A. Traffic or pedestrian control signs or signals, or signs indicating scenic or historic points of interest, which are erected by or on the order of a public officer in the performance of his public duty;

B. Signs required by law;

C. Official public notices, official court notices or official sheriff’s notices;

D. The flag of a government or noncommercial institutions such as schools;

E. Exterior signs or displays not visible from streets or ways open to the public;

F. Signs in the interior of a building more than three feet from the closest window or not facing a window;

G. Plaques, tablets or inscriptions indicating the name of a building, its date of erection, or other commemorative information, which are an integral part of the building structure or are attached flat to the face of the building, which are nonilluminated, and which do not exceed three square feet in surface area;

H. “No trespassing,” “no dumping,” “no parking,” “private,” and other informational warning signs, which shall not exceed three square feet in surface area;

I. Reasonable seasonal decorations within the appropriate public holiday season. However, such displays shall be removed within five days following the end of the public holiday season;

J. The flag of a commercial institution. No more than one flag is permitted per business premises, the flag shall not exceed 20 square feet in surface area, and shall be left loose to fly in the breeze;

K. Sculptures, fountains, mosaics and design features which do not incorporate advertising or identification;

L. Sandwich-board signs worn by a person while walking the public ways of the city;

M. Existing theater marquees (freestanding and/or building-mounted);

N. Reasonable temporary decorations and signs for the purpose of announcing or promoting a nonprofit sponsored, school sponsored, or child daycare center sponsored community fair, festival or event, including announcement of enrollment periods. Such decorations and signs may be displayed no more than 14 calendar days prior to and during the fair, festival or event.

If approved by the Department of Transportation, such decorations or signs may be located on or over the public right-of-way. All decorations and signs must be removed within five calendar days following the end of the fair, festival or event. (Ord. 5490 § 23, 2003; Ord. 5357 § 11, 2002; Ord. 4818 § 13, 1995; Ord. 3525 § 1, 1985; 1961 code § 17.01.100.)