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A. General Provisions. The following provisions apply to all temporary signs. Temporary signs do not require a sign permit:

1. No such sign shall be located upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, right-of-way, easement, or other governmental property.

2. All such signs shall be erected, altered and maintained in accordance with the UBC and the safety provisions set forth in Section 17.46.150.

3. All such signs must be stationary and unlighted.

4. Any freestanding sign shall be located at least five feet from any right-of-way line and may not encroach upon required parking or driveways.

5. The posting of any sign regulated by this section shall not in any way affect a property owner’s right to erect signs permitted by other provisions of this chapter.

6. Time Limitations. Signs regulated by this section may be posted not more than sixty days prior to an event to which they pertain. All such signs must be removed within five days after the event to which they pertain or within sixty-five days of their initial posting, whichever occurs first.

7. Consent of Owner or Occupant. No sign regulated by this section may be posted without the consent of the owner or legal occupant of the premises on which the sign is posted.

8. Area of Signs. No sign regulated by this section shall exceed thirty-two square feet of sign area, except that in the R-1 district the total sign area shall not exceed eight square feet.

9. Signs in the R-1 District. The total area of all signs regulated by this section on any one property in the R-1, single-family residential district shall not exceed eight square feet. However, in this district, the number of such signs on any one property is not limited, provided the total area of all signs does not exceed eight square feet. All signs shall be freestanding, or attached to buildings, fences or windows of buildings.

10. Signs in All Districts Other Than the R-1 District. In all zoning districts except the R-1 district, signs regulated by this section shall be freestanding or attached to buildings, fences or windows of buildings. Any freestanding sign shall be placed only upon those vacant portions of a property which are not covered by structures, landscaping, parking areas or driveways. The total area of all signs on any one property which includes at least four thousand square feet of such vacant area shall be limited to not more than one square foot of sign area for each one hundred twenty-five square feet of such vacant area. For properties which include less than four thousand square feet of vacant area, each such property shall still be allowed up to thirty-two square feet of total sign area with no limitation upon the number of signs composing the thirty-two square feet.

11. Responsibility for Removal. It shall be the property owner’s responsibility to remove all signs regulated by this section within the time limitations specified above, whether or not the owner has consented to the posting or construction of such signs.

B. Greater Sign Area and Time Limitations Allowable Pursuant to Use Permit and Design Review Board Approval. A sign area greater than otherwise allowed by this section may be allowed subject to sign permit approval by the review authority. Sign permits for temporary signs regulated by this section shall be granted for a period of not more than six months. (Ord. 2023-05 § 3 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 98-06 § 1, 1998. Formerly 17.46.220)