directional signs. No individual sign shall exceed four square feet in area per sign face.

(i)

Temporary window signs. Such signs shall be allowed in areas classified as multifamily residential, office, commercial, industrial and public/semipublic. The maximum area of such signs in areas classified as office, commercial, industrial, and public/semipublic shall be 25 percent of windowpane area or 100 square feet, whichever is less. In multifamily residential areas, the area of temporary window signs shall not exceed 25 square feet.

(j)

Warning signs. Such signs shall not exceed six square feet in area per sign face.

(k)

Temporary signs. The criteria required for temporary signs are set forth in Table 138-3753.a—Temporary Signs Design Standards and Limitations, below. A temporary sign is unlawful if it does not meet the criteria established for the zoning district category group in which the sign is located.

Table 138-3753.a — Temporary Signs Design Standards and Limitations
District Category Group	Single Family and Multi Family	Office and Commercial, and Industrial	Public/Semi-Public, Mixed-Use, and Special
Maximum Number of Signs Per Parcel	4	4	4
Maximum Sign Area	6 sf.	32 sf.	16 sf.
Sign Height Maximum for a Freestanding Sign	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.
Sign Height Maximum for a Wall Sign (inclusive of a Window Sign)	15 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.
Minimum Sign Setback for Ground Signs	3 ft.	3 ft.	3 ft.
Minimum Spacing from any Other Sign (Temporary Sign or as a Permanent Sign)	15 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.
Aggregate Maximum of Surface Area Allocated for All Sign Messages	48 sf.	256 sf.	128 sf.
General Notes:    The number of temporary commercial signs per parcel shall be no more than two.    The square footage limitation is per side for a back-to-back sign. For example, a six-square-foot limitation means that there is a limit of six square feet of surface area per side of a back-to-back sign, and an aggregate limit of 12 square feet is allowed if the sign is a back-to-back temporary sign.    Not applicable to signs displayed on flagpoles.    Minimum sign setbacks are measured from the edge of the property line. Setbacks do not apply to wall signs. And, as set forth in section 138-3752, all temporary signs are prohibited on public property.    Not applicable to signs displayed on flagpoles.    There is no limit to the number of separate messages that may appear on the allowable surface(s) of any temporary sign. The aggregate maximum of surface area allowed is subject to the other limitations or circumstances that may reduce the aggregate maximum of surface area that can be allocated.

 

(l)

Additional temporary sign standards are as follows:

(1)

Prohibition of temporary signs on public property. Other than government signs displaying government speech, temporary signs on public property are prohibited unless otherwise allowed within the LDC or the Code of Ordinances.

(2)

Duration for display of temporary sign. If a temporary sign pertains to an event, the temporary sign shall be removed within and by no later than three days after the event is concluded. If a temporary sign does not pertain to an event, the temporary sign shall be removed within and by no later than 30 days after being erected.

(3)

Display of temporary sign requires permission of real property owner. A temporary sign on any parcel shall not be maintained if the placement of the same does not have the permission of the owner of the real property.

(4)

A temporary sign may not display any lighting and must remain static. A temporary sign may not display any lighting or illuminations that flash, move, rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker, or vary in intensity or color.

(5)

A temporary sign may not incorporate fluorescent color or exhibit fluorescence. A temporary sign may not incorporate fluorescent color or exhibit fluorescence.

(6)

A temporary sign may not obstruct a permanent sign or the vision between pedestrians and vehicles. A temporary sign may not obstruct the view of a permanent sign as viewed from any public road, street or highway or any public sidewalk, and may not obstruct the vision between pedestrians and vehicles using the public right-of-way, including but not restricted to, those meeting site visibility triangle requirements set forth in section 138-3508.

(7)

A temporary sign may display multiple messages. A temporary sign may display multiple independent messages on any portion of the sign surface of a temporary sign.

(8)

A temporary sign is not subject to permitting. A temporary sign does not require a permit from the county.

(9)

Subsection 138-3753(k) not intended to regulate interior facing signage. The county does not intend that subsection 138-3453(k) regulate or be applicable to signage located in the interior of school yards, ball/play fields or similar uses where such signage is designed to face the interior of such location and is not designed to be viewed or seen from adjacent roadways.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)