1174.12 BUSINESS-GENERAL (B-G), BUSINESS-AUTOMOTIVE (B-AO), LIGHT-INDUSTRIAL (L-I), HEAVY-INDUSTRIAL (H-I), AND SPECIAL-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS (S-I).

   A.   No permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs  in the B-G, B-AO, L-I, H-I and S-I Districts:

      1.    Signs permitted under Section 1174.06.

      2.   Festoons.

   B.   A permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs in the B-G, B-AO, L-I, H-I and S-I districts:

      1.    Business signs.

         a.   One (1) ground-mounted sign to identify the business or center to be used by all tenants occupying the premises.

            (1)   The maximum height of a ground-mounted sign shall be nine (9) feet, the maximum area shall be forty-eight (48) square feet per sign face, and the total area shall not exceed sixty-four (64) square feet.

            (2)   Such sign shall be placed or erected on the same lot to which it is an accessory use no closer than five (5) feet from the right-of-way.

            (3)   Free standing signs are prohibited for Sexually Oriented Business.

         b.   Any combination of three (3) wall, painted wall, projecting, awning, marquee, or under-canopy signs per tenant space shall be permitted.

            (1)   The maximum area of such signs, collectively, shall be three (3) square feet per lineal foot of building width.

            (2)   The maximum height of such signs shall be no higher than the wall to which they are fastened.

         c.   All signs for Sexually Oriented Businesses shall be "wall signs" as defined in Section 1174.02, with a maximum allowable sign area of fifty (50) square feet and measured in accordance with the standards and specified in Section 1174.02, and shall not be internally illuminated.

      2.   Subdivision identification signs.

         a.   One (1) ground-mounted, wall or painted wall sign.

         b.   The maximum area of such sign shall be thirty-two (32) square feet per sign face, not to exceed a total area of sixty-four (64) square feet.

         c.   The maximum height of a ground mounted sign shall be nine (9) feet.

         d.   Such sign shall be located on private property at the dedicated street entrance of the development and shall be located no closer than five (5) feet from the right-of-way.

      3.   Signs on corner lots.

         On a corner lot one additional wall sign or painted wall sign and additional canopy, under-canopy, awning and marquee signs shall be permitted on the additional frontage, not to exceed the size limitations of other allowed wall and painted wall signs.

      4.   Conformity with State law.

         All signs shall conform to Ohio law regarding copy and use of symbols on the sign face. 

(Ord. 98-176.  Passed 8-3-98; Ord. 2002-82.  Passed 4-15-02; Ord. 2007-39.  Passed 5-7-07; Ord. 2008-138.  Passed 10-6-08.)