§ 19.52.030. Signs.

(a)

General Provisions. All signs and billboards shall be maintained in a neat and presentable condition, and in the event their use will cease, they shall be removed promptly and the surrounding area restored to a condition free from refuse and debris.

(b)

Agricultural Districts. In any agricultural district the following signs are permitted:

(1)

Name plates not to exceed one square foot in area;

(2)

Church or public bulletin boards;

(3)

Temporary signs advertising the lease or sale of the premises, not to exceed twelve square feet in area;

(4)

Billboards or advertising signs, provided they are not within:

(i)

Thirty feet of the intersection of the street right-of-way lines and no part of the sign shall extend over or onto the city right-of-way,

(ii)

One hundred feet of a park, school, cemetery, public or semipublic building,

(iii)

A traffic hazard when constructed on a lot line.

(c)

Residential Districts. In any residential district the following signs are permitted:

(1)

Name plates not to exceed one square foot;

(2)

Church or public bulletin boards;

(3)

Temporary signs advertising the lease or sale of the premises not to exceed twelve square feet in area;

(4)

Illumination of signs, bulletin boards, and name plates shall not exceed sixty watts and shall be lighted only with indirect nonintermittent lights;

(5)

Signs for home occupations not exceeding three square feet in area.

(d)

Commercial Districts. All signs allowed within the agricultural district are allowed within the commercial district.

(e)

Industrial Districts. All signs allowed within the agricultural district are allowed within industrial district.

(Ord. 453 § 2, 2007; Ord. 293 § 12.02, 1986).