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Sec. 28-37. When permits not required. <br />The following signs may be erected and maintained under the exceptions <br />and conditions listed and shall not require a permit, provided all other chapter <br />provisions are met: <br />(1) Public signs. Noncommercial signs erected by or at the direction of a <br />public officer in furtherance of the public interest in the performance <br />of his public duty. <br />(2) Public, charitable, educational, or religious signs. Temporary signs <br />announcing any public, charitable, educational, or religious event or <br />function may be installed for a period of not more than 21 days prior <br />to the event and not more than seven days after the event, with a total <br />sign area of not more than 24 square feet on each sign face. Such <br />signage is prohibited over the public right-of-way. No fees shall be <br />charged for such signs. <br />(3) Integral signs. Names of buildings, dates of erection, monumental <br />citations, and commemorative tablets which are carved into stone, <br />concrete, or similar permanent materials and constructed as an <br />integral part of a structure. <br />(4) Nameplates. One nameplate per public entrance per business not <br />exceeding three square feet of sign area per face. <br />(5) Private signs. Signs not visible beyond the boundaries of the lot or <br />series of contiguous lots under the same ownership on which they are <br />located or which are not visible from any public right-of-way. <br />(5) Garage-sale signs. One garage-sale sign not exceeding four square feet in <br />sign area for all sign faces which is installed on the lot or series of <br />contiguous lots under the same ownership on which the garage sale is <br />located; such sign shall be installed during the days for which the <br />garage-sale is conducted. <br />(7) Menu boards. Eating establishments with drive-through service are <br />permitted two menu board signs per premises, limited to 36 square <br />feet in area and 6 feet in height. <br />(8) Window signs. Temporary window signs are exempt from the <br />provisions of this chapter, providing not more than 30 percent of the <br />transparent window area is occupied at any one time. Window and <br />door signage that is intended to be used as the permanent identifying <br />business signage is not exempt from the permitting requirements. <br />Page 29 of 36 <br />- 000123 <br />