(a) All signs shall comply with the appropriate detailed provisions of the Building Code relating to design, structural members, and connections.
(b) Signs shall comply with the provisions of the applicable Electrical Code and the additional design standards set forth in this Section.
(a) All sign supports shall be an integral part of the sign design.
(b) There shall be a cap on all free-standing sign columns or posts to provide visual interest and shed water.
(c) No temporary signs shall be attached to a ground or pole mounted sign.
(a) No sign shall be suspended by chains or other devices that will allow the sign to swing due to wind action.
(b) Signs shall be anchored to prevent any lateral movement that would cause wear on supporting members or connections.
(a) No sign or other advertising structure shall be erected, relocated, or maintained so as to prevent free ingress or egress from any door, window, or fire escape, or block any light or ventilation openings.
(b) No sign of any kind shall be located or attached so as to obstruct emergency facilities or equipment.
(c) No sign, otherwise permitted in this Chapter, supported by or suspended from a building shall hang less than eight feet above a pedestrian path, or less than fifteen feet above a vehicular path.
No sign or other advertising structure shall:
(a) Obstruct free and clear vision within sight triangles at any street or vehicular drive intersection defined by a line drawn connecting points lying on each curb line 35' feet from the point of intersection of the curb lines.
(b) Interfere with the function of or obstruct the view of any authorized traffic sign, signal, or device.
(c) No signs shall be permitted or allowed in any public right of way, except as may be erected by municipal or state government.
(a) No sign or other advertising structure shall constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate or inappropriate design, construction, repair, or maintenance.
(b) No signs shall be located nearer than 8 feet vertically, or 4 feet horizontally from any overhead electric wires or conductors or public utility guy wires.
Unless specified elsewhere in this Zoning Code, the following prohibitions exist on the location of permitted signs.
(a) No sign shall be mounted on the roof of a building or which is mounted to and wholly dependent upon a building for support and that projects above the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.
(b) No sign shall project above a parapet wall.
(c) No sign shall be placed or project above the angle of a mansard roof.
(d) Other than traffic control signs, no sign shall be attached to or supported by a tree, bus shelter, utility pole, bench, trash receptacle, or newspaper vending machine.
(a) No sign or other advertising structure shall be illuminated or emit light so as to cause objectionable brightness or glare into or onto any residential premises or any public right-of-way.
(b) Light sources shall not be of such brightness as to constitute a hazard to pedestrians or motorists and shall be shielded so as not to cast an illumination of more than 1 foot candles on contiguous properties and not more than 0.1 foot candles on residential properties.
(c) No colored lights shall be used in a location or manner as to be confused with traffic control devises or vehicular traffic.
No sign or other advertising structure shall have visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts, or visible mechanical movement of any kind.
Except as permitted in 1161.05 Electronic Message Centers, no sign or other advertising structure shall have any lights or illumination that flash, move, rotate, scintillate, blink, flicker, or cause the illusion of movement, vary in intensity or color, or use intermittent electrical pulses.
No sign shall contain or consist of windblown devices, such as banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, balloons and other inflatable devices, air activated graphics, spinners or similar objects, or flags except as permitted.
Pole signs shall not be permitted in any zoning district.
(a) All signs shall be maintained so as not to show evidence of deterioration, including peeling, rust, dirt, fading, damage, discoloration, or holes.
(b) All signs shall be maintained in a presentable condition at all times, including the replacement of a defective or broken part, cleaning, painting, and other acts required for the maintenance of the sign.
(c) Nothing in this section shall relieve the owner or user of a nonconforming sign or owner of the property on which the nonconforming sign is located from compliance with the provision of these regulations regarding safety, maintenance, and repair of signs, provided however, that any repairing, cleaning, and other normal maintenance or repair of the sign or sign structure shall not alter the sign in any way.
Raceways and other such sign supporting structures shall be painted or otherwise color treated to match the building fascia, wall, or surface to which they are mounted.
(Ord. 2016-15. Passed 5-16-17.)