A. Sign Area shall be measured as follows:
1. Sign copy mounted or painted on a background panel or area distinctively painted, textured or constructed as a background for the sign copy shall be measured as that area within the outside dimensions of the background panel or surface.
2. Sign copy mounted as individual letters and/or graphics against a wall or parapet of a building or other structure that has not been painted, textured, or otherwise altered to provide a distinctive background for the sign copy shall be measured as a sum of the smallest rectangles that will enclose each word and each graphic in the total sign copy.
3. Multi-face signs shall be measured as follows:
a. A two (2) faced sign shall be considered as one sign when determining the sign area, provided both faces are parallel or the interior angle between the two (2) sign faces is sixty degrees (60º) or less. If the interior angle is greater than sixty degrees (60º), the sign area shall be the sum of the area of the two (2) faces.
b. Where a sign has three (3) or more faces: the area of the sign shall be calculated as fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the area of all faces.
Multi-F ace Signs Non-Planar Signs
c. Where a sign is a spherical, free form, sculptural, figurative or other non-planar sign, the sign area shall be fifty (50%) percent of the sum of the area of the sides of the smallest polyhedron that will encompass the sign structure.
B. Sign Height.
1. Sign height shall be measured as follows.
a. Freestanding sign height shall be the vertical distance from the top of the highest element of the sign or sign structure to ground level. The monument base or other structure erected to support or ornament the sign shall be included as part of the sign height.
b. When a freestanding sign is located below the average grade of an adjacent roadway "ground level" shall be measured from the average grade of the adjacent roadway.
c. Wall or parapet-mounted sign height shall be the vertical distance to the top of the sign or sign structure from the base of the wall on which the sign is located.
(Ord. 17-819, passed 3-14-2017)