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PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART IIIA: LAND USE CODE - PLANNING AND HOUSING
PART IIIB: LAND USE CODE - ZONING CODE
TITLE VII: ZONING CODE
CHAPTER 325 - DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 327 - ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY
CHAPTER 329 - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
CHAPTER 331 - BUILDING ZONE MAPS
CHAPTER 333 - CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
CHAPTER 334 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT
CHAPTER 335 - USE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 336 - URBAN GARDEN DISTRICT
CHAPTER 337 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 338 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK (MHP) DISTRICT
CHAPTER 339 - PARKING DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 340 - INSTITUTIONAL-RESEARCH (I-R) DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 341 - DESIGN REVIEW
CHAPTER 342 - OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION (OSR) DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 343 - BUSINESS DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 344 - MIDTOWN MIXED-USE DISTRICT
CHAPTER 345 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 346 - LIVE-WORK OVERLAY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 347 - SPECIFIC USES REGULATED
CHAPTER 348 - FORM DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 349 - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
CHAPTER 350 - SIGN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 351 - RIPARIAN SETBACKS AND WETLANDS SETBACKS
CHAPTER 352 - LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND OUTDOOR PARKING LOT LIGHTING
CHAPTER 353 - HEIGHT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 354 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
CHAPTER 354A - WIND ENERGY FACILITIES
CHAPTER 355 - AREA REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 356 - CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD)
CHAPTER 357 - YARDS AND COURTS
CHAPTER 358 - FENCE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 359 - NONCONFORMING USES
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
PART IIIC: LAND USE CODE - HOUSING CODE
PART IIID: LAND USE CODE - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART IIIE: LAND USE CODE - BUILDING CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 350.20 Supplemental Regulations
   The following supplemental regulations shall apply to permitted signs in non-residential zoning districts:
   (a)   Non-Ground Floor Uses. For uses not located on the ground floor and for ground floor uses which lack direct access from the building exterior, the following signs shall be permitted in addition to signs otherwise permitted for the building. Regardless of the number of such uses in a building, not more than one (1) wall or projecting identification sign, a maximum of twelve (12) square feet in area, shall be placed at each ground floor entrance providing access to the uses in question. In addition, for each such use, window signs not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in total area shall be permitted for display on the inside surface of windows within the subject space.
   (b)   Secondary Frontages and Entrances.
      (1)   Secondary Frontages. A building or building unit with frontage on a second street or with a customer building entrance from a rear or side parking lot shall be permitted total additional wall, window, projecting and canopy sign area not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the sign area otherwise permitted. Such signs shall be displayed so that the total sign area placed on any facade does not exceed the maximum sign area permitted for the building’s primary frontage. This provision shall also apply to buildings or building units with secondary frontage along the Cuyahoga River or Lake Erie and to buildings adjoining a freeway right-of-way.
      (2)   Secondary Entrances. For lots served by more than one (1) vehicular entrance, one (1) additional freestanding identification sign shall be permitted at each additional vehicular entrance if the minimum distance between any two (2) such signs is five hundred (500) feet as measured along street lines. Where such distance is less than five hundred (500) feet but more than three hundred (300) feet, a second free-standing identification sign shall be permitted if the height of each such sign is no greater than twelve (12) feet and the combined sign area of the two (2) signs is no greater than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the maximum sign area permitted for a single free-standing identification sign on the subject property.
   (c)   New Businesses. Upon its initial opening, a new business establishment may display a temporary identification sign for a maximum period of sixty-two (62) days prior to installation of a permanent identification sign. Such temporary sign may be a wall, window or portable sign which shall conform with all regulations applicable to permanent signs (except clearly inapplicable structural requirements) and shall be counted as part of the maximum permitted permanent sign area. In addition, temporary window signs for such new businesses may cover up to seventy- five percent (75%) of window area. Strings of pennants, streamers, pinwheels, balloons and similar small lightweight objects shall be permitted for “grand openings” for a single period not exceeding seven (7) days within the first six (6) months after issuance of the initial Occupancy Certificate for a new business.
   (d)   Open Lots. For uses without buildings, and for uses on lots where building frontage in less than twenty percent (20%) of lot frontage, maximum sign face area for the use, including free-standing signs, shall be the greater of fifty (50) square feet or the figure resulting from the following formula where “LW” equals the width of the lot frontage, as defined in division (a)(2) of Section 350.05: LW x 1.0 = SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE. The area of a free- standing sign shall in no instance exceed one hundred (100) square feet.
   (e)   Major Public Assembly Facilities. For public assembly facilities located within the Central Business District and providing a minimum seating or attendance capacity of five thousand (5,000) persons, signage shall be permitted in accordance with the following standards contained in this division (e) which recognize the unique nature of these large-scale public assembly facilities. Except as provided in these standards, all other regulations of this Zoning Code shall apply to such signage.
      (1)   Type, Number, Height and Location of Signs. The City Planning Commission may authorize variations in otherwise applicable regulations of this chapter to the extent necessary to provide adequate information to the public.
      (2)   Electronic Changeable Copy Signs. Information displayed through electronically changeable copy on signs located on the premises of a qualifying public assembly facility or on property located within five hundred (500) feet of the qualifying public assembly facility and owned or leased by the owners of said public assembly facility shall be limited to the following:
         A.   Identification of the facility or events held at the facility;
         B.   Identification of the events held at other local public assembly facilities and identification of festivals and other special events held in the City;
         C.   Identification of products or services offered for sale on the premises of the qualifying public assembly facility;
         D.   Public service messages, such as time, temperature and information of a civil nature, including welcoming of visitors to the City;
         E.   Acknowledgement of organizations or individuals sponsoring events held at the facility or contributing to the construction or operation of the facility as sponsors or patrons.
(Ord. No. 1435-99. Passed 2-28-00, eff. 3-6-00)
§ 350.21 Exempt Signs
   The provisions of this chapter shall not govern the display of the following signs and objects:
   (a)   The American, Ohio and Cleveland flags and flags of other nations or nationality groups (except where used as part of a sign advertising a product or service);
   (b)   Governmental signs providing traffic control information and similar public information;
   (c)   Signs which are part of the original construction of a vending machine, fuel pump or similar device;
   (d)   Any monument within a cemetery;
   (e)   Cornerstones and permanent building plaques displaying the date of construction, architect’s name, building name, historical information, etc., and not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area;
   (f)   Signs in non-residential districts displaying only a street address and not exceeding two (2) square feet in area;
   (g)   Holiday decorations, excluding advertising, displayed for reasonable and customary durations of time;
   (h)   Vehicles regularly and customarily used to transport persons or property for a business;
   (i)   Works of art that do not include a commercial message; and
   (j)   Signs identifying the name and sponsoring agency of a children’s day care center, provided that no more than one (1) such sign is displayed at each such facility and that such sign does not exceed ten (10) square feet in surface area.
(Ord. No. 689-93. Passed 4-5-93, eff. 4-8-93)
§ 350.22 Appeal
   The Board of Zoning Appeals may, in specific cases, vary or permit exceptions to any of the provisions of this chapter if it finds that such variance or exception will not violate the spirit or intent of this chapter and is in accordance with the general criteria for the granting of Variances as stated in Chapter 329.
(Ord. No. 3076-A-89. Passed 12-10-90, eff. 12-20-90)