§ 202-10. Temporary signs.

All temporary signs, not otherwise exempt, require a permit to be issued by the City prior to being displayed. Temporary commercial merchandising signs, including A-frame signs, displayed outdoors are not to be left outdoors 24 hours a day. The issuance of the permit is subject to the limitations set forth in the following table:

Temporary Sign Standards
Type of Sign	Districts Permitted	Maximum Size	Maximum Height	Maximum Number Per Parcel	Permit Required	Required Setback	Permitted Duration
Construction sign	All	64 square feet	15 feet	1	No	(a)	From issuance of building permit to the issuance of certificate of occupancy
Real estate, sale or lease of individual home or residential lot	Residential	6 square feet	6 feet	1 per street frontage	No	(a)	Remove within 30 days of sale or lease
Real estate, sale or lease of individual business or vacant lot	Office, commercial, industrial	16 square feet	10 feet	1 per street frontage	No	(a)	Remove within 15 days of sale or lease or lease of unplatted vacant land
Real estate, sale or lease of unplatted vacant land	All	64 square feet	10 feet	1 per street frontage	Yes	(a)	Remove within 15 days of sale or lease
Real estate development sign	All	64 square feet	10 feet	1 per street frontage	Yes	(a)(g)	Remove within 15 days after all units or lots are sold or leased
Grand opening sign	Commercial	16 square feet	10 feet	1	No	(a)	60 days
Garage sale sign	Residential	4 square feet	5 feet	2	Yes	(d)	3 consecutive days, removed immediately after sale
Community, church, nonprofit, educational, special event sign	All	(e)	(e)	(e)	Yes	(a)	Displayed not more than 2 weeks prior; removal within 48 hours
Political sign	Office, residential, commercial and industrial	16 square feet	10 feet	1 per candidate facing each street frontage	No	(d)	From 45 days prior to election to 7 days after election
Window sign, placard	Commercial	25% of window area	Not applicable	Not applicable	No	Not app.	30 days for each sign
Merchandise window sign	Commercial	25% of window area in which sign is placed	Not applicable	Not applicable	No	Not app.	7 days before day of sale not to exceed a total of 30 days
Temporary movable signs	Commercial	A-frame sign or moveable on wheels	4 x 8	1	Yes	(d)	A-frame: 1 year; moveable on wheels: 7 days before sale not to exceed a total of 30 days. 2 sales permitted per permit

NOTES:
(a)	The temporary sign shall comply with the setback requirements for the district in which it is located.
(b)	On a corner parcel, two signs, one facing each street, shall be permitted.
(c)	One sign shall be permitted for each frontage on a secondary or major thoroughfare.
(d)	The temporary sign may be located in the required setback area, but shall not be located within the road right-of-way, except as permitted under § 202-8M.
(e)	Community special event signs may include ground or wall signs, banners, pennants, or similar displays; the number, size and height of such signs shall be subject to administrative approval.
(f)	The total of all window signs, temporary and permanent, shall not exceed 25% of the total window area.
(g)	Real estate development signs shall not be erected within 100 feet of any occupied dwelling unit.
All temporary signs requiring permits will be administratively approved unless the applicant requires waiver of fee or an extension of time. Said waivers are given only with approval of City Council.