Building-mounted signs located on exterior canopies, marquees, and wall areas shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Signs shall be located on canopies, marquees and wall areas facing the business street frontage or a City-owned alleyway. Businesses located on multiple street frontages or City-owned alleyways are limited to two wall areas. No signs shall be located on a canopy owned by the City, except as allowed under division (g) of this section,
(b) For each individual business building-mounted signs shall comply with the following:
(1) All building-mounted signs regardless of its location shall not exceed a total of 150 square feet. (See illustrations in Section 1292.25.)
(2) The area of a single building-mounted sign shall not be greater than 30% of the total wall area on which it is placed.
(3) For a wall area that is divided by a canopy the entire length of said wall, the wall area calculation is based on the wall area above the canopy.
(c) Building-mounted signs placed on a canopy or marquee are further subject to the sign's width not exceeding 50% of the building's foot frontage for the street where the sign is to face for that business. The sign height shall be limited as follows:
(1) Seventy-five percent of the sign width shall not exceed two feet in height.
(2) Twenty-five percent of the sign width shall not exceed four feet in height.
(d) Building-mounted signs shall not be located less than seven feet from a walkway surface and shall not project more than 15 inches from the face of a canopy, marquee or wall. All supporting mounting brackets or braces shall be enclosed.
(e) A building-mounted sign may be located anywhere flush with the building, except on the roof, and shall not project above the roofline.
(f) A multiple business building may have a building identification sign, not to exceed 12 square feet in size. Each individual business of a multiple business building may be provided with a single line identification sign not to exceed eight inches in height and 48 inches in length. All such identification signs shall be located in the same area on the building.
(g) Buildings with front or rear sidewalk and covered canopies may mount an additional identification sign on only the underside of the canopy. All such identification signs shall be uniform in style and be limited to six inches in height and 36 inches in length.
(h) Building-mounted signs located within the Downtown Development Authority District or the Local Development Finance Authority District may be subject to additional rules and regulations as adopted by the City Council. See illustrations on building-mounted signs in Section 1292.25.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Ord. 2002-05. Passed 6-24-02; Ord. 2007-04. Passed 10-8-07.)