A. Each business having its main public entrance fronting on a courtyard shall be permitted one square foot of business identification sign area for each one lineal foot of that store frontage to a maximum sign area of eight (8) square feet. Such signs shall be uniform and architecturally integrated with the courtyard structure and appearance. Businesses fronting on a courtyard shall not be permitted any other business identification sign, except to the extent provided for it in subsection 10-4-604C of this article.
B. In addition to those signs permitted by subsection A of this section, courtyards shall be permitted the following signs:
1. Ground or wall signs naming the courtyard and/or containing its address. The number and area of such signs shall be determined pursuant to section 10-4-604 of this article, provided that for the purposes of determining the number and area of such signs, any part of the first story street frontage which has been used to compute allowable business identification signs for any business contained in the courtyard shall be excluded from the computation of the first story street frontage occupied by the courtyard; and
2. One ground sign or one wall sign not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area containing a directory of businesses located within the courtyard. Courtyards containing entries separated by a portion of the building, or by another building, shall be permitted one such ground sign or wall sign per entry to the courtyard.
C. Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in this section, the architectural commission may grant a sign accommodation pursuant to article 9 of this chapter to allow a courtyard sign for an individual business to exceed eight (8) square feet in area provided that:
1. The total area of business identification signs for a business which fronts on the courtyard does not exceed one and one-quarter (11/4) square feet for each linear foot of courtyard frontage,
2. The total area of building identification signs along any one wall of a courtyard does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of a square foot for each linear foot of that wall, and
3. If the courtyard sign is an illuminated window sign that is visible from and less than fifty feet (50') from any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public right of way, such illuminated window sign shall, in addition to the requirements of subsections C1 and C2 of this section, comply with the limitations for comparable street front signs as set forth in section 10-4-604B5 of this article.
If the courtyard sign is an illuminated sign that is not visible from or is more than fifty feet (50') from any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public right of way then, notwithstanding any provision of subsection 10-4-604B5 of this article to the contrary, it shall be exempt from the requirements of said subsection 10-4-604B5 of this article, but shall still comply with subsections C1 and C2 of this section.
D. Notwithstanding the prohibition against moving signs set forth in section 10-4-302D of this chapter, flags and banners may be permitted in a courtyard if the flags or banners are at least twenty feet (20'), measured horizontally, from the nearest public right of way, the flags or banners are used solely to identify the courtyard and/or its seasonal activities, and the flags or banners do not identify any specific business, the product of any business or any event not specifically associated with the activities of the courtyard. (Ord. 80-O-1775, eff. 12-5-1980; amd. Ord. 93-O-2181, eff. 11-19-1993; Ord. 96-O-2268, eff. 10-18-1996; Ord. 00-O-2345, eff. 5-19-2000)