§ 102-58. Building permit; exempted signs.

(a)

No person shall erect, alter, repair or relocate any sign without first obtaining a building permit for such work from the city. Every application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a drawing of the proposed sign indicating the location, size, height, distance from property lines and street centerlines, and all other information necessary or required to determine compliance with this chapter.

(b)

The following signs may be erected without a building permit subject, however, to all other requirements of this chapter:

(1)

Identification signs at the entrance drive of residences, estates or ranches bearing only street numbers, mailbox numbers or names of the occupants of the premises.

(2)

Signs erected or required by governmental agencies.

(3)

Official traffic signs.

(4)

Product dispensers and point of sale purchase displays.

(5)

Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings, except letters, trademarks, moving parts, or moving lights intended for advertising purposes.

(6)

Nonilluminated bulletin for public, charitable or religious organizations, to be located on the same premises as the institution and not to exceed 32 square feet.

(7)

Signs not exceeding two square feet in area and mounted flat against the main wall of a building.

(8)

Warning, nonadvertising signs or symbols, e.g., no trespassing or no dumping signs, located on and pertaining to a parcel of property, and such signs shall not exceed four square feet in area and shall be nonilluminated.

(9)

Changing the copy of a sign, or maintaining or repainting the sign where no structural or electrical changes are made; also, the changing of interchangeable letters on signs.

(10)

Temporary, nonilluminated signs erected by the owner on residential property up to eight square feet in size. This includes any changes made to the temporary sign by the residential owner.

(11)

Signs which are integrated into or on coin-operated and other vending machines, gasoline pumps or telephone booths such that the sign does not extend beyond the outside dimensions of the machine, pump or booth.

(12)

Address signs restricted to not more than one for each principal building or use on a parcel of property.

(13)

Window displays of merchandise which are changed on a regular basis, except as specifically prohibited in this chapter.

(14)

Special instruction signs, including signs which identify restrooms, no smoking, shoes and shirts required, no food or beverage, open or closed, and hours of operation, with a total copy area not to exceed ten square feet on any parcel of property.

(15)

Temporary signs advising of special activities by a nonprofit organization may be placed without fee or permit at a location designated by the city manager for a period not to exceed five days.

(16)

Temporary political campaign signs, subject to this chapter.

(17)

Temporary directional signs for subdivisions subject to the requirements of division 2 of article III of this chapter.

(18)

Parking area identification or directional signs are not authorized in excess of eight square feet and do not require permits or the payment of fees. However, the requirements stated in other sections of this chapter apply.

(19)

Signs identifying on-premises business or noncommercial organizations which do not exceed six square feet.

(20)

Safety signs are exempt from the requirements for permits, payment of fees or limitations imposed in this chapter relative to location, number of signs and total sign area. Typical safety signs are danger or no smoking. Classification of a sign as a safety sign shall be determined by the city manager.

(21)

Real estate signs not exceeding eight square feet in copy area.

(Code 1988, § 3-63)