20.72.070 Temporary signs.
A. Temporary signage for special events in commercial, industrial, and mixed-use zones shall be subject to the following requirements:
1. Temporary signs for special events including, without limitation, grand openings, inventory sales, and end-of-the-year sales may be displayed up to four times per calendar year; provided that the total cumulative period during which the signs are displayed does not exceed 60 days in any calendar year. If a business generates gross revenue receipts of three-fourths of a million dollars or more per year, temporary signs may be displayed for a maximum cumulative period of six months per calendar year; provided, that individual periods of display do not exceed 60 days.
2. Signs for special events may include balloons, pennants, and banners.
3. All special event signs require a sign permit for each special event, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
4. Only one banner sign shall be displayed per building elevation. No sign shall be permitted on any elevation of a building that is adjacent to residentially zoned or occupied property which is not separated from the residential property by a street or parking area of the same width as a public street.
5. No banner sign shall exceed three feet from top to bottom, nor 12 feet from side to side, nor 36 square feet in area.
6. Upon the expiration of a permit for a temporary sign, the applicant shall cause the sign to be removed within 24 hours.
B. Window Signs. Temporary signs displayed behind a window or within a building and visible from the sidewalk which occupy up to 25 percent of the window area of the building façade on which they appear.
C. Noncommercial message signs associated with a particular vote in a scheduled election may be erected as temporary signs, provided such signs are placed no sooner than 90 days prior to the scheduled election and removed within 10 days after that election. Such signs shall be no larger than 32 square feet. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).