a. Regulatory, identification or directional signs installed by, or at the direction of, a government entity;

b. Signs required by law;

c. Official public notices or official court notices;

d. Signs or displays not visible from streets, rights-of-way, sidewalks or parking areas open to the public;

e. In nonresidential zones, the flag of government or noncommercial institutions such as a school. Flags in residential zones up to twenty-four square feet. In residential zones, one flagpole shall be allowed. In all zones the maximum height of flagpoles shall be in accordance with the height standard of the underlying zone;

f. Point-of-purchase advertising displays, such as product dispensers or vending machines;

g. “No trespassing,” “no dumping,” “no parking – tow-away,” “private” and other informational warning signs which do not exceed six square feet in surface area;

h. Structures intended for separate use such as dumpsters and recycling containers; provided, that no advertising oriented to the public right-of-way is attached to such structures;

i. Reasonable seasonal decorations within the appropriate public holiday season, or civic festival season. Such displays shall be removed promptly at the end of the season;

j. Sculptures, fountains, mosaics, murals and design features;

k. Postal signs;

l. Historic site markers or plaques, gravestones and address numbers mounted flush on the wall of a building;

m. Lettering or symbols painted directly onto or flush-mounted magnetically onto a licensed and operable motor vehicle operating in the normal course of business;

n. Billboards. Billboards are regulated pursuant to Chapter 16.20 EMC;

o. Repair, cleaning, repainting or other normal maintenance activities, and other changes that do not alter the sign structure.

a. Portable signs meeting the requirements of this chapter;

b. Nonelectric signs not exceeding two square feet in area in single-family residential zones;

c. Incidental signs;

d. Directional signs not exceeding six square feet in area, the sole purpose of which is to provide for pedestrian and vehicular traffic direction.

a. Incidental signs;

b. Directional signs;

c. Interior-oriented signs;

d. Temporary signs meeting the requirements of this chapter;

e. Temporary window displays and painted window signs;

f. Street numbering of buildings;

g. Portable, window and temporary signs shall not be included in maximum sign area in Table 36-2.

a. Standards for electronic changing message signs;

b. Overall sign height for freestanding signs (sign category A only).

a. The modification request is due to unusual conditions related to sign visibility needs for a specific building or lot. Unusual conditions may include building size, sign location and distance from the street;

b. The modification will not create a traffic or pedestrian safety hazard;

c. The modification will not adversely impact adjacent properties;

d. The proposed sign or signs are part of an integrated design for the site that includes building design, landscaping and other site improvements;

e. The proposed modification will not create visual clutter or distract motorists; and

f. The size and scale of the proposed signage are compatible with the character of the surrounding area.

a. Landscaping necessary to provide aesthetic treatment or screening of any prominent sign components;

b. Limitations on sign illumination;

c. Other restrictions that are necessary to protect views, promote compatibility with surrounding land uses, or limit impacts on adjacent properties, driveways, sidewalks or streets.