The following types of signs shall be permitted in "Business B" and "Business B-1" zones:
(A) Signs exempt from permits which are listed in § 155.05.
(B) Building signs.
(1) Any business or other permissible use shall be permitted to erect a building sign with 1-1/2 square feet of surface area for each foot of building frontage as measured along the length of the building facade that fronts the principal dedicated street, a municipal or private parking lot, or the facade that contains the main entrance to the building. For other building frontage, building signs may not exceed .75 square feet of sign surface area for each foot of building frontage.
(2) Where a building contains multiple tenants, building signs may be calculated by individual unit as measured from the interior wall of a tenant’s space. Each tenant shall be permitted to erect a building sign with 1-1/2 square feet of surface area for each foot of his portion of the building’s frontage as measured along the length of the building facade that fronts the principal dedicated street, a municipal or private parking lot, or the facade that contains the main entrance to the building. For tenant space facing another street frontage, such as a secondary public street, private drive, private access drive, or parking lot, building signs may not exceed .75 square feet of sign surface area for each foot of building frontage occupied by that particular tenant.
(3) Limits for building sign surface area for corner lots with secondary frontage shall be calculated in the same manner as in division (B)(1) above.
(C) Free standing signs. Free standing signs may be in the form of a pole sign or a ground mounted sign and are subject to the size of requirements of division (B) above. In addition, free standing signs shall meet the following requirements :
(1) The maximum amount of display area shall be 35 square feet.
(2) No sign or any portion of the supporting structure shall exceed 18 feet from grade.
(3) All free standing signs shall be located a minimum of ten feet away from any adjoining property line, shall not be closer than 50 feet to any residential district, shall not be located within or overhanging any public road or right of way, and shall be at least ten feet from any street.
(4) There shall be no more than one free standing sign for any one qualifying building, regardless of the number of businesses conducted in that building.
(D) Special signs. Window signs, awning and canopy signs, temporary signs, portable signs, banners, and sandwich board signs may be permitted if they meet all requirements of § 155.18.
(Ord. 06-14, passed 10-3-06)