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A.Permit Required: The following general provisions are applicable to all signs. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, alter, replace, or relocate any sign or other advertising structure without first obtaining a permit and paying the required fees, except as herein otherwise provided, including those approved through the Master Sign Plan process. B.Exempted Signs: The following signs are exempt from the requirements of this Chapter: 1.Signs erected by a public agency in and/or above or overhanging a public right- of-way. C.Prohibited Signs 1.No sign will be attached to trees or utility poles. 2.No sign will be painted directly on any exterior building surface. Sign letters and symbols may be attached directly to a wall by adhesive or mechanical means. 3.No sign will overhang the public right-of-way, sidewalk easement, walkway easement, or bicycle path easement except a bus bench or approved trash container at a designated public transportation pick-up location. 4.No sign will extend above the roof line of a building (roof sign). 5.Projecting signs must not project further than 30 inches from the wall to which they are anchored. 6.No sign will be installed that by reason of position, movement, shape, illumination, or color would constitute a traffic hazard by obstructing a driver's vision or by interfering, confusing, or misleading traffic. 7.No sign will noticeably move either by mechanical means (rotating sign) or as a result of normal wind pressure. 8.The following specific signs shall be prohibited: off-site, flashing, mobile/portable, roof, rotating, and painted signs, banners, and billboards. The following signs are permitted in residential districts for non-commercial purposes only: banners, balloons, pennants, spinners, windsocks, streamers, ribbons, whirling devices, or light bulb strings. 9.All other signs not expressly permitted by this Chapter. D.Non-Conforming Signs 1010.07: NONCONFORMING SIGNS: All nonconforming signs in existence on May 21, 2007 ___, 2012 may continue subject to the provisions of Chapter 1011 of this Title and State Law. (Ord. 884, 7-27-1981) (Ord. 1359, 1-28- 2008) E.Sign Permit Process: 1.Permit Application: An application for a sign permit shall be made on the application provided by, or located in the Community Development Department, and state or have attached thereto the name and address of the applicant or person or company that will be erecting the sign; the address/location of the building, structure, or lot on which the sign is to be erected; the written consent of the property owner of the land on which the sign is to be erected; and any other pertinent information the PROJ0013_SignRegulations_RPCA_040412