18-21.120 Signs on Public Property.
a. In adopting this section, the City Council acts in its proprietary capacity as to City property. This section states City policies and rules for the display of signs on City property.
b. Intent as to Public Forum. The City declares its intent that all public property shall not function as a designated public forum for sign display, unless some specific portion of public property is designated herein as a public forum of one (1) particular type; in such case the declaration as to public forum type shall apply strictly and only to the specified area and the specified time period.
c. General Prohibition. Unless a specified sign type is exempt from the permit requirement, private persons may display signs on public property only after obtaining a sign permit. Any permit application which is denied may be appealed in the same manner as described in Article 18-36.
d. Temporary Inanimate Signs in the Public Right-of-Way. Temporary signs displaying any type or variety of constitutionally protected noncommercial speech may be displayed by private persons up to thirty (30) days prior and five (5) days after any official local, state, regional or national authorized election. Such sign display by private persons is subject to a sign permit and the following rules:
1. Sign Area. The maximum allowable sign area is six (6) square feet per sign (measured on both sides).
2. Height. Maximum height of freestanding signs is five (5') feet.
3. Posting on Structures. All signage within the public right-of- way shall be self-supporting and freestanding. No temporary sign shall be posted on any streetlight, utility pole, post, pole or structure supporting a traffic control sign or signal, fire hydrant or similar structures in the public right-of-way.
4. Safety of Placement. Temporary signs posted in the public right-of-way shall meet the following criteria:
(a) When located in the corner clear zone, the sign shall not exceed thirty (30") inches in height.
(b) Signs shall not obstruct a motorist’s view of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, traffic-control signs or signals or otherwise represent a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(c) Signs shall not impede a pedestrian’s free use of the sidewalk.
(d) Signs shall be securely affixed to the property on which they are placed.
(e) Signs shall not be placed in the center of public roadway or medians.
5. Sign Removal. Temporary signs shall be removed from the public right-of-way not later than the removal date indicated in the sign permit application. (Ord. #248-2020, S2 (Exh. A))