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On Premises Signs In Historic Districts | Permitted Sign Structures | Maximum | Permitted Lighting Type | Permitted Mechanical Motion | |||
Area (Square Feet) | Number | Projection Over Right Of Way | Height | ||||
On Premises Signs In Historic Districts | Permitted Sign Structures | Maximum | Permitted Lighting Type | Permitted Mechanical Motion | |||
Area (Square Feet) | Number | Projection Over Right Of Way | Height | ||||
OR | Freestanding | 8 per sign | 1 per business office | 0 | 6 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Projecting | 60 inches | Below eaves or parapet | |||||
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
OS | Freestanding | 32 per sign | 1 per business | 0 | 10 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Projecting | 16 per sign | Below eaves or parapet | |||||
Wall | |||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | ||||||
OC | Freestanding | 8 per sign | 1 per business office | 0 | 6 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Projecting | 40 inches | Below eaves or parapet | |||||
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-1 | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 16 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 40 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-2 | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 40 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 40 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-2A | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 40 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 40 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-3 | Freestanding | 100 per sign | 1 per street frontage per multi-tenant building | 0 | 40 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Wall | 1 per business per street frontage | Below eaves or parapet | |||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-4 | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 25 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 60 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 100 per sign | 0 | |||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
C-5 | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 25 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 60 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 100 per sign | 0 | |||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
CS | Freestanding | 100 per sign | 1 per business per street frontage | 0 | 40 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Wall | Below eaves or parapet | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | ||||||
CR | Freestanding | n/a | |||||
Projecting | 100 per sign | 1 per street frontage | 60 inches | Below eaves or parapet | External only, no flashing | None | |
Wall | 0 | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
LI, HI, MHI | Freestanding | 100 per sign | 1 per street frontage | 0 | 25 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Wall | 1 per business per street frontage | Below eaves or parapet | |||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
ID | Freestanding | 100 per sign | As per institutional district regulations | 0 | 10 feet | External only, no flashing | None |
Wall | Below eaves or parapet | ||||||
Wall nameplate | 6 | 1 per business | |||||
R-1, R-2, R-2A, R-3 & R-4* | Freestanding | 8 per sign | 1 | 0 | 6 feet | External Only: No Flashing | None |
Projecting | 60 inches | Below eave or parapet | |||||
Wall | 6 per sign | 1 | 0 | ||||
Wall Nameplate | |||||||
* Signs in Residential zones allowed for (1) Education or Religious Institutions or (2) Real Estate Development or Subdivision Identification. | |||||||
(Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009; amd. Ord. 16-22, 4-18-2022)
Any sign which becomes a nonconforming sign on the effective date hereof or which becomes a nonconforming sign at any future date shall be regulated according to the rules set forth in section 16-4-6 of this title, provided that no alteration, improvement or other change, except changes to the sign panel that do not result in changes to the sign cabinet, may be made to such nonconforming sign that will increase its level of nonconformity. In the event that such nonconforming sign, or panels or portions thereof shall be removed, for a period exceeding six (6) months, or if the use to which the nonconforming sign pertains is changed, any replacement sign shall be made to conform to the maximum area, number, allowable structure type, protection, height, lighting and motion requirements for signs permitted in the zoning district. A nonconforming sign may be altered to reduce its level of nonconformity. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
Signs which are not properly maintained as determined by the building official or which advertise a use which has been abandoned or discontinued shall be removed by the property owner within ninety (90) days after abandonment of the principal use or may thereafter be removed by the building official with such removal expense charged to the property owner. Signs that meet the definition of "painted ghost wall sign" shall not be considered discontinued or abandoned. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A noncommercial message of any type may be substituted for any permitted commercial message or permitted noncommercial message, provided, that the sign structure is legal without consideration of the sign copy. Such substitution of message may be made without any additional approval or permitting. This provision prevails over any more specific provision to the contrary within this chapter. The purpose of this provision is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech, or favoring of any particular noncommercial message over any other noncommercial message. This provision does not create a right to increase the total amount of signage on a parcel, nor does it affect the requirement that a sign structure or mounting device be properly permitted. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Permit Required: No person, firm or corporation shall place and/or maintain any projecting sign over the public right of way without first obtaining a permit therefor, complying with all applicable local, state and federal regulations, providing acceptable proof of liability insurance and paying the permit fee, all as provided in this title.
B. Application For Permit: An application for a permit for a projecting sign shall be filed with the building official on a form provided by the building official not less than seven (7) days prior to the date the projecting sign is to be installed.
C. Permit Fee: The applicant shall pay the permit fee to the city for each projecting sign at the time of the filing of an application for each projecting sign.
D. Hold Harmless: The permit holder shall enter into a hold harmless agreement with the city for any projecting sign prior to issuance of the permit, which shall require that the permit holder pay on behalf of the city all sums which the city shall be obligated to pay by reason of any liability imposed upon the city for damages of any kind resulting from the placement or maintenance of a sign, whether sustained by any person or persons, caused by accident or otherwise, and shall defend at its own expense and on behalf of the city any claim against the city arising out of the placement or maintenance of said sign.
E. Insurance: Prior to the issuance of a permit for a projecting sign, the applicant shall furnish proof of insurance to the building official as follows:
1. Coverage shall include such comprehensive public liability and property damage insurance written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state of Iowa as shall protect the city during the life of the projecting sign from claims or damages, personal injury, including accidental death, as well as claims for property damages, which may arise from the existence of the sign in such a manner as to impose liability on the city, and the amounts of such insurance shall be as required by the city manager.
2. Such insurance shall name the city as an additional insured.
3. Each owner and/or occupant of the premises required to furnish proof of insurance shall also maintain on file with the building official a certificate evidencing that the insurer will give the building official thirty (30) days' written notice prior to termination or cancellation of the required insurance.
4. Upon notice of cancellation or termination of insurance, or expiration of proof of insurance, the building official shall notify, by certified mail, the owner and/or occupant of the premises for which proof of insurance is required that the projecting sign or signs are in violation of this chapter and shall be removed by the date stated in the notice.
F. Exclusion: The permit holder shall agree in writing prior to the issuance of a permit to the following:
1. The permit holder, by acceptance of a permit, agrees that the permit granted does not constitute approval of the design, construction, repair or maintenance of any projecting sign.
2. The permit holder, by acceptance of a permit, waives all claims or defenses against the city in the event of claim asserted for death, personal injuries and/or property damage against the permit holder arising out of or in any way connected with the existence, design, construction, repair or maintenance of projecting sign or signs for which a permit is issued.
G. Revocation:
1. A permit granted under this chapter shall be revocable upon ten (10) days' written notice to the permit holder at the convenience of the city. A permit also may be revoked or not renewed for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter or any other applicable legal requirements, or for fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in connection with an application for a permit.
2. In the event of such revocation, the building official shall notify the permit holder in writing of such revocation or refusal of renewal, specifying the reasons therein for such refusal. The permit holder or permit holder's successor in interest may petition the city council for a hearing on such refusal within thirty (30) days of receipt of the building official's letter.
H. Removal Of Sign: The permit holder, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written notice from the building official to remove a projecting sign, shall at the permit holder's expense remove such sign. In the event of the permit holder's failure to do so, the city shall remove the sign at the permit holder's expense and dispose of the same. The permit holder shall agree in writing prior to the issuance of a permit to make no claim against the city or its agents for damages resulting from the removal of said sign.
I. Damaged; Threat To Safety: Nothing in this section shall preclude the building official from giving immediate notice to a permit holder to remove a projecting sign in the event such sign has been damaged or has been moved or otherwise placed to cause an immediate threat to public safety. In the event the sign is not removed within seven (7) days of such notification, the building official shall remove such sign as provided in subsection H of this section. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Permit Fees: The fee for each sign permit shall be as adopted by the city council.
B. Expiration Of Plan Review: Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. The building official may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days upon request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken. No application shall be extended more than once. In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.
C. Work Commenced Without Permit:
1. Investigation: Whenever any work for which a permit is required by this title has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.
2. Fee: A penalty fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The penalty fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by this title. The payment of such penalty fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions of this title nor from any penalty prescribed by law.
D. Fee Refunds:
1. The building official may authorize the refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
2. The building official may authorize the refunding of not more than eighty percent (80%) of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this title.
3. The building official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee paid except upon written application filed by the original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of fee payment. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. General: Signs and sign structures shall be designed and constructed to resist wind as specified in this section. All bracing systems shall be designed and constructed to transfer lateral forces to the foundations. For signs on buildings the dead and lateral loads shall be transmitted through the structural frame of the building to the ground in such a manner as not to overstress any of the elements thereof.
B. Overturning: The overturning momentum produced from lateral forces shall in no case exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the dead load resisting moment. Uplift due to overturning shall be adequately resisted by proper anchorage to the ground or to the structural frame of the building. The weight of earth superimposed over footings may be used in determining the dead load resisting moment. Such earth shall be carefully placed and thoroughly compacted.
C. Wind Loads: Signs and sign structures shall be designed and constructed to resist wind forces as specified in the building code.
D. Vertical Load: Vertical design loads, except roof live loads, shall be assumed to be acting simultaneously with the wind or seismic loads.
E. Allowable Stresses: The design of wood, concrete, steel or aluminum members shall conform to the requirements of the building code. Loads, both vertical and horizontal, exerted on the soil shall not produce stresses exceeding those specified in the building code.
F. Compliance With Building Code: The design of wood, concrete, steel or aluminum members shall conform to the requirements of the building code. Loads, both vertical and horizontal, exerted on the soil shall not produce stresses exceeding those specified in the building code.
G. Strength Of Rope Or Fasteners: The working stresses of wire rope and its fastenings shall not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the ultimate strength of the rope or fasteners.
H. Increase Of Working Stresses: Working stresses for wind combined with dead loads may be increased as specified in the building code. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. General: The supports for all signs or sign structures shall be placed in or upon private property and shall be securely built, constructed and erected in conformance with the requirements of this chapter.
B. Materials: Materials of construction for signs and sign structures shall be of the quality and grade as specified for buildings in the building code. In all signs and sign structures the materials and details of construction shall, in the absence of specified requirements, conform with the following:
1. Steel shall be of such quality as to conform with IBC standard "Material Specification For Structural Steel". Secondary members, when formed integrally with the display surface, shall be not less than 0.024 inch in thickness. When not formed integrally with the display surface, the minimum thickness of the secondary members shall be 0.10 inch. The minimum thickness of hot rolled steel members furnishing structural support for signs shall be one-fourth inch (1/4"), except that, if galvanized, such members shall be not less than one-eighth inch (1/8") thick. Steel pipes shall be of such quality as to conform to UBC standard 27-1. Steel members may be connected with one galvanized bolt, provided the connection is adequate to transfer the stresses in the members.
2. Anchors and supports when of wood and embedded in the soil or within six inches (6") of the soil, shall be of all heartwood of a durable species or shall be pressure treated with an approved preservative. Such members shall be marked or branded by an approved agency.
C. Restrictions On Combustible Materials:
1. Ground Signs: Ground signs may be constructed of any material meeting the requirements of this chapter.
2. Combination Signs, Roof Signs: Combination signs, roof signs, wall signs, projecting signs and signs on marquees shall be constructed of noncombustible materials, except as provided in subsection C3 of this section. No combustible materials other than approved plastics shall be used in the construction of electric signs.
3. Exceptions:
a. Roof signs may be constructed of unprotected combustible materials on roofs of combustible construction.
b. Roof signs with a maximum surface area of fifty (50) square feet and a maximum height of five feet (5') may be constructed of combustible materials on roofs of any type of construction.
c. Nonelectric wall signs may be constructed of unprotected combustible materials on walls permitted to be of unprotected combustible construction.
d. Nonstructural trim and portable display surfaces may be of wood, metal, approved plastics or any combination thereof.
D. Anchorage:
1. Members supporting unbraced signs shall be so proportioned that the bearing loads imposed on the soil in either direction, horizontal or vertical, shall not exceed the safe values. Braced ground signs shall be anchored to resist the specified wind or seismic load acting in any direction. Anchors and supports shall be designed for safe bearing loads on the soil and for an effective resistance to pullout amounting to a force twenty five percent (25%) greater than the required resistance to overturning. Anchors and supports shall penetrate to a depth belowground greater than that of the frost line.
2. Signs attached to masonry, concrete or steel shall be safely and securely fastened thereto by means of metal anchors, bolts or approved expansion screws of sufficient size and anchorage to support safely the loads applied.
3. No wooden blocks or plugs or anchors with wood used in connection with screws or nails shall be considered proper anchorage, except in the case of signs attached to wood framing.
4. No anchor or support of any sign shall be connected to, or supported by, an unbraced parapet wall, unless such wall is designed in accordance with the requirements for parapet walls specified for seismic zones in the building code.
E. Sign Faces:
1. Sign faces in all types of signs may be made of metal, glass, wood, fabric, or other approved materials.
2. Glass thickness and area limitations shall be as set forth in section 16-15-23 of this chapter.
3. Sections of approved plastics on wall signs shall not exceed two hundred twenty five (225) square feet in area, provided that sections of approved plastics on signs other than wall signs may be of unlimited area if approved by the building official.
4. Sections of approved plastics on wall signs shall be separated three feet (3') laterally and six feet (6') vertically by the required exterior wall construction, provided that sections of approved plastics on signs other than wall signs may not be required to be separated if approved by the building official.
F. Approved Plastics: The building official shall require that sufficient technical data be submitted to substantiate the proposed use of any plastic material and, if it is determined that the evidence submitted is satisfactory for the use intended, the building official may approve its use. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. General: Signs shall conform to the clearance and projection requirement of this chapter and this section.
B. Clearance From High Voltage Power Lines: Signs shall be located not less than six feet (6') horizontally or twelve feet (12') vertically from overhead electrical conductors which are energized in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) volts. The term "overhead conductors" as used in this section means any electrical conductor, either bare or insulated, installed above the ground, except such conductors as are enclosed in iron pipe or other material covering of equal strength.
C. Clearance From Fire Escapes, Exits Or Standpipes: No sign or sign structure shall be erected in such a manner that any portion of its surface or supports will interfere in any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit or standpipe.
D. Obstruction Of Openings:
1. No sign shall obstruct any openings to such an extent that light or ventilation is reduced to a point below that required by this title.
2. Signs erected within five feet (5') of an exterior wall in which there are openings within the area of the sign shall be constructed of noncombustible material or approved plastics.
E. Projection Over Alleys: No sign or sign structure shall project into any public alley.
F. Clearance From Streets: The horizontal clearance between a sign and the curb line shall be not less than two feet (2').
G. Projection And Clearance:
1. A sign projecting more than two-thirds (2/3) of the distance from the property line to the curb line shall be not less than twelve feet (12') above the grade level directly below.
2. A sign projecting less than two-thirds (2/3) of the distance from the property line to the curb line shall be not less than ten feet (10') above the grade level directly below.
H. Maximum Size Of Exposed Glass Panel:
Size Of Exposed Glass Panel | Minimum Thickness | Types Of Glass | |
Maximum Dimension | Maximum Area (Square Feet) | ||
30" | 500 | 1/8" | Plain, plate or wired |
45" | 700 | 3/16" | Plain, plate or wired |
144" | 3,600 | 1/4" | Plain, plate or wired |
144+" | 3,600+ | 1/4" | Wired |
I. Minimum Sign Thickness:
Sign Projection | Maximum Thickness |
5 feet | 2 feet |
4 feet | 2.5 feet |
3 feet | 3 feet |
2 feet | 3.5 feet |
1 foot | 4 feet |
(Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Pole signs shall be constructed of noncombustible material, except as provided in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
B. All supports of pole signs shall be placed upon private property and shall be securely built, constructed and erected to conform with requirements specified in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
C. Projection of pole signs shall conform to the requirements of section 16-15-22 of this chapter. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Ground monument signs shall be constructed of any material meeting the requirements of this chapter, except as provided in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
B. Ground monument signs shall be designed in accordance with the requirements specified in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
C. Ground monument signs shall not project over public property. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Wall signs shall be constructed of noncombustible material, except as provided in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
B. Wall signs shall be designed in conformance with the requirements specified in section 16-15-21 of this chapter.
C. No wall sign shall have a projection over public property or beyond a legal setback line greater than the distances specified in section 16-15-22 of this chapter.
D. No wall sign shall extend above any adjacent parapet or roof of the existing building.
E. The thickness of that portion of a wall sign which projects over public property or a legal setback line shall not exceed the maximum as set forth in section 16-15-22 of this chapter. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
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