Pursuant to the authority of Section 51A-7.503 of this article, the rules relating to the erection of non-premise detached signs in the Uptown Sign District are expressly modified as follows:
(a) Non-premise detached signs may be located within the public right-of-way subject to the franchise requirements of Chapter XIV of the city charter, Article VI of Chapter 43 of the Dallas City Code, as amended, and the requirements of this section.
(b) Non-premise detached signs may be located in the public right-of-way only when the distance from the back of the curb to the property line is 13 feet or greater.
(c) Non-premise detached signs may be placed in the public right-of-way only within five feet of a motor vehicle entrance to a premise shared by two or more uses whose front doors are not visible from the street.
(d) Signs erected pursuant to this section must identify use categories and not particular business establishments. Examples of permitted messages are: “OFFICES”, “SHOPS”, “PARKING”, “RESTAURANTS”, “HOTEL”, alone or in combination. Signs that say “EXIT” or “ENTRANCE” are also permitted.
(e) No more than two signs may be erected pursuant to this section at each motor vehicle entrance to a premise.
(f) No non-premise detached sign may contain more than eight words. All words must:
(1) consist of characters eight inches or less in height; and
(2) read horizontally from left to right.
(g) No non-premise detached sign located within the public right-of-way may:
(1) have an effective area greater than four square feet;
(2) have a total height of greater than two feet, six inches;
(3) be located less than five feet from the back of a street curb;
(4) be located so as to obstruct sidewalk passage;
(5) be located within a visibility triangle as defined in this chapter;
(6) interfere with utilities or traffic signage and signals;
(7) contain the colors red or green; or
(8) be spot lit or directly lit from outside the sign.
(h) Plants must be kept trimmed so as to clearly expose non-premise detached signs in the public right-of-way. (Ord. Nos. 19649; 20037)