Attached signs are permitted in business areas in accordance with the following provisions:
(b) All signs and their words shall be mounted parallel to the building surface to which they are attached, and shall project no more than 18 inches from that surface except as provided in Subsection (e) below.
(c) On the primary facade, the combined effective area of all attached signs may not exceed 25 percent of the total area of the primary facade. On each secondary facade, the combined effective area of all attached signs may not exceed 15 percent of the total area of that secondary facade. As applied to a building with multiple occupants, the facade area of each use with a separate certificate of occupancy shall be treated as a separate facade. On any building facade, there may be a maximum of eight words which contain any character of a height equal to or exceeding four inches and pertain to any premise or any non-residential occupancy. Words consisting of characters less than four inches high may be used without limit.
(d) The combined effective area of all signs attached to any window or any glass door may not exceed 15 percent of the area of that window or that glass door. Signs in the upper two-thirds of a window or glass door are prohibited. Signs attached to a window or a glass door must be brought into compliance with this provision by September 25, 2008.
(e) Attached signs may project more than 18 inches from vertical building planes as follows:
(1) Any premise or any non-residential occupancy may erect not more than one attached sign projecting up to a maximum of four feet from a vertical building plane, but not above the roof, provided that the premise or occupancy maintains no detached sign on the premise, and that the sign does not exceed 20 square feet in effective area, and that no part of the sign descends closer to grade than 10 feet, nor projects into or over any public right-of-way.
(2) On any premise or non-residential occupancy, a sign may be erected at the eaves or edge of the roof or on a parapet or edge of a canopy; provided, that the sign is parallel to the vertical building plane, and does not project more than four feet above the surface to which it is attached.
(3) Any premise or non-residential occupancy may erect one attached sign projecting up to a maximum of four feet from a vertical building plane if:
(A) the sign does not exceed 60 square feet in effective area;
(B) no single face of a three-dimensional sign exceeds 60 square feet;
(C) the attached sign is not above the highest point of a facade;
(D) no part of the sign descends closer to grade than 10 feet;
(E) the sign does not project into or over any public right-of-way; and
(F) the contents of the sign are limited to a registered trademark or logo that contains no word or character.
(f) Words may be attached to machinery or equipment which is necessary or customary to the business, including but not limited to devices such as gasoline pumps, vending machines, ice machines, etc., provided that words so attached refer exclusively to products or services dispensed by the device, consist of characters no more than four inches in height, and project no more than one inch from the surface of the device. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 20927; 21978; 24232; 27244; 27253; 29024)