(A) Except as otherwise permitted by this chapter, signs in the C-B District shall be limited to wall, canopy and awning signs.
(B) Regulations governing these signs are as follows.
(1) Wall signs.
General Location | Specific Location | Maximum Number | Area | Maximum Letter Size | Maximum Height* |
General Location | Specific Location | Maximum Number | Area | Maximum Letter Size | Maximum Height* |
Facades facing a public street | Between first window and window sill of second floor, or on sign frieze area of building if original to building | 1 | 2 sq. ft. for each lineal foot of building wall facing a public street | 16 in. | 16 ft. |
Facades facing an alley or parking lot, or side of the building | Above or beside doorway | 1 | 8 sq. ft. | 9 in. if above doorway; 6 in. if beside doorway; 16 in. if no doorway | 12 ft. |
Outside entrance to upper floors | Above or beside entrance | 1 | 8 sq. ft. above entrance; 2 sq. ft. if beside entrance | 9 in.; 6 in. if beside entrance | 12 ft. |
Windows | First floor windows | 2 | 20% of total window space | 6 inches | 8 ft. |
Upper floor windows, if different business | 1 | 50% of window size | 8 in. | NA | |
Front of building | For historical plaque | 1 | 4 sq. ft. | 4 in. | 6 ft. |
NOTES TO TABLE: * As measured from the top of the sign to the sidewalk | |||||
(2) Canopy and awning signs.
(a) A sign message on a canopy or awning shall contain only the name of the business, street address and/or the type of business, type of goods sold or services rendered.
1. Each business is permitted up to one sign hung under a canopy or awning provided the message on the sign is perpendicular to the building and the sign is at least eight and one half feet above the surface of the sidewalk and is no more than four square feet in size.
2. If a wall sign is not used, a business is permitted to use up to one canopy or awning sign. Said sign may be of either of the following types of canopy or awning signs:
a. A canopy or awning sign along a canopy or awning edge (fringe or drip-flap) for fabric canopies or awnings or vertical facia surface (in the case of a rigid canopy or awning); provided, the message does not exceed ten inches in height nor extend in any direction above, below or beyond the canopy edge; and
b. A canopy or awning sign above the edge of the canopy or awning on the surface of the canopy or awning covering; provided, the signing is within the parallel edges of the canopy or awning covering and is an integral part of the canopy or awning covering.
(b) Signage on the canopy or awning sign shall be limited to no greater than one-half of the area bounded by the edges of the canopy or awning not including any drip flap or vertical facia surface. If signage is only found in fringe drip-flap portion of the canopy, the entire portion of said area may be utilized for signage.
(Ord. passed - -, § 8.10)