(A) One nameplate sign shall be permitted, provided the surface area does not exceed two square feet.
(B) One sign for each separate street frontage of a lot and pertaining to the lease or sale of a building or property shall be permitted, provided it shall not exceed six square feet in surface area and is unilluminated.
(C) Temporary signs.
(1) Temporary signs advertising a new subdivision or apartment development on the land where it is placed shall be permitted, provided:
(a) Such signs do not exceed 40 square feet in surface area;
(b) Or no more than 15 feet nor less than two feet above ground;
(c) Or either unilluminated or indirectly illuminated;
(2) Only one such sign shall be erected at each dedicated street entrance for a new subdivision, or, in the case, of new apartment development, which does not involve a new dedicated street entrance, one such sign shall be permitted at the major driveway entrance. The sign shall only contain the name of the owner or agent causing the sign to be erected.
(D) One identification sign, as defined in this subchapter, not to exceed 24 square feet in surface area, shall be permitted for each major entrance to the premises. In addition, a bulletin board may be permitted, provided the total of 24 square feet is not exceeded by both bulletin board and identification sign at any major entrance to the premises.
(E) One identification sign for each driveway entrance to a multi-family or group housing development shall be permitted not to exceed six square feet in surface area.
(F) Permanent signs identifying a subdivision shall be permitted, provided such signs do not exceed 24 square feet in surface area, and are eight unilluminated or indirectly illuminated.
(G) Schools and churches are permitted one freestanding sign containing a maximum display area 32 square feet, and one changeable copy sign, which does not exceed 24 square feet in display area, provided that:
(1) Total sign height does not exceed eight feet above ground level;
(2) The height of a sign shall be computed as the distance from the base of the sign at normal grade to the top of the highest attached component of the sign.
(a) Normal grade shall be construed to be the lower of:
1. Existing grade prior to construction; or
2. The newly established grade after construction, exclusive of any filling, berming, mounding, or excavating.
(b) In cases in which the normal grade cannot reasonably be determined, sign height shall be computed on the assumption that the elevation of the normal grade at the base of the sign is equal to the elevation of the nearest point of the crown of a public street, or the grade of the land at the principal entrance to the principal structure on the lot, whichever is lower.
(3) Lighting for the sign is indirectly illuminated (no flood, spot, or other light source directed at the sign); and
(4) (a) In the case of more than one use per lot, the area of individual freestanding signs shall be based on one square foot of sign area per lineal street frontage of that portion of the lot used by each use.
(b) In no case shall the total area of freestanding signs on a lot exceed one and one-half square feet for lineal foot of lot frontage.
(1996 Code, § 155.101) (Ord. passed 5-21-1984; Ord. passed 11-21-2005)