(a) Attached signs in general.
(1) The total effective area for all attached signs on a facade may not exceed 30 percent of the area of the facade. Projecting signs, marquee signs, and event signs are not included in the total effective area calculations of a facade.
(2) Except for changeable message portions of a sign, event signs, or as otherwise provided in this division, on any building facade, there may be a maximum of eight words per premise and/or per occupant which contain any character of a height equal to or exceeding four inches. Words consisting of characters less than four inches high may be used without limit.
(3) Attached signs must be securely attached.
(4) Attached signs may not project more than four feet above the surface to which they are attached, unless otherwise specified in this division.
(b) Arcade signs.
(1) An arcade sign must be located at least six feet from any other arcade sign.
(2) No arcade sign may exceed six square feet in effective area.
(3) No arcade sign may be lower than 10 feet above grade.
(c) Awning signs.
(1) No awning sign may project beyond the surface of the awning or be lower than 10 feet above grade or higher than 20 feet above grade.
(2) The total effective area for any one awning sign may not exceed six square feet.
(3) An awning sign must be located over a window or a door.
(d) Canopy signs.
(1) No canopy sign may:
(A) exceed 50 percent of the length of the canopy facade to which it is attached;
(B) project vertically beyond the canopy more than 15 percent of the length of the sign;
(C) project horizontally more than 12 inches from the surface of the canopy; or
(D) be lower than 10 feet above grade.
(2) A canopy sign may only be located over a pedestrian entrance to a premise.
(e) Flat attached signs.
(1) The maximum effective area for a flat attached sign is 15 percent of the total facade area.
(2) The minimum distance between flat attached signs is four feet.
(3) Parapet signs are permitted as flat attached signs.
(f) Marquee signs.
(1) No marquee sign may exceed 50 percent of the area of the facade.
(2) No marquee sign may be longer than two-thirds of the length of the frontage of the building to which the marquee is attached.
(3) Marquee signs may not project more than five feet above the roof line of the facade to which it is attached.
(4) No premise may have more than one marquee sign per street frontage.
(g) Projecting attached signs.
(1) A projecting attached sign may not exceed the following size limits:
(A) Seventy-five square feet in effective area if the building to which it is attached is at least 36 feet high.
(B) Thirty square feet in effective area if the building to which it is attached is less than 36 feet high.
(2) No projecting attached sign may be lower than 12 feet above grade.
(3) No projecting attached sign may project more than five feet from the facade, or more than five feet over the roof line, of the building to which it is attached.
(h) Temporary attached signs.
(1) Temporary attached signs permitted in this district are temporary protective signs, or signs that relate exclusively to the sale, lease, construction, or remodeling of the premises on which they are located.
(2) No more than one temporary attached sign per occupant is permitted on the facade of the building.
(3) Temporary protective signs may be erected anywhere on a construction site during construction, subject to the following provisions:
(A) No sign may exceed 20 square feet in effective area or ten feet in height.
(B) The signs may be illuminated.
(C) The signs must be removed upon completion of the construction.
(4) Signs that relate exclusively to the sale, lease, construction, or remodeling of the premises on which they are located are permitted, but if the sign is attached to a window, the maximum effective area of the sign is 15 square feet. (Ord. 24760)