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APPENDIX B
ARTICLE XIII
SIGNS
Section 13.00 GENERAL PROVISIONS:
All signs and billboards shall be maintained in a neat and presentable condition and in the event their use will cease, they shall be removed within 30 days and the surrounding area restored to a condition free from refuse and debris.
A permit for any sign permitted in the residential district must be secured from the city Clerk and approved by the zoning administrator.
( Editor's Note: Ordinance #2004-6, November 8, 2004, added this sentence)
All temporary, illuminating, flashing, portable signs must secure a sign placement permit from the City Clerk, allowable only in commercial and industrial/manufacturing districts and valid for a maximum time limit of seventy-two (72) hours. Such permit will not be renewed to the same person or business for fourteen (14) days. The fourteen (14) day period is calculated from the first day as written on the sign placement permit.
Section 13.01 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS:
In an Agricultural District the following signs are permitted:
13.01.01 Name plates not to exceed a nine (9) square foot in area.
13.01.02 Church or public bulletin boards.
13.01.03 Temporary signs advertising the lease of the premises, not to exceed thirty-two (32)square feet in area or 4' x 8'.
13.01.04 Bulletin boards and signs pertaining to lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises, or signs pertaining to any material that is grown or treated within the district; provided,however, that such signs shall be located upon or immediately adjacent to the building or in the area in which such materials are treated, processed or stored.
Section 13.02 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS:
In a Residential District the following signs are permitted:
13.02.01 Name plates not to exceed six (6) square feet.
13.02.02 Church or public bulletin boards.
13.02.03
(Editor's Note: Section 13.02.03 was amended by Ordinance #2004-6, November 8, 2004)
13.02.04 Facilities, other than single family dwellings, normally required to provide an attractive "R-1" residential area may illuminate signs, bulletin boards and name plates only with indirect not-intermittent light that do not exceed sixty(60) watts.
13.02.05 Signs attached to a residence not exceeding six (6) square feet in area or 2' by 3'
(Editor's Note: Section 13.02.05 was amended by Ordinance #2004-6, November 8, 2004)
13.02.06 Signs for home occupations:
a. not to exceed six (6) square feet or 2' by 3'
b. located not more than 12' from residence (must be on private property)
c. must allow for free and clear vision to all streets, alleys and driveways.
(Editor's Note: Section 13.02.06 was added by Ordinance #2004-6, November 8, 2004)
Section 13.03 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS:
The following signs are permitted in all Commercial Districts:
13.03.01 Signs permitted in the residential districts.
13.03.02 Any exterior sign shall pertain only to a use conducted within the building and be integral or attached thereto. No sign may project over any street line (back of curb) or extend more than six (6) feet over any building line whether fixed tot he building or any other structure. In no case shall any sign project more than four (4) feet above the roof line, and the total area of all signs pertaining to the business conducted in a building shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area for every lineal foot occupied by the front of the building displaying such sign, but not to exceed lot frontage. Where the lot adjoins an "R" District, the exterior sign shall be attached flat against the building and shall not face the side of the adjacent lot located in the "R" district, however, this does not apply to the side of the building which is opposite that side adjoining the "R" District;
13.03.03 One (1) "post sign" or business identification sign provided, however, that said"post sign" shall not have a surface area of greater than forty (40) square feet on any one (1) side thereof and more than two (2) sides of "post sign" shall be used for advertising purposes. The bottom of said post sign or surface area thereof shall not be less than twelve (12) feet above the sidewalk or above the surface of the ground upon which it is erected, and the total vertical dimension of twelve(12) feet or horizontal dimension of said sign shall not be greater than seven (7)feet. Total maximum height of said sign shall not be over twenty-four (24)feet.
13.03.04 The term "post sign" as herein defined shall not be deemed to include any sign advertising the trade name, merchandise or service of any person, firm, or corporation who pays a consideration for the privilege of placing, maintaining,or using any portion of said sign to the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said sign is erected or placed. Said "post sign" shall not extend over street right-of-way lines nor otherwise obstruct or impair the safety of pedestrians or motorists.
13.03.05