The following wall signs shall be permitted in the following districts in accordance with the regulations herein.
(A) Special requirements for all wall signs.
(1) All wall signs shall not exceed a total of ten message units.
(2) No wall sign shall be erected to extend above the top of the wall to which it is attached, nor extend beyond the ends of the wall to which it is attached. Signs erected on the vertical portion of the mansard roof are considered to be wall signs.
(3) All wall signs shall be safely and securely attached to the building by means of metal anchors, bolts, or expansion screws. In no case shall any wall sign be secured with wire, strips of wood or nails.
(4) Buildings which have frontage on more than one public right-of-way shall be allowed one sign on each right-of-way with a maximum of 30 square feet sign.
(B) Permitted wall signs within the General Commercial (GC) and the Light General Industrial (I-1).
(1) Each tenant within a business site may have one wall sign displayed on the exterior wall of that building.
(2) (a) No single wall sign may exceed 30 square feet in area; and
(b) One square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of public street right-of-way for the first 30 lineal feet, and one half square feet per lineal foot for every foot of frontage over 30 feet.
(3) A common signage theme shall be required for each business site or industrial park.
(C) Permitted wall signs for the following special land uses. Churches; public buildings; cemeteries; parks; private and public schools; swimming pool clubs; private recreation areas and institutional or community recreation centers; golf courses; colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning; hospitals; and convalescent and/or nursing homes.
(1) Each tenant within a business site may have one wall sign displayed on the exterior wall of that building.
(2) (a) No single wall sign may exceed 30 square feet in area; and
(b) One square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of public street right-of-way for the first 30 lineal feet, and one-half square feet per lineal foot for every foot of frontage over 30 feet.
(D) Permitted wall signs for multiple-family developments and housing for the elderly.
(1) There shall be no more than one wall sign permitted for each project. Projects which have frontage on two public rights-of-way may have one wall sign on each frontage provided that the total square foot requirements set forth in § 154.064 are met.
(2) The surface area of a wall sign, or combination of wall signs shall not exceed a total of 30 square feet.
(Ord. 1, passed 11-13-2000, § 4.6)