1282.08 FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL SIGNS IN "R," "S-PUD" AND "A" DISTRICTS.
   (a)   The following functional types of signs are permitted in "R," "S-PUD" and "A" Districts:
      (1)   Bulletin boards;
      (2)   Directional signs;
      (3)   Identification signs; and
      (4)   Temporary signs.
   General regulations pertaining to some of these functional sign types are given by this section. Supplementary regulations can be found in Section 1282.11.
   (b)   The following structural types of signs are permitted in "R," "S-PUD" and "A" Districts:
      (1)   Free-standing signs; and
      (2)   Wall signs.
   (c)   One sign per zoning lot is permitted in "R, " "S-PUD" and "A" Districts, unless a greater number is specifically allowed by other provisions of this chapter.
   (d)   The minimum sign setback from the front lot line in “R,” “S-PUD” and “A” Districts shall be, unless specifically allowed by other provisions of this chapter, the greater of either ten feet or the distance in linear feet which is equal to half the number of square feet in the sign area. No sign need be set back farther than the set-back line for principal structures.
   (e)   Illumination of signs in “R,” “S-PUD” and “A” Districts shall be limited only to bulletin board, plat, directional, identification and model home identification signs if:
      (1)   Sales or rental activities referred to will occur within seventy-two hours thereafter; and
      (2)   There is no illumination between the hours of 11:00 p. m. and 8:00 a. m. of the following day.
   (f)   Height of signs shall not exceed the lesser figure of either the building height limitation for the zoning district in which such sign is established or the height of the building wall to which such sign is attached, provided that freestanding signs do not exceed twenty feet in height and that signs mounted on or attached to a building wall or parapet wall do not exceed the height of such building wall or parapet wall.
   (g)   Maximum size for permitted signs in “R,” “S-PUD” and “A” Districts shall be as follows, unless specifically allowed by other provisions of this chapter:
      (1)   Identification signs, two square feet;
      (2)   Directional signs, one square foot;
      (3)   Bulletin boards, twenty-seven square feet;
      (4)   All other signs, six square feet, except that when the frontage of the lot exceeds fifty feet, the area of the sign may be increased by one square foot for each additional twenty feet of linear frontage to a maximum sign area of sixteen square feet.
   (h)   Conditionally permitted signs in “R,” “S-PUD” and “A” Districts are those associated with conditionally permitted uses. Such signs may not exceed, in size or number, the restrictions for the same type of sign for the same use principally or conditionally permitted in the least restrictive zoning district. Such signs shall be approved by the Planning Commission before installation.
   (i)   Signs for nonconforming uses in “R,” “S-PUD” or “A” Districts are limited, unless otherwise specified, to one square foot of sign area for each 500 square feet of lot area up to thirty-two square feet.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Ord. 90-11. Passed 4-10-90; Ord. 90-31. Passed 11-13-90; Ord. 18-01. Passed 2-27-18.)