(a)

Any commercial enterprise, other than a home office, which has been issued a certificate of use, may make application for a temporary sign permit for any of the following purposes:

(1)

Grand opening.

(2)

Holiday or post-holiday sale.

(3)

Change of management.

(4)

Special promotions.

(b)

Permits shall be limited as follows:

(1)

No more than six such permits shall be issued to any one commercial enterprise in any one calendar year.

(2)

No permit shall be issued for a period exceeding 14 consecutive days.

(3)

No permit shall be issued for temporary promotional signs within 45 days of the issuance of any previous temporary sign permit for the same commercial enterprise on the same plot.

(c)

Temporary signs that may be permitted on the premises of the commercial enterprise are as follows:

(1)

Banners, flags and pennants.

(2)

Balloon signs.

(3)

Sidewalk signs.

(4)

Trailer signs without animation.

(d)

All signs shall be placed on the private property occupied by the commercial enterprise. No trailer sign or sidewalk sign shall block or interfere with any pedestrian or vehicular areas.

(e)

Maximum size and number of signs. Temporary signs shall be limited as follows:

(1)

Banners, flags and pennants shall not be limited.

(2)

Balloon signs shall be limited to one per commercial enterprise.

(3)

Balloon signs shall not be elevated to a height exceeding 25 feet from the ground, and shall be a maximum of 24 feet wide.

(4)

Balloon signs and trailer signs shall not be placed in any landscaped area, shall not be located less than ten feet from any right-of-way line or other private property line and shall not be located within any district boundary line separation or setback area.

(5)

Sidewalk signs shall be limited to two signs, a maximum 24 inches by 30 inches in size per sign.

(6)

Trailer signs shall be limited to one per commercial enterprise, a maximum 24 square feet in area.

(f)

Any commercial enterprise which is found to be in violation of this section by the code enforcement special magistrate, shall not be issued a temporary promotional sign permit for one year after the expiration of the last such permit issued to the commercial enterprise or after the adjudication of the violation by the code enforcement special magistrate.

(Ord. No. 2007-02, exh. A, § 32, 2-21-2007)