(a) Attached signs in general.
(1) Except for marquee signs and as specified in Paragraphs (2) and (3), all attached signs must be mounted parallel to the building surface to which they are attached and may not project more than 18 inches from that building.
(2) One attached sign that projects up to four feet from a vertical building surface may be erected at a nonresidential occupancy if:
(A) the sign does not exceed 20 square feet in effective area;
(B) no portion of the sign is lower than 10 feet above grade; and
(C) there is no detached sign on the premise.
(3) No portion of a sign may be located less than two feet from the back of a street curb.
(4) The use of artwork on signs is encouraged.
(5) Signs may not be mounted on or project above roofs.
(b) Marquee signs.
(1) No premise may have more than one marquee sign.
(2) The length of the marquee sign must not exceed two-thirds of the length of the facade to which it is attached.
(3) Marquee signs may incorporate moving patterns or bands of light, except that the use of illumination to produce apparent motion of a visual image, such as expanding or contracting shapes, rotation, or similar effects of animation, is prohibited.
(c) Window signs. No window sign may:
(1) have a painted or opaque background; or
(2) cover more than 25 percent of the window surface area. (Ord. Nos. 21114; 22019; 22392)