SEC. 14.4.17. TEMPORARY SIGNS ON TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION WALLS AND ON SOLID WOOD FENCES SURROUNDING VACANT LOTS.

tion walls, and/or solid wood fences surrounding vacant lots pursuant to the terms of this section shall not extend above the top of the wall or fence and shall comply with the following: 1. The combined sign area of temporary signs shall not exceed 8 square feet for each foot of street frontage. 2. Individual signs shall not exceed a sign area of 250 square feet. 3. Signs may be grouped to form a maximum sign area of 250 square feet. 4. Signs or groups of signs having an area of 250 square feet shall be separated from any other sign on the temporary construction walls and/or solid wood fences surrounding vacant lots by at least 10 feet measured horizontally. C. Time Limit. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 14.4.16 C. of this article, a building permit for a temporary sign is time limited by the following: 1. A building permit for a temporary sign placed on a temporary construction wall shall remain valid for two years, or during the duration of the construction work, under a separate valid building permit, requiring a barrier, pursuant to Section 91.3306 of Los Angeles Municipal Code, whichever is less. (a) If the construction work authorized by the separate building permit has not commenced by the 180th day following the permit issuance date, or the 90th day when an operating business exists on the site, or work has been suspended, discontinued or abandoned for a continuous period of 180 days, or 90 days when an operating business exists on the site, the building permit for the temporary sign permitted pursuant to Subsection 14.4.17 A. shall be expired. If the separate building permit is revoked or expired, the building permit for the temporary sign shall be expired. Subsequent building permits for a temporary sign at the same site, issued in conjunction with the original separate construction permit, shall not be authorized. 2. A building permit for a temporary sign placed on a fence of solid wood or similar material surrounding a vacant lot shall remain valid for one year, or for as long as the lot remains vacant, whichever is less. Subsequent building permits for temporary signs on a fence of solid wood or similar material surrounding a vacant lot at the same site shall be issued under the terms of Subsection A. of this Section, not to exceed two additional permits, for a total of three years. D. Height.