Vermont § 494 - Exempt signs The following signs are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except as indicated in section 495 of this title:

§ 494. Exempt signs The following signs are exempt from the requirements of this chapter except as indicated in section 495 of this title:

• (1) Signs located on or in the rolling stock of common carriers. (2) Signs on registered and inspected motor vehicles except those that are determined
  by the Travel Information Council to be circumventing the intent of this chapter. (3) Signs, with an area of not more than 260 square inches, identifying stops or fare
  zone limits of common carriers by motor bus. (4) Signs erected and maintained by or with the approval of a town outside the highway
  right-of-way, each of which does not exceed 64 square feet in area, excluding panel
  and frame, which may show the place and time of services or meetings of churches and
  civic organizations in the town, and which may include a panel which identifies the
  name of the town, the charter date, the date the town was founded, or any other significant
  date in the history of the town, and which the town wishes to identify. The panel
  may bear the wording “welcome to” the particular town. Not more than two such signs
  may be erected and maintained readable by traffic proceeding in any one direction
  on any one highway. The signs shall meet the criteria of the Agency of Transportation
  and the Travel Information Council. A sign that otherwise meets the requirements of
  this subdivision may refer to a census-designated place within a town rather than
  the town itself. As used in this subdivision, “census-designated place” means a statistical
  entity consisting of a settled concentration of population that is identifiable by
  name, is not legally incorporated under the laws of the State, and is delineated as
  such a place by the U.S. Census Bureau according to its guidelines. (5) Residential directional signs, each of which does not exceed four square feet in area,
  along highways other than limited-access facilities (but not within the highway right-of-way),
  except that a license is required if the person maintains a professional, commercial,
  or business activity at this residence and wishes to indicate its existence. (6)(A) Official traffic control signs, including signs on limited access highways, consistent
  with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) adopted under 23 V.S.A. § 1025, directing persons to: