(a) Permanent Signs.
(1) Location. The following types of signs shall be permitted in shopping centers, office or business complexes and multiple business buildings, subject to the provisions specified in these sign regulations.
A. Free-standing signs must be located a minimum of five (5) feet from the property line.
B. Wall signs.
C. Marquee signs.
(2) Maximum number.
A. One free-standing sign having not more than two individual sign faces, shall be permitted within a shopping center or office or business complex and multiple business building development to serve all of the businesses within such development.
B. The maximum number of wall signs and marquee signs permitted within a shopping center or office complex development shall be limited by the number of establishments located within the development. One wall sign and one marquee sign having not more than two individual sign faces shall be permitted per establishment.
(3) Maximum size.
A. The maximum permitted sign area of a free-standing sign shall be 150 square feet and in no case shall any individual sign contain more than seventy-five square feet per sign face.
B. The maximum permitted sign area of the wall sign permitted per business shall not exceed two square feet of sign area per lineal foot of width of the building or part of the building occupied by the establishment. Width shall be measured along the building face which is nearest parallel to the street line. In the case of a corner lot or location, either frontage may be used in determining the maximum permitted sign area.
C. The maximum permitted sign area of the marquee sign permitted per establishment shall be four square feet and in no case shall any individual sign contain more than two square feet per sign face.
(4) Maximum height.
A. No free-standing sign shall exceed thirty feet in height. No free- standing sign shall extend without support more than eight feet horizontally, nor within five feet of the right-of-way edge of the street next to which it is located or placed. Where a free-standing sign is located within a paved area which may be subject to vehicular or pedestrian traffic, the sign shall be:
1. Situated so as to not duly obstruct normal traffic or pathways; and
2. Have its bottom edge either within two feet of grade, or not less than nine feet above grade to provide adequate and safe clearance.
No free-standing sign shall have its supporting structure located closer than fifty feet from any R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5,
R-PUD or R-MHP Zoning District.
B. The top edge of a wall sign shall not extend above the building on or to which it is painted, attached or supported.
(b) Temporary Signs. Construction signs, political signs, real estate signs, and religious, charitable and civic organization signs where permitted in all zoning districts shall be considered as temporary signs and shall only be permitted subject to the provisions specified in these regulations.
Construction signs. Construction signs shall be permitted in any location where current, on-going construction projects are in progress.
(1) Construction signs shall not be illuminated.
(2) One construction sign having not more than two individual sign faces shall be permitted per construction site.
(Ord. 2003-01. Passed 1-2-03.)