Additional area for business identification signs shall be permitted for lots in business, office, and industrial districts in compliance with the following:
(a) Corner Lots and Side and Rear Entrances. When a building has more than one building frontage because of one or more of the following characteristics, each such building frontage shall be permitted business identification signs attached to such building wall in accordance with Schedule 1290.05:
(1) The building is located on a corner lot and faces two streets;
(2) The building has a customer entrance facing a parking lot and the customer entrance does not face the street.
(3) The building is on a lot that is contiguous to the I-90 right-of-way.
(b) Additional Area for Freestanding Signs on Corner Lots. One additional freestanding identification sign shall be permitted for a corner lot, provided that:
(1) The total frontage of both streets is not less than 300 feet;
(2) The area of each freestanding identification sign complies with Schedule 1290.05, and the total area of both freestanding signs shall not exceed 175% of the maximum area permitted for a single sign;
(3) The second freestanding sign is clearly located to provide identification along the secondary street; and
(4) The two signs may be aggregated into a single sign at the corner, provided that the area of any freestanding sign face shall not exceed 70 square feet, except as otherwise permitted in division (d) of this section.
(c) Large Building Setbacks. The maximum allowable area for identification signs attached to a building may be increased by one-half of a square foot of sign area for each foot of building frontage when the principal building is set back more than 200 feet from the primary street on which the building is located.
(d) Additional Area for Large Lots. The area and number of freestanding signs on large lots may be increased according to the following:
(1) The allowable area of any freestanding sign face may be increased by five square feet of area for every 20 lineal feet of lot frontage greater than 200 lineal feet.
(2) One freestanding sign shall be permitted for every 250 feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof, provided that the total area of freestanding signs does not exceed the maximum sign area permitted in division (d)(1) above.
(e) Common Business Identification Sign. In addition to the business identification sign provided for each business in this chapter, a commercial, office or industrial subdivision shall be permitted to have a common business identification sign. The maximum height of the common business identification sign shall be ten feet.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)