The following signs are permitted in the Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial Districts.
(a) Fascia or wall signs that do not project more than two (2) feet from the nearest part of the building except as specifically permitted within certain districts.
(b) Fascia or wall signs located on corner buildings may have two (2) such signs one (1) for each street side.
(c) The sign area for permanent signs shall be limited to an area not to exceed one and one-half (1½) square feet per one (1) lineal foot of building width, but not to exceed two-hundred (200) square feet. Any wall signage allowance that will be placed on a canopy or awning shall not cover more than fifty percent (50%) of any awning or canopy.
(d) Free standing signs serving an individual industry, or a group of businesses shall be permitted as long as the total sign area does not exceed one-hundred (100) square feet. A free standing sign shall not be over thirty (30) feet in height from grade. Additionally, the sign must be located at least twenty (20) feet, or the height of the sign, whichever is greater, from any street, right-of-way or adjoining lot line.
(e) An industry may opt to install a digital/electronic message center sign in lieu of a free standing sign with the following stipulations:
(1) The digital/electronic message center must be constructed monument style.
(2) Electronic messages shall be static and can only change once every five (5) seconds.
(3) The electronic message center shall come equipped with an automatic dimming photocell, which automatically adjusts the display's brightness based on ambient light conditions.
(4) The brightness level shall not increase by more than 0.3 foot candles (or 3.23 lumens per square meter or lux over ambient) levels as measured using foot candle meter at a pre-set distance.
(5) The procedure and distances for measurements of brightness shall be established by the International Sign Association's "Recommended Night-time Brightness Levels for On-premise Electronic Message Centers."
(6) The owners of such signs shall include a signed letter accompanying their sign permit application certifying that they will comply with the prescribed brightness limitations set by this ordinance.
(7) All electronic message centers shall contain a default mechanism that will cause the sign to revert immediately to a black screen if the sign malfunctions.
(8) No digital/electronic message center shall be permitted within one-hundred (100) feet of and facing the front lot line of a residentially zoned lot.
(9) No digital/electronic message center shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of sign area, exclusive of the monument structure and the overall structure cannot exceed fifteen (15) feet in height.
(Ord. 30-22. Passed 12-12-22.)