826.06 SIGNS PERMITTED IN ALL SIGN DISTRICTS.
The following signs are permitted throughout the City subject to the regulations set forth below and any applicable district regulations. They are not advertising signs for the purpose of calculating total message area, but must conform to all other regulations of this chapter, and do require a permit.
(a) Construction signs, provided the following requirements are met:
(1) One construction sign up to ninety-six square feet in message area shall be permitted at each permanent public access to a residential, office, commercial or industrial building or development which is actively under construction.
(2) Construction signs shall be permitted only during the period beginning with actual construction and ending with the completion of the building or development.
(3) Construction signs shall meet the setback requirements of the district wherein located as if the sign were a building.
(4) Construction signs may state the name and type of development, names of architects and contractors and their addresses, and drawings of the development under construction; however, no prices for sale, lease or rent shall be stated in a construction sign.
(b) Signs on water towers in excess of forty-five feet in height, stating only the name of the company utilizing the water tower, and not exceeding 200 square feet in message area. The message area shall be entirely within the upper one-third of the tower’s height. Signs on water towers less than forty-five feet in height shall be subject to sign district regulations as if they were not on a water tower. Water towers shall not be considered double-sided signs.
(c) Identification signs for industrial, commercial or residential developments which include more than one owner or tenant. Permit requests for identification signs shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission, and granted only if the Commission determines that all the following requirements are met:
(1) Identification signs shall be limited to major development entrances and minor entrances within developments, as determined by the Planning Commission. Each sign shall not exceed forty square feet in message area on thoroughfares where the speed limit is less than forty mph or sixty square feet on thoroughfares where the speed limit is forty mph or greater.
(2) Identification signs shall not exceed six feet in height in residential sign districts, and ten feet in height in commercial and industrial sign districts.
(3) Identification signs have no required setback and may be located within the right-of-way upon written approval of the specific size, design and location by the City Engineer and if such location is significantly more beneficial to the public interest than any location on private property.
(4) The proposed identification sign shall be designed for aesthetic compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood.
(5) The public safety or convenience would be adversely affected by the lack of such identification sign, and the sign is therefore in the public interest.
(6) A satisfactory performance guaranty has been posted with the City assuring completion of the public improvements in the development.
(7) The number of identification signs related to the development is functionally justified and compatible with the design, site and character of the development.
(d) Telephone signs.
(Ord. 96-38. Passed 7-11-96.)
(e) Community event signs as defined in Section 826.03(a)(53), provided the following requirements are met:
(1) Only one permit shall be required for all community event signs erected within the City by a particular person or entity related to a particular community event. The permit form shall require the name of the organization sponsoring the event; the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person responsible for the maintenance and removal of the signs; a list of addresses indicating the proposed locations of the signs; and the dates of sign erection and removal.
(2) No more than two (2) community events may be advertised with community event signs by the organization during any calendar year. There shall be a minimum thirty (30) day separation between the periods of display of signs related to different events.
(3) No more than fifteen (15) signs shall be erected within the community under a single permit. This number may consist of the following at a maximum:
A. One (1) on-premise community event sign. This sign shall be a maximum of fifteen (15) square feet per side.
B. Fourteen (14) off-premises community event signs. These signs shall be a maximum of nine (9) square feet per side.
(4) No sign shall be placed in any public right-of-way or public access easement or within eight (8) feet of any such right-of-way or easement. No sign may be located so as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) and eight (8) feet above the centerline grades of intersecting streets or driveways, measured thirty (30) feet from the intersection of such streets and driveways, or in any other location which creates a hazard, in the opinion of the City Engineer.
(5) No sign shall be located on other public lands without the permission of the public agency having ownership of such lands.
(6) No sign may be affixed to a tree or other plant material, utility pole, public bench, street furniture, street light or other object, other than a building.
(7) No sign shall be constructed of materials which are not substantial enough to resist wind damage and undue weathering during the period of display.
(8) No sign shall exceed six (6) feet in height.
(9) No sign shall be erected earlier than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the event, and all signs must be removed within three (3) days of the completion of the event.
(10) No more than one (1) sign may be erected on a property at any given time.
(11) No fee shall be required for a permit under this section.
(Ord. 02-2. Passed 1-3-02.)