11-14-7: TABLE OF SIGN TYPES, DEFINITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS:

   A.   Listed below are the types of signs permitted followed by a definition of each sign type and a table of the standards governing the characteristics of each.

   Table 11-14-7A

001	Awning sign. A sign which is designed into the material composing the awning which may serve as an on premises identification and advertising sign.
	Type str.: On awning, one face
	Size: Square footage of all signage shall be calculated as follows:
		Terms:
		LWP = Linear width of involved parcel in feet.
		SPL = Building setback from involved property line in feet.
		Equation:
		(LWP + SPL) / 2 = Total allowable Awning signage square footage.
		(A 60 square foot minimum regardless of formula and no business may exceed 300 square feet, regardless of formula.)
	Ill.: Flood.
	Height: Same as awning NTE 30 feet.
	Location: Same as awning.
	Number: Same as awning up to four.
	Projection: Four feet.
005	Clocks. A commercial size clock capable of being read beyond the property on which it is located.
	Type str. : Mon, Pole, Bldg, two face.
	Size: Square footage of all signage shall be calculated as follows:
		Terms:
		LWP = Linear width of involved parcel in feet.
		SPL = Building setback from involved property line in feet.
		Equation:
		(LWP + SPL) / 2 = Total allowable signage square footage.
		(A 60 square foot minimum regardless of formula and no business may exceed 300 square feet, regardless of formula.)
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Exp, EPS (a 50 square foot maximum allowed for Exp or EPS).
	Height: 20 feet.
	Location: Buildable area only.
	Number: One per interior lot.
	Projection: Four feet.
006	Institutional bulletin. Sign displaying changeable type messages situated on a parcel with a land use of a school, religious assembly, library, or other institutional use. A sign which may contain the name of the institution, located on the immediate institutional grounds, which has movable type or other manner of changing copy and gives times and other information of upcoming institution activities.
	Type str.: Mon, Pole, Bldg, two face.
	Size: 32 square feet.

	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil, Exp, EPS.
	Height: 10 feet.
	Location: NCT 10 feet to front property line and other buildable areas.
	Number: One per interior lot.
	Special Conditions: The sign will require a special use permit in any residentially zoned location or bordering any residentially zoned location. All message centers in the residentially zoned districts must remain blank from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. All light emanating from the sign must be contained on the parcel where the sign is located. The sign may not have any moving parts. For performance standards, all activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the industrial districts.
	Projection: Four feet.
008	For sale and for lease. A sign which is temporary and is intended to indicate that the immediate perimeter or land is available for sale or for lease and contains the corporate and/or private name and phone and/or address of the agent who may be contacted for inquiries concerning the property.
	Type str.: Mon, Pole, Bldg, two face.
	Size: 32 square feet.
	Ill.: None.
	Height: 15 feet.
	Location: No restriction.
	Number: One per interior lot.
	Projection: None.
009	Flags. A sign made of cloth, bunting or similar material, often attached to a pole, with specific colors, patterns, or symbolic devices, used as a national, state or local symbol, or to indicate membership in an organization.
	Type str.: Pole, Bldg, two face.
	Size: No limit.
	Ill.: Flood.
	Height: 50 feet.
	Location: No restriction.
	Number: No limit.
	Projection: 30 feet from pole.
011	House numbers. Also known as street address numbers, is a small sign with the numerals or written number which has been assigned as the progressive number which indicates the relative location along a street or place of the premises concerned.
	Type str.: Bldg, one face.
	Size: Two square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil.
	Height: 10 feet in res.
	Location: Buildable area on building.
	Number: One for each wall of each building.
	Projection: Two feet from structure.
014	Changeable type or marquee sign. A fixed sign either mounted on the ground, on a pole, or on a building, which has letters which can be changed so as to make new messages. This sign may also have programmable type.
	Type str.: Pole, Bldg, Mon, two face.
	Size: 300 square feet. 60 square feet if erected within a required yard. 50 square feet maximum allowed for the Exp or EPS message center.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Exp, EPS.
	Height: 20 feet if erected at or behind the required yard line, 15 feet if erected in the required yard.
	Location: Minimum of 15 feet from the property line or ½ the distance of the required yard, whichever is greater or within the buildable area.
	Number: One per interior lot.
	Special Conditions: The sign may not have any moving parts. For performance standards, all activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the industrial districts. All light emanating from the sign must be contained on the parcel where the sign is located.
	Projection: Four feet.
016	Nameplates. A small sign which contains the name of one individual or a married couple or a family surname or company name, as an identification for a specific doorway or building.
	Type str.: Bldg, Mon, two face.
	Size: One square foot.
	Ill.: Flood, Back.
	Height: 15 feet.
	Location: No restrictions.
	Number: One per dwelling.
	Projection: Two feet.
017	Off premises advertising. A sign which advertises a business, service, product, or activity at a location other than where the business, service, product, or activity is located and is located in an agricultural zoning district. Often referred to as billboards.
	Type str.: Pole, Mon, Bldg, except front, two face.
	Size: 672 square feet, but within 800 feet of an interstate highway right-of-way, a sign oriented toward interstate traffic may be as large as 784 square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood.
	Height: 20 feet for a separate structure, or when attached to a building, four feet above roof parapet line, whichever is lower.
	Location: Buildable area except building front on property adjacent to or within 500 feet of an interstate highway, U.S. highway, or state highway.
	Number: Two (two-face signs) on one structure not to exceed 672 square feet or 784 square feet total per orientation. No other limit except as noted under special conditions.
	Special Conditions: The minimum distance between any two such structures facing the same direction on the same street shall not be less than 1,500 feet. No sign permitted within 500 feet of a residential district or public park of five acres or more. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed six times the linear feet of frontage of such zoning lot, or the general signage restriction of this article, whichever is smaller.
018	Off premises advertising. A sign which advertises a business, service, product, or activity at a location other than where the business, service, product, or activity is located and is located in a commercial zoning district.
	Type str.: Pole, Mon, Bldg, except front, two face.
	Size: 672 square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood.
	Height: 20 feet for a separate structure, or when attached to a building, four feet above roof parapet line whichever is lower.
	Location: Buildable area except building front signs shall be shielded whenever necessary so as to avoid casting bright light upon any property in a residential district.

	Number: Two (two face signs) on one structure not to exceed a total of 672 square feet per orientation. No other limit except as noted under special conditions.
	Special Conditions: All such structures shall not be closer than 1,500 feet to other such structures as measured along the same street.
019	Off premises advertising. A sign which advertises a business, service, product, or activity at a location other than where the business, service, product, or activity is located and is located in an industrial zoning district.
	Type str.: Pole, Mon, Bldg, except front, two face.
	Size: 672 square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood.
	Height: 20 feet for a separate structure, or when attached to a building four feet above roof parapet line not to exceed 30 feet whichever is lower.
	Location: Buildable area, except front of building.
	Number: Two (two face signs) on one structure not to exceed a total of 672 square feet per orientation. No other limit except as noted under special conditions.
	Special Conditions: No sign permitted within 500 feet of a residential district or public park of 5 acres or more. All such structures shall not be closer than 1,500 feet to other such structures as measured along the same street. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed six times the linear feet of frontage of such zoning lot, or the general signage restriction of this section, whichever is greater.
020	On premises identification and advertising sign. A sign which displays the name and/or products and/or service which can be purchased on the premises where the sign is located.
	Type str.: Pole, Mon, Bldg, two face.
	Size: Square footage of all on premises identification and advertising signage shall be calculated as follows with a 60 square foot maximum if located within a required setback:
		Terms:
		LWP = Linear width of involved parcel in feet.
		SPL = Building setback from involved property line in feet.
		Equation:
		(LWP + SPL) / 2 = Total signage square footage.
		(A 60 square foot minimum regardless of formula) (when three or more businesses are located on a single lot, each business may not exceed 300 square feet, regardless of formula and a 60 square foot maximum if erected within a required setback.)

	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil, Exp, EPS (a 50 square foot maximum allowed for Exp or EPS).
	Height: 20 feet if erected at or behind the required yard line, 15 feet if erected within the required yard.
	Location: Minimum of 15 feet from the property line or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is greater or within the buildable area.
	Number: One business, street frontage.
	Projection: Four feet.
022	Parking instructional signs. A sign located adjacent to driveway and parking areas which instructs the users as to restriction and regulations controlling the parking area such as, but not limited to, private parking areas, hours of parking, one-way entrances, no parking area, towing policy.
	Type str.: Bldg, Pole, Mon, 2 face.
	Size: Nine square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil.
	Height: 7 feet.
	Location: Buildable area.
	Number: One per interior lot.
	Projection: Four feet.
023	Parking entrance/exit. A sign located along a driveway entrance or exit to some type of parking area which indicates the use of the driveway as an entrance and/or exit.
	Type str.: Bldg, Pole, Mon, two face.
	Size: Nine square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil.
	Height: 7 feet.
	Location: No restriction.
	Number: One per entrance.
	Projection: Four feet.
024	Public service and safety. A sign authorized by a governmental agency with highway directions, parking restrictions, information of government regulations for traffic control, street names or other public purposes.
	Type str.: Pole, Bldg, Mon, two face.

	Size: No limit.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Exp, EPS.
	Height: No limit.
	Location: On public property.
	Number: No limit.
	Projection: No limit.
025	Temporary mobile sign. Signs which are temporary and can easily be moved to another location and which have movable type. This sign may also have programmable type.
	Type str.: Mon, two face.
	Size: 32 square feet.
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Exp, EPS.
	Height: 10 feet.
	Location: Owner's property.
	Number: One.
	Special Conditions: No sign shall be permitted for more than 60 days. No additional reapplication shall be considered sooner than 60 days after termination of the last such permit. A permit may be requested for 30 or 60 days. The sign may not have any moving parts. For performance standards, all activities shall conform to the performance standards established for the industrial districts. All light emanating from the sign must be contained on the parcel where the sign is located.
	Projection: None.
027	Shopping center. A sign which identifies a complex of retail or office establishments which are serviced by common parking and driveway facilities and are in a complex of at least three commercial establishments on the same property or adjacent properties. Such a sign is allowed in lieu of on premises identification pole signs for each individual business.
	Type str.: Pole, two face.
	Size: 500 square feet (a 50 square foot maximum allowed for Exp or EPS).
	Ill.: Back, Flood, Sil, EPS.
	Height: Minimum 8 feet, maximum 20 feet.
	Location: Within buildable area.
	Number: One per interior lot.

	Projection: Four feet.
028	Subdivision. A sign located at a development which is intended to identify the development where there are multiple lots.
	Type str.: Mon, two face.
	Size: 100 square feet.
	Ill.: None
	Height: 10 feet.
	Location: Buildable area.
	Number: One per entrance.
	Projection: None
029	Political signs. A sign announcing, promoting (for or against), or drawing attention to any personal or political issue or candidate(s) seeking public political office. Political signs are permitted in all districts, subject to the following conditions:
	1.	Location and Size: No such signs shall be placed on public property. Such signs may be located in a required yard in any district, except none shall be within 30 feet of a corner street lot line intersection. No such sign shall exceed 32 square feet in surface area nor eight feet in horizontal length.
	2.	Height: Such signs shall not exceed five feet in height.
	3.	Permit: No additional permits shall be required.
	4.	Penalty: Any person who violates these conditions will be given 48 hours from the time the violation is discovered and the offender notified to come into compliance herewith. Thereafter, the offense may be prosecuted as a municipal infraction.

 

   B.   Additional Sign Types:

      1.   Institutional Identification Sign: A permanent, on-premises sign for the identification of a public or private school, university, church, or hospital or other similar use.

      2.   Window Sign: A sign attached to and parallel with the side of a building. (Ord. 35-17, 10-17-2017)