(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, all applications for certificates of appropriateness for signs in this district must be reviewed by the special sign district advisory committee using the permit procedures set forth in Section 51A-7.505.
(b) The only signs permitted in this district are those specified in this division, and those required by state or federal law.
(c) In Historic Overlay District No. 56, the Landmark Commission has the sole authority:
(1) to determine every aspect of a sign other than the construction and maintenance standards, such as the location, size, height, effective area, number, and type of signs; and
(2) to issue a certificate of appropriateness for a sign.
(d) All wind devices except for flags and banners are prohibited in this district unless allowed under a special events permit issued under Chapter 42A of the Dallas City Code, as amended.
(e) Roof signs and pole signs, except for area information signs and temporary detached signs, are prohibited.
(f) A sign with a changeable message area may not change its message at a rate more often than once each 20 seconds. No sign permit is required for changes to the changeable message portion of a sign.
(g) All signs must be premise signs, except area information signs, banner signs on streetlight poles, movement control signs, vehicular signs, government signs, event signs, and window display signs.
(h) Signs over the right-of-way.
(1) 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, Chapter 36 of the Dallas Building Code, and the requirements of all other applicable laws, codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
(2) The traffic engineer shall review the location of any sign located in or overhanging the public right-of-way to ensure that the sign will not pose a traffic hazard or visibility obstruction.
(3) Signs overhanging the public right-of-way are permitted, except that no sign may project closer than two feet to the vertical plane extending through the back of a street curb. No portion of a sign may be located less than two feet from the back of a street curb. (Ord. Nos. 24760; 28424)