(a) Applicability of this Chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all advertising or display signs of every nature, whether portable or attached to the realty, except as otherwise provided herein, either specifically or by necessary implication.
(b) Attachment of Signs to Other Structures. No display or advertising sign shall be attached to the standards of a free standing sign, other than the display surface originally constructed as a part of such sign. The standard of the free standing sign shall be finished in only one color. No display or advertising sign shall be attached to or painted or otherwise displayed on a light standard, gasoline pump, fence, wall, post or other structure, or to any portable supporting device, except as specifically authorized by this chapter.
(c) Bed and Breakfast Inns. One on-premises sign shall be permitted for each bed and breakfast inn. Such sign shall not exceed six square feet in display area per side and shall not exceed four feet in height. A wall sign shall not exceed six square feet in area and shall not exceed eight feet in height. Wall signs shall not be roof mounted and shall not extend above the eave. Such signs shall not be internally illuminated.
(d) State Routes 104 and 762 Corridor Sign District. For commercial, suburban office and institutional and limited manufacturing zoned properties abutting state routes, the following standards for freestanding signs located in that yard area between state routes and the principal structure apply:
(1) Corridor defined: The state routes corridors shall be defined as those properties directly abutting the state routes right-of-way, and shall not include approaches or ramps. This corridor is intended to serve those abutting properties with sign visibility on state routes and is not intended to serve any other right-of-way.
(2) The minimum height thereof does not exceed five feet above the average grade of the site when the sign is located 15 feet from state route right-of-way lines.
(3) The distance the sign is located from any other right-of-way must equal or exceed the distance the sign is located from the state route.
(4) A limit of two display surfaces.
(5) The total display area of all surfaces does not exceed 20 square feet when the sign is located 15 feet from the right-of-way line. For each additional one foot setback from State Route 104 or 762 right-of-way line, an additional three square feet of display area will be permitted up to a maximum of 128 square feet.
(6) The display area of any one surface does not exceed 32 square feet.
(7) Not more than three colors are used. For the purpose of this section, black and white shall be considered colors.
(8) No part of such sign shall be located closer to any street or right-of-way line than 15 feet, nor closer to any other property line than the applicable building setback line.
(9) Such sign will be in harmony with the building on the site, and will not detract from the appearance of the general neighborhood in which it is located or adversely affect property values in such neighborhood.
(10) Such sign will not constitute a traffic hazard or contribute to traffic problem through confusion with traffic control devices, interference with the field of vision of motorists using streets of driveways in the area, or by creating a visual distraction for such motorists.
(11) Certain temporary signs meeting the location definition provided above shall be subject to the following:
A. Shall meet all size, setback and other criteria as set forth in divisions (d)(2) through (10) above.
B. The location of any sign on a site not containing a structure shall clearly be oriented toward the state route.
C. A temporary sign permit may be issued for a period not to exceed two years and shall conform to the following table:
TYPE OF SIGN
| TIME LIMIT (calendar days) |
Construction | Thirty days from issuance of certificate of occupancy |
Real estate | Ten days from date of sale |
Subdivision identification | One year or after 60% of lots are sold, whichever occurs first |
(12) All other requirements of this Zoning Code shall apply to this district.
(Ord. 2020-10, passed 6-15-2020)