§ 117-484. Required; exemptions.

(a)

All permanent signs shall obtain a permit prior to installation. This permit is reviewed by the zoning administrator and the building official, or their assigns, for conformance with the regulations described herein. Temporary signs shall obtain a permit in accordance with section 117-465.

(b)

Exemptions. The exemptions permitted by this section shall apply only to the requirement of a permit and fee and shall not be construed as relieving the installer of the sign, or the owner of the property upon which the sign is located, from conforming with the other provisions of this division.

(1)

A window sign not exceeding 30 percent of the window area.

(2)

Holiday decorations temporarily displayed on traditionally accepted civic, patriotic, or religious holidays.

(3)

On-premises address or nameplate identification signs having a sign area of four square feet or less.

(4)

Memorial plaques or tablets, grave markers, statutory, or other remembrances of persons or events that are noncommercial in nature.

(5)

Interior signs which are fully located within the interior of any building or stadium, or within an enclosed lobby or court of any building, or in the lobby or entrance of any theater which are intended solely for information relating to the interior operation of the building in which they are located.

(6)

Pennants.

(7)

Noncommercial speech signs, as exempted in the Minnesota Statutes.

(Code 1978, §§ 9.12.14, 9.12.16; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. 03-31, 9-15-2003; Ord. No. 08-07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 08-25, § 2, 8-12-2008; Ord. No. 10-11, § 2, 7-27-2010)

State law reference

Exemptions for noncommercial signs, Minn. Stats. § 211B.045.