§ 16.5-11. Signs exempt from regulations.

(a)

The following signs shall be exempt from regulation under this Code:

(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 (3) feet beyond the lot line of the lot or parcel on which such sign is located;

(3)

Decorative landscape lighting only;

(4)

Traffic control signs on private property. Such as "Stop", "Yield", and similar signs. The face of which meet department of transportation standards and which contain no commercial message of any sort;

(5)

Address and postbox numerals conforming to incidental sign regulations;

(6)

Government signs erected by the city, county, state, or federal government in furtherance of their governmental responsibility;

(7)

Legal notices;

(8)

Memorial signs or tablets and building markers displayed on public or private buildings and tablets or headstones in cemeteries;

(9)

Signs prepared by or for the local, state or federal government marking sites or buildings of historical significance; and

(10)

Temporary directional signs for special events provided that such signs have a maximum area that does not exceed two (2) square feet, are in place only during the actual hours the special event is in progress. Such signs may be located in a required setback.

(Ord. No. 2010-20, §§ 1, 2, 5-18-10)