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(a) In this division:
(1) ARTWORK means any pictorial or image presentation or design.
(2) FLAT ATTACHED SIGN means an attached sign projecting from a building and parallel to the building facade.
(3) MARQUEE SIGN means a sign attached to, applied on, or supported by a permanent canopy projecting over a pedestrian street entrance of a building, and consisting primarily of changeable panels, words, or characters.
(4) PAINTED APPLIED SIGN means a sign painted directly onto the exterior facade of a building, not including doors or windows.
(5) THIS DISTRICT means the Jefferson Boulevard Sign District.
(6) WINDOW SIGN means a sign painted or affixed to a window.
(a) No person may alter, erect, maintain, expand, or remove a sign in this district without first obtaining a sign permit from the city. This section does not apply to government signs described in Section 51A-7.207.
(a) Signs in right-of-way. Signs in this district are permitted to overhang the public right-of-way subject to city franchising requirements.
(b) Materials. Although not required, painted applied signs and enameled metal signs are encouraged.
(c) Lighting.
(1) No sign may be illuminated by an independent, external fluorescent light source.
(2) The only light sources that may be used to illuminate a sign are cold cathode tube (neon), mercury vapor bulbs, or incandescent bulbs. (Ord. Nos. 21114; 22019)
(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)
(a) Detached signs may not exceed the height of the tallest building on the premise or 30 feet, whichever is less.
(b) Detached signs may not exceed 150 square feet in effective area.
(c) Detached non-premise signs are prohibited in this district. (Ord. Nos. 21114; 22019)
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