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. X. Dynamic display signs. whether permanent or temporary, are prohibited in all zoning districts except those with a dynamic display area that is less than twenty (20) square feet. Y. Street addresses required to comply with address ordinances or building codes do not require a sign permit. Z. For the purposes of this ordinance, a flag symbolizing a government or political subdivision, or a branch or department of a government or political subdivision, is considered noncommercial speech and is not regulated by this ordinance as long as there are no more than three such flags on an individual lot and the flags are on flagpoles that are permanently mounted in the ground or mounted on a building?. More than (3) three such flags shall be considered advertising to draw attention to a commercial or industrial activity and thus commercial speech. In such a situation, flags numbering more than three (3) shall be regulated as peimanent signage. Each lot may fly one flag that is not a symbol of a government or political subdivision, or a branch or department of a government or political subdivision, and that is on a flagpole that is permanently mounted in the ground or mounted on a building. More than one such non-government flag shall be regulated as permanent signage. • SECTION VII. SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE • The owner of any sign, which is otherwise allowed by this sign ordinance, may substitute a noncommercial speech copy in lieu of any other commercial or noncommercial copy. This substitution of copy may be made without any additional approval or permitting. The purpose of this provision is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech, or favoring of any particular noncommercial message over any other noncommercial message. This provision prevails over any more specific provision to the contrary. SECTION VIII. SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Sign Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Sign Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would adopted the Sign Ordinance in each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid. Ordinance 04-08, Sign Ordinance page 22 of 29