18A.100.030 Administration – Sign regulations.
A. A sign permit is required for all new signs or structural modifications to any existing sign visible from the public right-of-way except:
1. Signs visible from the public right-of-way that are under (2) square feet and total less than one (1) percent of the individual building facade.
2. Signs located inside of a building, painted on a window, or hanging inside of a window; provided, that window signs shall be limited to forty (40) percent of the window area.
3. Temporary signs as outlined in LMC 18A.100.070
B. Each individual permanent sign shall require a separate sign permit, except as specifically exempted in this section. Any sign for which a building permit is required under the International Building Code shall also obtain a building permit.
C. The Community Development Director shall not issue a sign permit for a freestanding sign or modification of a freestanding sign if a nonconforming freestanding sign exists on the subject property or contiguously owned properties; nor issue a sign permit for a wall sign or modification of a wall sign if a nonconforming wall or roof sign exists on the subject property or contiguously owned properties, except as provided in LMC 18A.100.080, Nonconforming signs.
D. Signs Placed in Roundabouts. A right-of-way permit shall be required for any sign located in a roundabout. [Ord. 794 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 726 § 2 (Exh. B), 2019.]