(A) In determination of the square footage of signs, the method of measurement shall be as follows:
(1) Sign copy mounted or painted on a background panel or area distinctively painted, textured, or constructed as a background for the sign copy.
(2) Sign area shall be measured as that area contained within the outside dimensions of the background panel or surface.
(3) Sign copy mounted as individual letters and/or graphics against a wall or fascia of building or other structure that has not been painted, textured, or otherwise altered to provide a distinctive background for the sign copy.
(4) Sign area shall be measured as the area enclosed by the smallest single rectangle that will enclose all sign copy.
(5) Sign copy mounted or painted on an illuminated sign or illuminated architectural element of a building.
(6) Sign area shall be measured as the entire illuminated surface or illuminated architectural element which contains sign copy.
(7) A sign having more than one component (e.g., a service station identification/price sign combination on a monument base) mounted on the same surface.
(8) Sign area shall be the area of the smallest rectangle that will encompass the several components of the sign.
(9) All other permitted signs (except nonresidential district directional signs assisting in the flow of traffic, street addresses, or signs necessary for safety (“stop engine,” “no smoking,” and the like) that do not exceed two square feet in area.
(10) Sign area shall include the areas of the sign from edge to edge.
(B) In determination of the height of signs, the method of measurement shall be as follows:
(1) Height of freestanding signs: monument, pole, or pylon. The distance from the top of the sign structure to the top of curb or crown of roadway where no curb exists;
(2) Height of wall signs. The distance from the top of the sign structure to the top of curb or crown of road where no curb exists; and
(3) Height of monument base or other structure erected to support or ornament the sign. Shall be measured as part of the sign height.
(Ord. passed 4-19-2021) Penalty, see § 155.999