18.120.040 Exempt signs.
The following signs or operations are exempt from permits, but shall conform to all other applicable provisions of this chapter:
A. On-site repainting or touch-up, cleaning and normal maintenance and repair of a sign.
B. Informational signs placed by local, regional, or state governments in the publicly owned right-of-way. However, when placed over a public sidewalk, the bottom of these signs shall be no less than seven feet from the top of the sidewalk or pedestrian grade.
C. Flags of international, national, state, or local governments.
D. Signs within a building as long as the signs are not visible to motorists or pedestrians outside the building.
E. Memorials, plaques, cornerstones, or other designations that may be associated with historical or cultural persons, events, and cemeteries.
F. Temporary Signs.
1. Temporary on-premises signs, including any visible from the public right-of-way, advertising a new business, establishment, or organization before permanent signs are installed may be maintained for a period of time not to exceed 45 days;
2. Temporary signs advertising a candidate or ballot measure for an election, as defined and limited in TMC 18.120.060(A)(4).
G. Nameplate on private residence.
H. On-premises real estate signs, as set forth in TMC 18.120.060, advertising exclusively for sale, rental, or lease of the premises upon which the signs are located. The signs must be removed within 15 days of the sale, lease, or rental of the property.
I. Incidental signs not visible from a public street; provided, that they are less than two square feet per sign, do not exceed two in number per lot, or two per street frontage.
J. Public art, including murals, three-dimensional statues, caricatures, representations of persons, animals or objects, as long as such art is first approved by the city council. For clarification purposes, public art shall not include or be construed to be for the benefit of private advertising. [Ord. 861 § 2; Ord. 817 § 8-3J.732, 2006.]