(A) Permits shall be required for any flat wall sign that is greater than 60 square feet in area. The signs shall be strongly built and thoroughly secured to the building as described herein. No permit shall be required for any flat wall sign which is painted directly on a wall. For those flat wall signs that a permit is required, the Executive Director shall collect the prescribed fee in accordance with this chapter.
(B) For all flat wall signs larger than 60 square feet in area and attached to a wall (e.g., not merely painted on the wall), a permit shall be required and, if the signs are more than 2 feet high or more than 100 square feet in area, they shall be constructed of metal or of wood covered with metal not less than No. 30 U.S. standard gauge, or of glass, porcelain, or other hard, durable, nonflammable materials, except that ornamental moldings, top boards, and wood letters not over 3 feet high shall not be required to be covered with metal. Any flat wall sign attached to the cornices or other projection of any building in such fashion that any part of the sign projects more than 12 inches from the face of the building shall be made entirely of metal or of glass, porcelain, or other hard, durable, nonflammable materials.
(C) All flat wall signs shall be securely attached to structural members of the building with metal brackets, expansion bolts, through bolts, or lag screws. Nails and wire shall not be used for this purpose and no flat wall sign shall be dependent for support on any cornice, window sill, window frame parapet, or other projection. No flat wall signs shall be more than 12 inches thick and no sign projecting over public property shall be created less than 8 feet above any sidewalk, or less than 15 feet above any alley, but the signs, if projecting not more than 4 inches into public property, shall not be limited as to height above a sidewalk or alley. In no case shall any flat wall signs be allowed to cover any windows or exit doors.
(Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-20-2018; Am. Ord. 2022-06, passed 8-15-2022) Penalty, see § 175.99