17.22.070 Signs.
In an R-5 zone, the following types of signs are permitted:
A. A sign not to exceed six square feet in area identifying the owner or occupant of the property on which it is located. Such sign may be indirectly illuminated;
B. A nonilluminated, temporary sign not to exceed six square feet in area concerning the lease, rental, or sale of a property;
C. A nonilluminated sign not to exceed 48 square feet in area identifying a subdivision at the location of the sign;
D. Signs may be located in a required front yard or a required side yard adjacent to a street but shall not be located in or extend over a street or public right-of-way;
E. Political campaign signs are permitted as follows:
1. Campaign signs shall not be erected earlier than six weeks prior to an election for which they were made.
2. Permitted signs shall not exceed six square feet in area.
3. Such signs shall be confined within private property and removed within 14 days after the election for which they were made.
4. Prior to the erection of any political campaign sign, the political treasurer on behalf of the candidate or issue shall post a bond in the form approved by the city attorney and filed with the planning director in the amount of $50.00 guaranteeing removal of such signs within 14 days after the election for which they are used.
5. The city shall remove signs posted in the public right-of-way and those signs not removed from private property 14 days following the election. The costs of removal shall be deducted from the bond posted; the bond or remaining portion thereof shall be refunded upon compliance with this section.
F. A nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated sign not to exceed 24 square feet identifying a “model home,” subject to the procedures outlined in Section 17.54.060.
G. A nonilluminated freestanding sign not to exceed 15 feet in height and 36 square feet in area may be permitted to identify a public school at the location of the sign. In lieu of such signage, a nonilluminated wall-mounted sign not to exceed 48 square feet in area, or a nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated monument sign not to exceed six feet in height and 48 square feet in area, is permitted. A reader board may be integral to the sign. Such signs shall be located in compliance with the setbacks applicable to the residential zone in which they are located. (Ord. 5098 §1 (Appx. E), 2020).