Town Center | Signage
E. Prohibited signs
11. Pole-mounted freestanding signs;
Except as indicated by this chapter, the following signs or displays are prohibited: 1. Any sign that is otherwise allowed, but does not comply with the provisions of this chapter;
12. Roof-mounted signs; and
13. Billboards.
F. Exempt signs
The following signs or displays are exempted from the regulations under this chapter: 1. Historic plaques not exceeding three square feet in area, and address numbers; 2. Official or legal notices issued and posted by any public agency or court; 3. Traffic control signs established by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or authorized by City of Sammamish department of public works; 4. Plaques, tablets, or inscriptions, which are attached flat to the face of the building, which are nonilluminated, and which do not exceed four square feet in surface area; 5. Incidental signs, which shall not exceed two square feet in surface area; provided, that said size limitation shall not apply to signs providing directions, warnings, or information when established and maintained by a public agency;
2. Signs attached to a fence;
3. Signs which, by reason of their size, location, movement, content, coloring, or manner of illumination, may be confused with traffic control signs or signals; 4. Temporary signs except as specifically allowed in SDC 21.07.090N.; 5. Except as specifically allowed, signs located in the public right-of-way, or within travel lanes or sidewalks, or attached to traffic control signs, utility or signal poles; 6. Changing message center signs or signs containing moving graphics, text, or video, or that are flashing, moving, rotating, animated, or inflated; 7. A sign that extends higher than the peak of the roof, ridge line, or parapet of a building to which it is attached;
8. Visible ballast boxes or other sign equipment;
6. Government flags; and
9. Posters, pennants, strings of lights, moving/flashing/blinking lights, balloons, searchlights, exposed electrical conduits, and other displays of a carnival nature, except on a limited basis as provided for in SDC 21.07.090N. as temporary business displays;
7. Nonverbal religious symbols attached to a place of worship.
G. Interpretation of tables and design standards
1. SDC 21.07.090H. determines whether a specific sign type is allowed in a zone district. The zone district and the public
10. Box or cabinet signs;
540 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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