A. Business With Frontage On Two Or More Streets:
1. The proposed development shall be allowed its quota of signs on each of the streets.
2. Where a business located on a corner is allowed a freestanding sign, it may have either one such freestanding sign designed to be read from both intersecting streets or two (2) freestanding signs where each sign is designed to be read from only one of the intersecting streets.
B. Multi-Use Properties: Properties with more than a single use in a commercial or industrial base district shall be allowed building business signs that identify the shopping center or industrial park as set forth in table 8-4I-2 of this section and as follows.
TABLE 8-4I-2: BUILDING SIGNS FOR SHOPPING CENTER OR INDUSTRIAL PARK SIGN STANDARDS FOR
PROPERTIES WITH MORE THAN A SINGLE USE
Building Sign Standards | C1 Base District | C2 And C3 Base District | Industrial Base District |
Maximum sign area | 200 square feet | 315 square feet | 315 square feet |
Maximum height, sign background area | 35 feet | 55 feet | 55 feet |
Maximum height, sign structure | 45 feet | 70 feet | 70 feet |
1. Building signs shall meet the following standards:
a. The maximum area of animated signs shall be twenty percent (20%) of the sign area, except in the LO and C1 districts where the maximum area shall be ten percent (10%) of the sign area.
b. Direct, internal and/or neon illumination shall be allowed, except for roof signs where no illumination is allowed.
c. The maximum area of projecting signs is ten percent (10%) of the building face. The maximum height of projecting signs shall be twenty feet (20') above grade or four feet (4') above eaves or the parapet, whichever is less.
d. Roof signs are allowed by conditional use permit only. The lower and upper edges of roof signs shall be within four feet (4') and eight feet (8') above the eaves of the building on which it is placed.
2. In lieu of building signs as set forth above, one freestanding sign shall be permitted on each street frontage.
a. Maximum area shall be fifty (50) square feet for each street frontage or one square foot of sign area for each linear foot of property fronting a street, whichever is greater.
b. Maximum height shall be twenty five feet (25').
c. Direct, internal, or neon illumination shall be allowed.
d. Ten percent (10%) of the sign area may be animated.
e. No freestanding signs shall be closer to an abutting property line than a distance equal to twenty percent (20%) of the width or length of the property upon which the sign is located.
3. A combination of a building sign and a freestanding sign may be used, provided all signs are reduced by fifty percent (50%) in sign area.
4. Signs in an LO or C1 base district shall not be closer than one hundred fifty feet (150') from any property in a residential district except the R12 and R20 districts, in which case the distance may be a minimum of one hundred feet (100').
5. Signs in other commercial or industrial base districts shall not be closer than two hundred fifty feet (250') from any property in a residential base district except the R12 and R20 districts, in which case the distance may be two hundred feet (200').
C. Establishments Within Multi-Use Properties: Establishments within a property that has more than one use in a commercial or industrial base district shall be allowed one or more building signs for each establishment as set forth below:
1. The maximum area shall be twenty five percent (25%) of the building face.
2. Maximum height shall be twenty feet (20') above grade or four feet (4') above the eaves or parapet, whichever is less.
3. Direct, internal, or neon illumination shall be allowed.
4. Ten percent (10%) of the sign area may be animated. No revolving signs shall be allowed.
5. Establishments above grade level shall be permitted to have business signs as outlined in this subsection C, except that the area for such signs shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%).
D. Single Use Properties: Business signs for properties with a single use in a commercial or industrial base district shall be allowed one or more building signs as set forth below:
1. The maximum sign area shall be based on the building face to which the sign is attached.
a. Maximum area for wall signs shall be forty percent (40%).
b. Maximum area for projecting signs and canopy signs shall be fifteen percent (15%).
2. Maximum height shall be thirty feet (30').
3. Direct, internal, or neon illumination shall be allowed.
4. Animation may not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the proposed sign area.
5. In lieu of building signs as set forth in this subsection D, one freestanding sign is permitted on each street frontage for any property:
a. Maximum area shall be sixty five (65) square feet for each street frontage or 1.5 square feet of sign area for each linear foot of property fronting a street, whichever is greater.
b. Maximum height shall be forty feet (40').
c. Direct, internal, or neon illumination shall be allowed.
d. Twenty percent (20%) of the sign area may be animated.
e. No freestanding signs shall be closer to an abutting property line than a distance equal to twenty percent (20%) of the width or length of the property upon which the sign is located.
6. A combination of a building sign and a freestanding sign may be used, provided all signs are reduced by fifty percent (50%) in sign area and the height to the top of the freestanding sign does not exceed thirty feet (30'). (Ord. 389, 6-14-2000)