Section 12.13
Signs located within a building or structure and not visible to people outside the building or structure are exempt from the sign requirements in the ordinance.
The following exemptions shall not be construed as relieving the owner of such sign from the responsibility of complying with applicable provisions of this ordinance.
These exemptions shall apply to the requirements for site plan review and permitting of signs only, and no sign permit shall be required for the erection of the following signs:
Signs erected by an official government body or agency and deemed necessary for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare.
Official flags of government.
Signs required to be maintained by law or government order rule or regulation.
Any single, non-illuminated sign with a gross surface area of four (4) square feet or less provided no other sign exists on the lot or parcel (excluding traffic control signs and house/building address signs.)
Holiday decorations and greetings in season without any commercial message.
Any sign which sets forth the house or building address, provided that the individual characters on the sign do not exceed twelve (12) inches in height.
Scoreboards on athletic fields.
Price, volume, warnings and similar information required to be displayed by law including, but not limited to, warnings on equipment (e.g., gas pumps), price and volume/quantify displays on machines (e.g., price and volume on gas pumps and digital displays showing the amount of money deposited in a coin operated vending machine); provided, however, that:
1) the information is displayed at the minimum size required by law up to a maximum of four (4) square feet; and 2) the information is not intended to be legible to a person of average eyesight standing on the property line. i. Memorial tablets, building dedication tablets, historical markers, and similar signs incorporated into the architecture of the building by moldings, embossing or engraving on the face of the building or when constructed of bronze or other non- combustible material, up to a maximum of four (4) square feet.