(a) Where signs are permitted to project over public property, they shall not be supported from the public property in any way. Canopies may be supported from any public property or right-of-way, provided that supporting materials are designed and located to cause minimal disturbance to the function for which the public property or right-of-way was intended.
(b) No sign attached to any building shall project above the highest part of the wall to which it is attached.
(c) No sign shall be located on the roof of any building, however a sign may be located on the roof of a commercial porch providing it does not exceed the ridgeline height of the main roof of the building to which it is attached.
(d) No commercial business or industry shall have more than two signs on any side of the building in which the business or industry is located. The total number of signs allowed, including signs attached to the building and free-standing signs, shall not exceed four for any one business or industry.
(e) There shall be not more than one free-standing sign or other sign affixed to the ground on the premises, except as otherwise provided in § 1294.14.
(f) No sign shall be so erected as to obstruct any window, door, fire escape, balcony, platform, stairway, ladder, vent or other means of ingress to or egress from any building; nor shall any sign be erected so as to interfere with any foot traffic or create a hazard to the safety, health or well-being of the public as determined by the Zoning Inspector or the Assistant Zoning Inspector.
(g) Signs shall be so erected as not to obstruct traffic sight lines or traffic control lights at street intersections or signals at railroad grade crossings.
(h) Signs visible from a street shall not resemble highway directional signals.
(i) No awning or canopy shall be allowed to extend closer than one foot from the outside edge of the street curb.
(j) All signs, awnings and canopies shall be constructed and erected so that the lowest portion thereof is not less than eight feet above the level of the sidewalk.
(k) The erector of every permanent sign shall place thereon an imprint or metal tag showing the name of the erector, re-erector or hanger, so that the same can be readily identified.
(l) The measurement of signs shall be regulated as follows:
(1) With regard to any existing or proposed sign, the Assistant Zoning Inspector shall be authorized to determine each of the following:
A. The type of sign (including type of temporary sign) within the definitions contained in § 1294.02;
B. Whether a sign structure has a communicative element to it (and is therefore part of the message area);
C. The height, width, or other measurable characteristics of a sign or component thereof; and
D. Whether a sign is abandoned or deteriorated as defined herein.
(2) For signs with internal illumination, the entire lighted surface shall be considered the message area.
(3) For spherical sign structures or any portion thereof, the sphere shall be dissected by an imaginary line through the center of the sphere and the surface area of the half sphere shall be counted as the sign face. For cubical sign structures or any portion thereof, the area of all display faces (all faces that are not parallel to the ground) shall be included in determining the area of the sign. The Zoning Inspector or the Assistant Zoning Inspector shall have discretion to use a similar method of calculation for sign structures that are not flat, but have non-cubical or non-spherical shapes.
(4) Where a sign has two or more display faces, the area of all faces of the sign shall be included in determining the area of the sign unless two display faces join back to back, are parallel to each other and not more than 24 inches apart, or form a V-angle of less than 45 degrees.
(Ord. 16-O-2895, passed 1-3-2017)