(a) The following functional types of signs are permitted in “O,” “C-4” and “I” Districts:
(1) Bulletin boards;
(2) Business signs;
(3) Identification signs;
(4) Directional signs; and
(5) 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 "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts:
(1) Free-standing signs;
(2) Projecting signs; and
(3) Wall signs.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Ord. 91-18. Passed 11-26-91; Ord. 96-6. Passed 3-27-96.)
(c) Two signs per establishment are permitted in "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts, except that a sign oriented towards an interstate highway and meeting the criteria established in subsection (f) hereof shall be allowed in addition to the two other signs allowed. Only one projecting sign per zoning lot is allowed. Except for one high-rise free-standing sign meeting the criteria for interstate highway orientation established by subsection (f) hereof, only one free-standing sign per zoning lot is allowed.
The allowance of two signs per business shall pertain to ground level office, retail and service commercial establishments of which at least seventy-five percent in a given building have street exposure. In the case of multilevel office buildings, or multiple businesses in a building where less than seventy-five percent have street level exposure, signage shall be limited to two per zoning lot and shall be controlled by standards applied to the entire building.
(Ord. 85-1. Passed 1-22-85; Ord. 96-6. Passed 3-27-96.)
(d) Minimum sign setback shall be as follows in "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts:
(1) No part of a free-standing sign shall be within ten feet of a street right of way nor within twenty feet of the intersection of corner right-of-way lines.
(2) No projecting sign extending into a street right of way shall be larger than six square feet nor extend more than one foot into such right of way, and no projecting sign within ten feet of a street right of way shall be larger than twenty-five square feet.
(e) Illumination of signs is permitted in "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts, provided that illuminated signs facing an "R," "S-PUD" or "A" District shall not have exposed neon tubing nor an exposed visible light source, unless such signs are more than 100 feet distant from such noncommercial Zoning Districts.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Ord. 96-6. Passed 3-27-96.)
(f) The height of signs which are free-standing in "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts shall not exceed twenty feet in height, except that a sign oriented towards an interstate highway within 600 feet, such highway surface being at least ten feet above the grade level of the sign, shall have the following standards apply:
(1) Such sign shall be separated from other free-standing signs on the same zoning lot by at least seventy-five feet.
(2) No part of such sign shall be closer than fifty feet from the intersecting right of way of two non-interstate public roads, nor closer than ten feet to a right of way other than an interstate highway.
(3) No part of such sign shall be closer than ten feet from another zoning lot.
(4) The difference in elevation between the bottom of the sign and the top of another free-standing sign on the same zoning lot shall be at least twenty feet.
(5) Such sign shall not be larger per face than:
A. The greater of either fifty square feet or 1.75 square feet per foot of height above average grade on the zoning lot; and
B. One square foot for each 150 square feet of lot area.
(6) The maximum height (top of sign) shall be 115 feet above the average grade of the zoning lot.
(Ord. 85-1. Passed 1-22-85; Ord. 96-6. Passed 3-27-96.)
(g) The maximum size for permitted signs in "O," "C-4" and "I" Districts shall be as follows, unless specifically allowed by other provisions of this chapter:
(1) Bulletin boards, twenty-seven square feet;
(2) Free-standing signs, one square foot for each four linear feet of lot frontage, up to a maximum of seventy square feet;
(3) Directional signs, two square feet;
(4) Wall signs not exceeding a limit of one square foot of sign area for each linear foot of building frontage, to a maximum sign area of 200 square feet, plus one square foot for each six linear feet the sign is set back beyond the minimum building set-back line;
(5) Projecting signs, not exceeding the following limits:
A. Subject to other applicable restrictions pertaining to projecting signs, the basic size standard for such signs shall be one square foot of sign area per linear foot of building associated with a given building fronting a thoroughfare, to a maximum sign area of fifty square feet.
B. Signs projecting into a public right of way shall be limited to six square feet in area and shall not project into the right of way more than one foot.
C. A user fronting a thoroughfare and having a projecting sign which does not encroach into the right of way shall be allowed a minimum projecting sign area of ten square feet.
D. No projecting sign within ten feet of a public right of way shall exceed twenty-five square feet in area.
E. Projecting signs shall provide at least fifteen feet of clearance beneath when over an area used by motor vehicles and ten feet of clearance beneath when over an area used by pedestrians. In all other cases, there shall be at least four feet of clearance beneath projecting signs.
F. Projecting signs may not project horizontally more than three feet from a building.
(h) Temporary signs shall be limited in size to sixteen square feet and may not be displayed more than fourteen days in a ninety-day period.
(Ord. 82-7. Passed 2-9-82; Ord. 89-26. Passed 9-12-89; Ord. 90-11. Passed 4-10-90; Ord. 96-6. Passed 3-27-96; Ord. 97-20. Passed 10-14-97.)
(i) The height of wall and projecting signs shall be limited to the same height as the wall surface to which they are attached.
(Ord. 18-01. Passed 2-27-18.)