(A) In the Central Business District, accessory uses, buildings or structures may be established provided such uses are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted principal use.
(B) Accessory uses in the Central Business district may include the following:
(1) Garages or carports, storage sheds or other storage structures clearly incidental to the permitted principal uses;
(2) The placement, number and nature of signs shall be governed by the following regulations.
(a) No more than two identification signs shall be permitted for each permitted principal use provided such signs do not exceed 12 square feet in area each.
(b) A single, non-illuminated real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed, during the period active effort to sell, rent or lease such premises shall be permitted provided such sign is removed promptly after an agreement to sell, rent or lease is entered into.
(c) Political signs shall be permitted provided they are not erected more than 30 days prior to the election for which they are intended and are removed within 48 hours after such election.
(d) A single non-illuminated construction sign shall be permitted on the site of a building under construction, remodeling or renovation provided such sign is used for identification purposes only and does not exceed 40 square feet in area.
(e) Directional signs shall be permitted provided they do not exceed four square feet in area.
(f) Temporary signs related to a specific holiday, religious event or historical observance, or to an event conducted by a church or by a public or private non-profit school or college, or to a community event, or to a porch, garage or yard sale, shall be permitted. Such signs shall not be erected more than 30 days prior to an event, holiday or observance for which they are intended and shall be removed 48 hours after such event, holiday or observance.
(g) Temporary signs related to a sale to be held on the premises shall be permitted.
(h) The maximum total area of all the on-site signs located on the premises of a permitted principal use shall not exceed 80 square feet.
(i) All on-site signs shall be attached to a building wall, marquee, canopy or other similar weather cover. No sign shall be attached to or project from the roof of a building, nor shall any sign extend beyond the top or end of the wall, marquee, canopy or weather cover to which it is attached. No portion of any sign shall project outward more than one foot from the face of the wall, marquee, canopy or weather cover to which it is attached.
(j) Illuminated signs shall be permitted unless specifically prohibited.
(Ord. 2052, passed 9-3-1998; Ord. 2317, passed 12-21-2006)