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• • Temporary Signage page 2 We can assemble definitions for the other types of signs, the purposes of which are pretty clear. Regulations The P & Z agreed that temporary signs should be regulated. Staff suggests that banners and portable signs should be distinct subcategories of temporary signs. Currently, most temporary signs are regulated as "portable signs" in our ordinance. The ordinance allows a maximum of four times a year for a total of fifteen days per time. They are to be limited to special events or promotions. A portable sign permit is needed for each time. The permit cost is $25. This seems adequate for the real portable signs that are on wheels or frames, intended for special sales or events. However, the banners and the more flimsy, cardboard and plastic signage are more common and are the cause of most concern. The P & Z suggested the following for banners: 32 sf maximum size must be attached to a building (or should we allow them attached to permanent signs ?) one month duration each time maximum number of times per year, to be determined should we require a permit? We need regulations for the miscellaneous temporary signs: the cardboard, flat plastic, and other temporary signs seen at retail businesses. These are more difficult to get a handle on. Staff will work on creating draft requirements for those types and bring it to the next meeting. Regarding some of the other types of temporary signage, several already are addressed in our ordinance: Section IV, par. P.: Real estate development signs or construction site signs may be erected providing they do not exceed one hundred square feet of area, are not more than fifteen feet above grade, and not within one hundred feet of an existing residential structure. Section IV, par. R.: Temporary real estate signs advertising the sale of individual residences shall not require a permit if they are under six square feet. Section IV, par. S: Temporary signs advertising building or land for rent or for sale in all districts may be placed on such property providing such signs are not closer than ten feet to any property line and do not exceed forty square feet in industrial areas and fifteen square feet in other areas.