1141.08 MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.

   The following provisions shall apply to all Signs:

   (a)   The total area of all Signs permitted on a lot in accordance with regulations set forth in the following sections shall include the area of all of the Sign faces visible from a public right-of-way, including the area of Signs placed upon the surface of windows or doors, but shall not include Signs which are less than two (2) square feet in area directing and guiding traffic and parking on private property, or any Signs which cannot be seen from a public street, right-of-way, or adjacent properties.

   (b)   The area of a Sign shall be measured within a continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such Sign including all text and graphics and any device used to attract attention provided, however, that structural elements lying outside the limits of such Sign and not forming an integral part of the display shall not be included as Sign area. 

   (c)   Monument Signs shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) faces.  Where the two faces of a Monument Sign are oriented one hundred eighty (180) degrees, or back to back, to one another the total Sign area of such sign shall be measured as if the sign had a single face.

   (d)   The height of a Monument Sign shall be measured from the finished grade at the base of the Sign to the highest point or element of the Sign.

   (e)   For the purposes of calculating permitted Sign area, the frontage of a building shall be the number of linear feet of the building wall or facade which faces the principal street or contains the main entrance as determined by the Building Commissioner.

      (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)