Clarksville's sign chapter expressly exempts holiday signs and decorations carrying no commercial message. Lights and yard displays on private property are not regulated as signs, and the code sets no takedown date.
Zoning Ordinance Section 8.1(2) lists signs exempt from the entire sign chapter, and item D covers holiday signs and decoration with no commercial message. Item C exempts works of art without a commercial message, and item G exempts signs displayed within permitted public festivals and street fairs. A display that advertises a business loses the exemption and falls back into Chapter 8. Placement rules still apply off the lot: Section 12-111 prohibits obstructing any street or sidewalk, Section 12-113 lets the city remove obstructions at the owner's cost, and Section 12-105 requires eight feet of clearance for anything projecting over a public way in the central business district. Nothing in the code sets a removal deadline for seasonal decorations.
Obstructing a public way violates Section 12-111. The city may remove the obstruction under Section 12-113 and charge the reasonable cost to the property owner.
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