Temporary event signs.

Meridian Code of Ordinances § 7-247

in effect

Sec. 7-247. - Temporary event signs. Temporary event signs shall be allowed in all zoning districts and shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet per sign face. Such signs shall be allowed no more than thirty (30) days prior to the event or function and must be removed within ten (10) days after the event or function. No permit is required for a temporary event sign. Temporary event signs can be utilized for two (2) events per organization or business establishment per calendar year. Temporary event attention attracting devices such as flags, small balloons (two (2) square feet maximum), streamers and pinwheels are permitted. Such devices shall be allowed no more than fourteen (14) days per event and must be removed within forty-eight (48) hours after the event or function. Temporary event attention attracting devices can be utilized for four (4) events per organization or business establishment per calendar year. Attention attracting balloons for temporary events are permitted. Balloons are described as any display of an inflated object, including large inflated characters, blimps, replicas of hot-air balloons, etc., which are anchored to the ground, building or pole. These balloons are allowed in zoning districts B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, and I. A permit is required for a temporary event balloon. Balloons cannot be flown at a height greater than the distance from the point of anchoring to adjoining property lines, streets or thoroughfares, or power lines. Balloons cannot be flown at heights in excess of one hundred (100) feet. The size of the balloon shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in length or fifteen (15) feet in height. Indirect lighting is permitted. The balloon shall be anchored in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations and the approval of the building official. The applicant must supply a plot plan and description of anchoring devices. Additional signage attached to tethers, part of the tether, or attached to suspended balloons is prohibited. Such devices will be allowed no more than fourteen (14) days per event and shall be removed within forty-eighty (48) hours after the event. These devices can be utilized for four (4) events per organization or business establishment per calendar year. Snipe signs such as yard or garage sale signs are allowed only on private property. Such signs shall be posted no more than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the event and shall be removed within forty-eight (48) hours after the event. Temporary (cloth signs) or banners on city property. Any bona fide not-for-profit organization maybe permitted to hang approved banners on city brackets. Only banners which are seven feet eight inches times three feet, and which comply with all other requirements of Resolution #3900 dated July 7, 1992, are permitted. A permit for such banners shall only be granted after submission in writing, on a form furnished by the community development department, and approved by the banner review committee. Temporary event banners over public right-of-way. Bona fide not-for-profit organizations promoting or sponsoring civic, cultural, educational, scientific, industrial or economic development, tourism or government events may be permitted to hang approved temporary event signs overhead in the public right-of-way which are seventy-five (75) square feet in area or less, and comply with all other requirements of Resolution No. 3905, August 4, 1992. Applications for approval of temporary event signs shall be submitted in writing at least seven (7) days prior to regularly scheduled meetings of the banner review committee on a form furnished by the community development department. The temporary event signs may be in place no longer than thirty (30) days before and ten (10) days after the event with the allowable time to be determined by the banner committee. (Ord. No. 3791, § 7, 10-20-87; Ord. No. 3848, § 1, 12-19-89; Ord. No. 4036, § 7, 11-21-95; Ord. No. 4305, § 1, 1-16-2007)

Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH7BUBURE_ARTIXSI_S7-247TEEVSIFetched: 11/1/2026