(a) Attached signs are permitted for multifamily premises, non-residential premises, and non-residential occupancies in non-business zoning districts, subject to the following restrictions:
(1) Except as otherwise permitted under Section 51-4.213 in Chapter 51, or under Section 51A-4.206 in this chapter, all attached signs must be premise signs or convey a noncommercial message.
(2) All signs erected pursuant to this section shall be limited to one per facade per occupant of premise.
(3) Words consisting of characters all of which are less than four inches in height may be used without limit as to number, and shall not be considered in computing the effective area.
(4) Reserved.
(5) No attached sign erected pursuant to this section shall be permitted to have more than eight words consisting of characters in excess of four inches in height and such sign shall not exceed 40 square feet in effective area. As an exception to this rule a building in an LO(A), MO(A), GO(A), or O-2 zoning district may be permitted to have additional attached signs with larger effective areas above the first two stories of the building when the following conditions are met:
(A) If an election is made to erect a sign greater than 40 square feet only one sign on that facade will be permitted above the first two stories of the building. Nothing herein shall prohibit each occupant or premise otherwise authorized an attached sign pursuant to this section to have such a sign below the third story of the building.
(B) Only two attached signs per building may have an effective area larger than 40 square feet and each shall be on a separate facade.
(C) Each attached sign erected pursuant to this exception may have an additional 40 square feet of effective area for each additional story above the first two stories of the building.
(6) 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 the surface to which they are attached except as provided in Paragraph (7) below. Signs shall not be mounted on roofs and shall not project above roofs.
(7) A non-residential premise may erect one attached sign that projects no further than 4 feet from the vertical building surface provided that the sign may not be illuminated, exceed 20 square feet in effective area, extend above the roof or over any public right-of-way, be located within the space 10 feet above the grade, or be on a premise with a detached sign.
(b) A single family or duplex residential premise may not display an attached sign except a protective sign. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 19786; 19879; 21978; 24232; 29611)