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Sign Ordinance Issues 7/20/92 Page 7 New $pedal Events Section: Special Events Signs and decorations prohibited except by temporary pennit as follows: Residential Districts - No Special Event signs, decorations, or displays, except for public and institutional uses, and then for a certain number of days per event and a certain number of events per year. Business and Industrial Districts - Signs, decorations and displays are restricted to a certain number of days per event and a certain number of events per year. The following devices defined previously may be allowed by permit only for special events, in addition to the total allowable sign area, provided certain standards .are met and complied with: Searchlights, Small Balloons, Tents, Bannerettes, Banners, Laser Light Show The following lot decorations and activities shall be prohibited for special events: * Pennants, spinners, windsocks, streamers, ribbons, whirling devices, light bulb strings, flashing lights, portable trailer signs. portable electric signals, portable sandwich board or A-frame signs, hot or cold air balloons or lasers. Displays or special features on any landscaped areas, except on light poles. Aerial rides Food unless purchased through a licensed food vendor Large balloons or a collection of small balloons exceeding two feet in diameter. Added lighting that does not meet City Code. Advertising devices in any public right-of-way. * *. * * * * Grand Opening Special Event Decorations: Any new business in any non-residential zoning district may use decorations and signs to celebrate one grand opening special event, limited to ten consecutive calendar days, as long as the decorations and signs comply with the same regulations as those for other special events. Before any special event signs or decorations shall be pennitted to be used for an event, a business shall submit a completed application for a pennit with the Community Development Department. An parking area must be maintained even though a portion of required parking spaces may be used to celebrate the event. Citations will be issued if special events sign age is not removed immediately after the event. Subsequent violations will result in a suspension of the right to future special events permits for a year or more.