Unless otherwise specified herein or unless
the context shall require a contrary construction, the following definitions
shall apply to the provisions of this article:
CASUAL SIGN
Any sign erected for a temporary or transient purpose, not
intended for permanent display, but the term shall not be construed
so as to apply to billboards or similar permanent structures which
are changed periodically or to signs erected within structures. Examples
of casual signs shall be real estate signs, signs advertising yard
sales and the like and political advertisements, although this list
is not to be deemed all inclusive.
POST
Displaying a casual sign, by whatever means.
No person shall post a casual sign:
A. Upon the premises of an individual without the consent
thereof.
B. Upon any tree or utility pole abutting a highway without
the consent of the abutting owner, in the case of a tree, or the utility,
in the case of a pole.
C. In such a way that the same blocks, obstructs or impedes
public passage upon a public street, highway or sidewalk.
E. In such a way that it cannot be removed.
F. In such other manner as may be proscribed by law.
A person posting a casual sign shall remove
the same after the event described in said sign is past. For purposes
of this section, a casual sign shall be removed within the time limit
specified herein:
A. Signs advertising sales, such as yard sales and auctions:
within 48 hours after the sale is concluded.
B. Freestanding signs advertising sales at commercial
structures: within 72 hours after the sale is concluded.
C. Political advertisements: within 49 hours after the
election is concluded.
D. Signs advertising real estate for sale: within seven
days of the date that title actually closes.
E. For all other casual signs not herein specified: within
48 hours of the date of posting.