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The information provided below is general in nature and in part representative of the current banner and sign use restrictions for the municipality listed above. The information represents common concerns that one should consider when ordering vinyl banners or signs online.
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Sign and Banner Regulations for Seattle Washington
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The information below is culled from various sources and in part represents the laws of Seattle Washington. It's purpose is to represent some of the common concerns one should consider when ordering banners online.
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Chapter description.
Chapter 13 regulates the use of all banners within the City of Seattle Washington in order to:
1. Recognize the functions and importance of vinyl banners for the business sector of the community and the city as a whole;
2. Preserve and enhance the unique character and the visual appearance of the city;
3. Recognize the integral part played by banners, including printable banners in the overall appearance of the city;
4. Provide a reasonable set of controls that will permit and encourage creative and effective banners that adequately identify a business;
5. Banner Maker guidance and direction for banner users and banner designers as to what constitutes appropriate signage in the city;
6. Set standards that will encourage banners to be used primarily for business identification rather than product or service advertising; and
7. To promote the safe circulation of traffic and otherwise further the purposes of this zoning ordinance.
Applicability.
Provisions for the City of Seattle Washington and of this chapter shall apply to all vinyl banners within the city. No banner may be located, maintained, or otherwise used unless it complies with the provisions of this chapter. Any non-commercial message may be substituted for the copy on any commercial banner permitted by this chapter. This chapter may be referenced and cited as the city's "banner ordinance."
banner location criteria shall be as follows:
1. On the site. All vinyl banners shall be located on the site occupied by the use to which they pertain unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
2. Visibility obstructions. No vinyl banner may be located in a manner which may constitute a traffic hazard or create a hazardous condition for persons using a public right-of-way.
Exempted banners.
The following vinyl banners may not be located in a manner that may constitute a traffic hazard or create a hazardous condition for persons using a public right-of-way but shall be otherwise exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent allowed by this section:
1. banner signs of a duly constituted governmental entity which are located in the public right-of-way, such as traffic or similar regulatory devices, legal devices, or warnings at railroad crossings.
2. Banner advertising placed by a public utility showing the location of underground facilities.
3. Memorial banners installed by a governmental agency including, but not limited to, historic landmarks, or districts, or markers, or points of interest.
4. banners required to be maintained by governmental law, order, rule, regulation, or other mandate up to a total area not to exceed five square feet on any lot or parcel, unless such governmental mandate specifically requires a larger banner area.
5. banners within a public recreational use (such as a public park) which cannot be seen from a public street.
6. banners installed by civic, philanthropic, educational or religious organizations, temporary in nature and displayed for a maximum of 30 days per calendar year.
7. banners displayed for the convenience of the public, located upon the property to which they pertain such as banners identifying restrooms, public telephones, entrances, or parking restrictions. The area of any such banner shall not exceed three square feet.
8. banners identifying acceptable credit cards, hours of operation or like information, provided that, the total area of all such banners shall not exceed two square feet.
9. Addresses and nameplates in residential zones, provided that, the area of such banners shall not exceed two square feet.
10. Street address number for all zones except residential zones. The area of such banners shall not exceed four square feet.
11. banners located inside a building and not visible from the outside of such building.
12. Flags of duly constituted governmental entities and official flags of philanthropic or religious organizations.
13. banners, other than temporary political Banner designs or banners prohibited by section 24.420.270, that display noncommercial messages erected or displayed on private property pursuant to the exercise of the constitutionally protected rights of free speech and free expression.
14. vinyl banners installed on either public or private property to identify public transportation systems.
15. banners in the Public Right-of-Way. Off-site banners that are part of and accessory to bus shelters, transit shelters, pay phones, trash receptacles, and other similar street furniture located in the public right-of-way and installed by the city or in compliance with an agreement with the city. This includes street banners attached to streetlights and other similar structures.
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