§ 15.3. Exempt signs.

The following shall be deemed to be excluded from the definition of "sign" as it applies to this Ordinance.

a.

Any single sign with an area of one square foot or less limited to one per premises.

b.

Historic signs designating sites recognized by the state historical commission or local governmental body or agency.

c.

Signs of a duly constituted governmental body, including traffic or similar regulatory devices, legal devices, or warnings at railroad crossings.

d.

Building markers, memorial tablets, or similar signs.

e.

Signs required to be maintained by law or governmental order, rule or regulation; provided, that they do not exceed 48 square feet.

f.

Signs directing traffic on private property, but bearing no advertising matter, with a total surface area not to exceed six square feet per sign.

g.

Signs displayed for the direction or convenience of the public, including signs which identify restrooms, location of public telephones, public entrances, freight entrances, or the like, with a total surface area not to exceed six square feet per sign on any lot or parcel.

h.

Gasoline price signs. In no instance shall the total sign area for gasoline price signs exceed 12 square feet.

i.

At gasoline stations, corporate identification signs of less than ten square feet each, not to exceed two per canopy, attached directly to a canopy providing coverage to pump islands.

j.

Signs painted on, or affixed to, glass surfaces of windows or doors and identifying only the lawful business conducted therein provided such window signs shall not occupy more than 50 percent of the glass surface area of a window or door.

k.

Wall murals and similar graphics containing no direct advertisement, subject to the design review guidelines of article 13 and further subject to the review and approval of the planning commission.