Subd. 1. The property owner shall be responsible for allocating the allowable sign area among the tenants of multi-tenant buildings. If the owner does not allocate the sign area, the city may do so based on the relative floor area or tenant frontage.
Subd. 2. The total surface area of all individual signs on the buildings shall not exceed the maximum square footage requirements per subsection 1300.05, Subd. 3.
Subd. 3. A master sign plan is required to control total sign area and sign placement to help eliminate incongruities as tenants/occupants change.
1. No permit shall be issued for an individual sign per subsection 1300.03 without a submittal of a master sign plan as part of the permit application.
2. A master sign plan shall contain the following information:
a. A scaled site plan showing location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, and landscaped areas and an accurate indication on the site plan of the proposed location of present and future signs of any type, whether requiring a permit or not.
b. Scaled color drawings clearly showing the location of the sign on the site or building elevation.
c. Dimensions of each sign per the plan, including a summary table with said dimensions.
d. The plan shall bear the signature of all owners or their authorized agents in such form as required by the city or as a part of applicable and active restrictive covenants.
e. A master sign plan may be amended by filing administratively a new master sign plan that conforms to all requirements of this chapter.
f. After approval of a master sign plan by the Zoning Administrator, no sign shall be erected, placed, painted, or maintained, except in conformance with approved master sign plan and such plan may be enforced in the same way as provisions of this chapter.