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Chapter 916: Signs <br /> <br />Page 916-2 <br />aspects of real property. As such, additional signage shall be permitted for the sale or <br />rental of real estate, as follows: <br />(1) On-site Signs. Signs must be removed within 7 days after sale or rental of property. <br />Signs may not measure more than 6 square feet in residential districts. Signs for all <br />non-residential zoning districts shall not exceed a ratio of one square foot of sign <br />area for each thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area up to a maximum of 64 <br />square feet. There shall be only one sign per premise. Corner properties, however, <br />may contain two (2) signs, one per frontage. <br />(2) Off-site Signs. Signs shall be displayed no more than 24 hours prior to and/or after <br />the hours in which a real estate agent is available at the subject property. In the case <br />of a house for sale by owner, signs shall be allowed 24 hours prior to and/or after a <br />scheduled open house. Such signs shall not be located within the public right-of- <br />way and permission must be obtained from the property owner where said sign will <br />be located. <br />(3) Real estate signs shall not be lighted in Residential zoning districts. <br />h. Directional/Information Signs. <br />On-Premise Signs. Shall not be larger than 4 square feet unless approved by the City <br />Council. The number of said signs shall not exceed 4 unless approved by the City <br />Council. <br />2. Prohibited Signs. The following signs are specifically prohibited by this Chapter. <br />a. Any sign which obstructs the vision of drivers or pedestrians, or detracts from the <br />visibility of any official control device. <br />b. Any sign which contains or initiates an official traffic sign or signal, except for private, <br />on-premise directional signs. <br />c. Any sign which moves or rotates. Exempted are time and temperature information and <br />barber poles. <br />d. Any sign which contains or consists of banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of <br />light bulbs, spinners, or similar devices (except as allowed in Section 916.030C.5.a of <br />this Chapter. <br />e. Portable signs (except in Section 916.030C.5.a of this Chapter) <br />f. Signs which are attached in any manner to trees, fences, utility poles, vehicles which are <br />parked or stored in a location so as to constitute an advertising display for more than 24 <br />hours, or any other such display, except for those signs found on fences (inside) of <br />baseball parks. <br />g. No sign shall display any moving parts, nor shall it be illuminated with any flashing or <br />intermittent lights, nor shall it be animated. Exempted are time and temperature <br />information and barber poles. All displays shall be shielded to prevent any light to be <br />directed at oncoming traffic in such brilliance as to impair the vision of any driver. No <br />device shall be illuminated in such a manner as to interfere with or obscure an official <br />traffic sign or signal. <br />h. Roof signs erected after the effective date of this Chapter. <br />i. Any temporary off-premise sign, except as expressly allowed by this Chapter.