Ashland

Real properties are not permitted a temporary sign for more than thirty (30) days during a twelve (12)-month period unless otherwise specified in this chapter.

A sign, not illuminated, advertising an auction to be conducted on the lot or premises upon which it is situated, such signs shall not exceed 20 square feet in area and may be erected not more than one (1) month before the date of the auction advertised and shall be removed within forty-eight (48) hours of its conclusion. No more than one such sign per site per calendar year.

A temporary sign, not exceeding 20 square feet, made of fabric or other flexible material, suspended from a fixed structure, rope, wire, string, or cable. Banner signs are for the advertising of a special event, product, or group. Banner signs are not to be displayed for a period of more than thirty (30) days per calendar year. New businesses may be granted an additional thirty (30) days within the same calendar year. In all Residential Zones, temporary banners are not permitted on sites with houses, duplexes, and attached houses. Exception: banners for holidays, religious commemoration, and special family events. In the, Central Business District B-1, Highway Commercial B-2, Neighborhood Commercial B-4, Limited Industrial M-1, Planned Shopping Center PSC, Planned Office-Business POB zones, one banner no larger than twenty (20) square feet in size is permitted per property or, on a multi-use property, per storefront. Only one (1) of these banners may be hung on each building wall or on each separate structure. In no case may a site or storefront have more than two (2) temporary banners. In no case shall a temporary banner be larger than twenty (20) square feet in size. A temporary banner may be displayed no longer than thirty (30) days per calendar year with the exception of an additional thirty (30) days for a new business.

There shall be permitted only one such sign upon each site, and it shall not exceed the area of thirty-two (32) square feet. It shall not be illuminated and shall be set back not less than ten (10) feet from the property line.

Political campaign signs ... shall be permitted up to a total area of eighteen (18) total square feet for each lot in a residential district and individual signs shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. Political campaign signs shall be permitted up to a total area of thirty-two (32) square feet in a business or industrial zone. These signs shall be confined within private property and shall not encroach into the visibility triangle at street intersections. All signs must be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from the property line.

In all residential zones, the area of each such sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet. In all business and industrial zones, the area of such signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet each. In all zones, such signs shall not be illuminated and shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from the property line.

A freestanding or attached sign not exceeding four (4) square feet in area, containing no advertising matter, and indicating the direction that traffic on the premises is to be routed

Such signs shall not exceed 40% of the total area of the window or door on which it is located.

In the Central Business District B-1, B-1D, Central Business District - Downtown, Highway Commercial B-2, Neighborhood Commercial B-4, Limited Industrial M-1, Planned Shopping Center PSC, Planned Office-Business POB zones, one banner no larger than twenty (20) square feet in size is permitted per property

No use shall exceed four (4) months in any twelve-month period. Any bona fide civic, charitable, fraternal, or welfare organization shall be exempt from obtaining a conditional use permit if the use is located on their property.

No travel trailer shall be used for other temporary dwelling or sleeping quarters to exceed thirty (30) days.