TABLE 159.05B.   MAXIMUM TOTAL SIGN AREA PER ZONE LOT BY ZONING DISTRICT
The maximum total area of all signs on a zone lot except incidental, building marker and identification signs and flagsb shall not exceed the lesser of the following:
R-1, 2, 5e
R-3, 4e
INS a e
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-6
C-7 f
IHS c
M-1
M-2
The maximum total area of all signs on a zone lot except incidental, building marker and identification signs and flagsb shall not exceed the lesser of the following:
R-1, 2, 5e
R-3, 4e
INS a e
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-6
C-7 f
IHS c
M-1
M-2
Maximum Number of Total Square Feet
4
30
30
100
200 d
300 d
200
500
300 d
300
200
200
Percentage of Ground Floor Area of Principal Building
NA
NA
NA
4%
6%
8%
10%
8%
8%
NA
2%
2%
or
Square Feet of Signage Per Linear Foot of Street Frontage
NA
.5
.5
2.0
3.0
134.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
NA
NA
NA
a.   This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted under the Zoning Code in residential zoning districts. Such uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, churches, schools, funeral homes and cemeteries.
b.   Flags of the United States, the State, the City, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States, and any other flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction, provided that such a flag shall not exceed 60 square feet in area and shall not be flown from a pole the top of which is more than 40 feet in height. These flags must be flown in accordance with protocol established by the Congress of the United States for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting any one or more of these conditions shall be considered a banner sign and shall be subject to regulation as such.
c.   This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to commercial districts that are defined in Section 159.06.
d.    For buildings between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet of ground floor area of the principal building, 200 square feet plus an additional 0.004 square feet. For buildings exceeding 100,000 square feet of ground floor area of the principal building, 500 square feet plus an additional 0.003 square feet of signage up to a maximum of 1,000 square feet. In the C-7 district, for buildings, with multiple tenants and exceeding 275,000 square feet of gross floor area of the principal building(s), 0.0225 square feet of signage per square foot of first floor area. (Ord. 02-23-2015 #1 (401) – Jun. 15 Supp.)
e.    The conditions of Section 159.16 (Project Identification Signs) of this chapter apply.
f.    Signs in this district are allowed as stated and in conformance with the approved development plan.
 
(Ord. 06-02-2014 #02 (394) – June 14 Supp.)