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The following signs are exempt from the permit requirements of these standards:

(1) Temporary signs on private property or public property meeting the requirements in SMC 17.110.150 (Temporary signs).

(2) Signs attached to the inside of a window which do not exceed 50 percent of the total window area of the business.

(3) Signs that are an integral part of the historic character of a landmark building or historic district.

(4) Public signs regulating vehicular or pedestrian traffic or designating or giving direction to streets, schools, hospitals, historic sites, or public facilities.

(5) Flags of any government or governmental agency or any patriotic, religious, charitable, civic, educational, or fraternal organization not exceeding 40 square feet in area.

(6) Hand-held signs not set on or affixed to the ground and not exceeding 10 square feet in area.

(7) Memorial or commemorative plaques or tablets denoting a building name and/or date of construction or a location of historic significance and not exceeding four square feet in area.

(8) Signs located on baseball field fencing within city parks. Signs shall be no greater than four feet by eight feet, only up during baseball season, and remain in good condition. The city shall have the right to remove signage that they deem to be in poor condition. (Ord. 1440 § 5, 2017; Ord. 1398 § 24, 2015; Ord. 1311 § 3, 2012; Ord. 1262 § 1, 2010).