Ordinance 2990-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

Portable signs. The following regulations shall apply to all portable signs except in cases where such signs are also included in more specific categories of this chapter: A. Portable signs shall not exceed eight square feet per side or forty-two inches in height. B. No more than one portable sign may be displayed per business. C. In all commercial zones except the B-3 zone, the minimum spacing between portable signs shall be fifty feet. D. All portable signs shall be located on the premises which they are advertising, except in the B-3 zones where the following regulations shall apply: 1. Signs shall be located next to the curb edge of a sidewalk in such a manner so as not to interfere with the opening of car doors, bus stops, loading zones or pedestrian traffic. 2. Signs shall be located directly in front of the sponsoring business during business hours only. 3. Signs shall be located so as not to create a traffic safety hazard by obstructing the vision of motorists on private property or public right-of-way. 4. Owners of such signs shall assume liability for damage or injury resulting from their use and shall provide the city with an appropriate legal document satisfactory to the city attorney holding the city harmless and indemnifying the city for such resulting loss and/or injury. E. Portable signs shall be non-illuminated. F. Portable signs shall be displayed only during business hours. Section 4. Section 36.150 of Ordinance No. 1671-89, as amended (EMC 19.36.150), which currently reads as follows: Temporary and special event signs. Temporary and special event signs shall not be displayed longer than thirty days per calendar year. A. Construction Signs. Construction signs identify the architects, engineers, contractors or other individuals or firm involved with the construction of a building and announce the character of the building or the purpose for which the building is intended. Such signs may be displayed only during the period of construction on the construction site. Only one such sign is permitted per street frontage. No construction sign shall exceed thirty- two square feet per face or twelve feet in height, nor shall it be located closer than ten feet from an interior property line. Construction signs shall be removed by the date of first occupancy of the premises, or upon expiration of the building permit, whichever first occurs. B. Grand Opening Displays. Temporary signs, posters, banners, strings of lights, clusters of flags, blinking lights, balloons, searchlights and beacons are permitted for a period not