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Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, all temporary signs placed on commercial properties shall conform to the following provisions:

(1) Permit Required. Only temporary banner signs placed on commercial properties require a permit issued by the City pursuant to CMC 18.55.070.

(2) Commercial and Noncommercial Signs. Temporary signs on commercial properties may be commercial or noncommercial in their messaging.

(3) Features. No temporary sign on a commercial property may have direct or internal illumination, changing image sign features, or electronic elements.

(4) Banners. Temporary banner signs on commercial properties shall be limited to the following:

(a) Quantity.

(i) One temporary banner sign is allowed per tenant space on the property.

(ii) The property owner (or landlord), if not also a tenant, may be allowed one temporary banner sign.

(b) Size. The maximum size of a banner shall be 32 square feet.

(c) Placement. A banner shall be attached to the face of the building and may not extend above the roofline.

(d) Duration. Each tenant space, or the property owner pursuant to subsection (4)(a)(ii) of this section, shall be allowed to display a temporary banner for no more than a total of 120 days in a calendar year.

(5) Portable Signs.

(a) Quantity. One temporary portable sign is allowed per tenant space on the property.

(b) Size. The sign shall be no more than 12 square feet in size, with no single sign face larger than six square feet. No portable sign face shall be greater than four feet in height.

(c) Placement. Portable signs must be placed entirely on private property.

(d) Duration. Portable signs may be placed from sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year.

(6) Window Signs. Temporary signs placed on the inside of windows shall, in aggregate, not exceed 50 percent of the area of the window on which they are displayed.

(7) Temporary Freestanding Sign. Where a commercial property, either in whole or in part, is actively listed for sale or lease, one additional temporary freestanding sign for each street frontage on the site is allowed pursuant to the following:

(a) The sign shall be no more than 32 square feet in area. Temporary freestanding signs may have an additional face up to 32 square feet in size if the angle between the sign faces is less than 90 degrees. The sign shall not exceed seven feet in height;

(b) The sign must be placed totally on private property; and

(c) The sign must be immediately removed upon the termination or closing of a sale or lease of any listed property or tenant space. (Ord. 08-18 § 2 (Exh. A))