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A Historical District for the Downtown Business District is hereby established as an overlay zoning district within the area designated on the Zoning Map. As an overlay district, it imposes development standards that are in addition to those established in any underlying zoning district.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02)
Signage controls defined within the Downtown Historic District are created to advance three purposes:
(A) To encourage the proper development and use of planned graphic signing systems and to regulate signs and signing systems in the Downtown Historical District.
(B) In addition to protecting from distractions and obstructions that can contribute to traffic and pedestrian accidents, it is the intent of these regulations that signs are as much subject to control as noise, odors, debris, and like characteristics of a use that, if not controlled and regulated, can become a nuisance factor to adjacent properties or the community in general.
(C) To protect the general health, safety, and welfare, and to protect and encourage a more attractive economic, business, and overall physical appearance for the community, all signs and signing systems are subject to the regulations that follow in this subchapter.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02)
All temporary and permanent signs to be erected within the Downtown Historical District, except those specifically excluded herein, shall require a certificate of appropriateness and a sign permit before being erected.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
Permit procedures in the Downtown Historic District shall include the following:
(A) All applications for both temporary, permanent, and repaired signs in the Downtown Historical District shall be submitted to the City Engineer.
(B) Written application for the permit required shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the proposed sign, including location, material from which constructed and the method of securing or fastening same, and such other information as may be required.
(2) Plans and specifications for signs or signboards shall be filed showing the dimensions, materials, and required details of construction including loading, stresses, and anchorage.
(3) The application shall be accompanied by the written consent of the owner or lessee of the premises upon which the sign or signboard is to be erected.
(4) A fee, in accordance with § 155.2311, shall be included with application materials.
(C) The City Engineer may refuse to issue a permit for the erection of any such sign or signboard, unless details of construction and manner of erection ensure the safety of such signs and signboards when erected.|
(D) The City Engineer shall review the application for completeness and determining that the application is complete. If all information required is not provided, the City Engineer shall promptly notify the applicant of the items needed. Upon completion, the City Engineer shall act within 15 days by either rejecting the application and returning it to the applicant, or approving it and forwarding to the Architectural Review and Design Commission.
(E) The Architectural Review and Design Commission shall review the application and act within 30 days by either rejecting the application and returning it to the Engineer, approving the application, or approving the application with modifications and issuing a certificate of appropriateness. The certificate shall be forwarded to the City Engineer.
(F) Upon receipt of the certificate of appropriateness, the City Engineer shall issue the applicant a sign permit.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617
(A) Sign area shall include the face of all the display area of the sign, not including the bracing, framing, and structural supports of the sign, unless such support members are made part of the message or face of the sign.
(B) Where a sign has two or more display faces, the area of all faces of the sign shall be included in determining the area of the sign, unless two display faces joined back-to-back are parallel to each other and not more than 12 inches apart.
(C) The area of letters, numbers, or emblems mounted on a building wall or wall extension shall be computed by enclosing such sign with the smallest single continuous perimeter around the letters, number, or emblems in determining its area.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02)
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