§ 17.5-4. Signs exempt from regulation under this chapter.

The following classes of signs shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter relating to registration, payment of permit fees, structural requirements and annual inspection fees; but such exemption shall not be construed so as to relieve the owner of the sign from responsibility for its erection and maintenance in a safe manner:

(1)

Any public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.

(2)

Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door, that is not legible from a distance of more than three feet beyond the lot line of the zoned lot or parcel on which such sign is located.

(3)

Traffic control signs on private property, such as stop, yield and similar signs, the face of which meet department of transportation standards.

(4)

Building marker signage.

(5)

Street address signs.

(6)

Ground signs during an election season not to exceed the total number of questions or candidates on the ballot for the ensuing election, provided such signs do not exceed six (6) square feet when placed on property located within an "R" residential zoning district and provided further that such signs do not exceed sixteen (16) square feet when placed on property located within any zoning district other than an "R" residential zoning district.

(7)

One (1) ground sign of six (6) square feet or less in all districts, provided in each instance that any such sign is located on private property with the owner's permission.

( Ord. No. 1085 , § 1, 11-17-15)