1. Special event signage may be allowed subject to the following:

2. Banners may be allowed subject to the following:

3. Signs which are placed upon or within a window and which are intended to be viewed from the right-of-way shall not exceed 50 percent of the window area;

4. Permits are not required, except that signs exceeding the allowable size and time duration must receive a permit issued by the planning, building and community director if special circumstances exist that warrant the additional signage.

1. All lighting shall be arranged to reflect away from any residential zone. No person shall construct, establish, create or maintain any stationary exterior lighting or illumination system or any interior system which is intended to be viewed from a street, highway or other public thoroughfare used for vehicular traffic which system contains or utilizes:

2. The provisions of subsection (D)(1) of this section shall not apply to:

1. Each sign shall be adequately constructed in accordance with the requirements of the International Building Code, as amended;

2. Signs containing electrical circuitry shall meet the requirements of the National Electrical Code and all state laws, and shall include an approved testing lab sticker;

3. Signs must meet vehicular sight distance requirements established by the city engineer pursuant to the city of Auburn engineering design standards;

4. When a projecting sign is used, no angle irons, guy wires or braces shall be visible, except those that are an integral part of the overall design, such as decorative metals or woods, or unless they are required for safety.

1. Where Allowed. Changing message center signs shall only be allowed in the I, P-1, C-1, C-2, DUC, C-3, M-1 and M-2 zones.

2. Number. No more than one changing message center sign per street frontage shall be permitted on each property.

3. Sign Face Area. Except in the I and P-1 zones, the changing message center shall not constitute more than 75 percent of a sign’s total sign face area.

4. Display.

5. Light Levels.

6. On-Premises Advertising Only. Changing message center signs shall only advertise on-premises products and services, or display public service messages or messages on behalf of not-for-profit organizations.

7. Additional Requirements. A copy of the manufacturer’s operating manual shall be provided to the city upon request.

8. Amortization. All changing message center signs that do not comply with the requirements of subsections (F)(4) and (5) of this section shall be brought into compliance with those requirements by April 1, 2009.

1. The flag of a government or noncommercial institutions such as schools, with the poles treated as structures;

2. Official public notices, official court notices;

3. Incidental signs (see ACC 18.56.020(O), definitions);

4. Signs not visible from public right-of-way;

5. Lettering or symbols painted directly onto or flush-mounted magnetically onto an operable vehicle;

6. Painting, repainting, cleaning, repairing, and other normal maintenance unless structural or electrical changes are made;

7. Religious symbols not attached to a permitted sign;

8. Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings, dates of erection and the like, which are incorporated into the building material and facade;

9. Signs required by law, traffic or pedestrian control signs, signs indicating scenic or historic points of interest, which are erected by or on the order of a public officer in the performance of their public duty;

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

11. Temporary signs limited exclusively to noncommercial speech.

1. A swinging projecting sign;

2. Portable signs, except as permitted by ACC 18.56.025 (Real estate signs), ACC 18.56.040(E) (C-2 Zoning District), and ACC 18.29.060(I) (Signs);

3. Banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners, rotating or blinking lights, strings of lights, or similar devices, except as permitted by subsection B of this section (Temporary Signs);

4. Flashing signs, except as permitted in subsection D of this section (Sign Lighting Provisions);

5. Changing message center signs, except as allowed in the I, P-1, C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1 and M-2 zones;

6. Signs attached to, or placed on, a vehicle or trailer parked on private or public property that is not associated with the business advertised on said sign(s). This provision is not to be construed as prohibiting the identification of a firm or its principal products on a vehicle used in the normal course of business. This does not include automobile for sale signs or signs attached to franchised buses or taxis;

7. Private signs placed in or on a public right-of-way, except for as expressly permitted by this chapter;

8. Any sign which constitutes a traffic hazard or detriment to traffic safety by reason of its size, location, movement, coloring, or method of illumination, or by obstructing the vision of drivers, or detracting from the visibility of any official traffic control device by diverting or tending to divert the attention of drivers of moving vehicles from traffic movement on streets, roads, intersections, or access facilities. No sign shall be erected so that it obstructs the vision of pedestrians by glare or method of illumination or constitutes a hazard to traffic. No sign may use words, phrases, symbols or characters in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic;

9. Any sign or advertising structure or supporting structure that is torn, damaged, defaced or destroyed;

10. Signs attached to poles installed by governmental agencies, utility poles, trees, rocks or other natural features;

11. Signs attached to benches, garbage cans, or other street furniture located within the public right-of-way;

12. Rotating signs;

13. Billboards;

14. Any sign which does not structurally or materially conform to the requirements of the city’s adopted International Building Code.

1. Whenever a new building replaces the principal building.

2. When there is an expansion of an existing building, the requirements of this section shall apply only if there is an increase in floor area of 25 percent or more (including the cumulative increase of previous expansions after the effective date of the ordinance amending this section).

3. Whenever a nonconforming use is replaced by a conforming use, the requirements of this section shall apply in full to the new use if and only if there is a change in required signage due to the zoning district.

4. Any sign, including the sign structure, now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises a bona fide business conducted or a product sold. Such sign(s) shall be taken down and removed by the owner, agent or person having the beneficial use of the land, building or structure upon which such sign may be found within 90 days after written notification from the building official.