23.55.020

A. Signs shall be stationary and shall not rotate. B. No flashing, changing-image or message board signs shall be permitted. C. No roof signs shall be permitted. D. The following signs are permitted in all neighborhood residential zones: 1. Electric, externally illuminated or nonilluminated signs bearing the name of the occupant of a dwelling unit, not exceeding 64 square inches in area; 2. Memorial signs or tablets, and the name of buildings and dates of building erection if cut into a masonry surface or constructed of bronze or other noncombustible materials; 3. Signs for public facilities indicating danger and/or providing service or safety information; 4. National, state, and institutional flags; 5. For any nonresidential use allowed in the zone except for elementary or secondary schools, one electric or nonilluminated double-faced identifying wall or ground sign not to exceed 15 square feet of area per sign face on each street frontage; 6. On-premises directional signs not exceeding 8 square feet in area. One such sign is permitted for each entrance or exit to a surface parking area or parking garage; 7. For elementary or secondary schools, one electric or nonilluminated double-faced identifying sign, not to exceed 30 square feet of area per sign face on each street frontage, provided that the signs shall be located and landscaped so that light and glare impacts on surrounding properties are reduced, and so that any illumination is controlled by a timer set to turn off by 10 p.m. 8. One nonilluminated sign bearing the name of a home occupation not exceeding 5 square feet in area. E. Existing business signs for nonconforming business establishments may be replaced, provided that: 1. Maximum total area of sign faces shall be one hundred seventy (170) square feet, and the maximum area of the face of any single sign face shall be eighty-five (85) square feet. 2. The replacement sign shall not be a roof sign. 3. Replacement signs may be located in the same place as the original sign except that maximum height of any portion of the replacement sign shall be twenty-five (25) feet. 4. Replacement signs may be electric or nonilluminated. 5. The number of business signs shall not be increased. F. No sign shall be maintained in a surface parking area or on a parking garage which faces a residential lot other than one (1) designating an entrance, exit, or condition of use. G. Off-premises signs shall not be permitted, except that: 1. When accessory parking is provided on a lot other than the lot where the principal use is located, off-premises directional signs five (5) square feet or less in area identifying the accessory parking shall be permitted; 2. One (1) residential district identification wall or ground sign per entrance meeting the standards of Section 23.55.014 shall be permitted. 3. Sign kiosks are not permitted, except when the sign kiosk abuts a park or playground at least one (1) acre in size, or publicly owned community center and complies with Section 23.55.015 . (Ord. 126845 , § 2, 2023; Ord. 126509 , § 80, 2022 [zone name change]; Ord. 125272 , § 53, 2017; Ord. 123046, § 47, 2009; Ord. 121429 , § 2, 2004; Ord. 120609 , § 14, 2001; Ord. 120388 , § 6, 2001; Ord. 112830, § 10, 1986.)