Window signs may include signs, posters, symbols and any other identification of, or information about, the occupant or the activity and/or use of the premises. Window signs are permitted in addition to any permitted wall or ground signs except in the B-4 District, where window signs shall not be permitted.
(a) Placement of window signs shall be limited to the first floor windows only, unless a use is located in the second or higher stories of a building and has no first floor occupancy.
(1) First floor occupants. All window signs shall not exceed 10% of total first floor window area.
(2) Upper floor occupants. For a multi-story building, each occupant above the ground floor shall be permitted one permanent sign to be placed in a window of the occupant's space, not to exceed six square feet or twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the window in which the sign is placed, whichever is smaller.
(b) Window signs shall not include electronic message devices.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11; Ord. 2019-037. Passed 9-16- 19; Ord. 2020-037. Passed 7-13-20.)