The following signs are permitted signs that can be placed on property occupied by a fuel station. Pump labels and safety warnings, required by law are exempt from these regulations. Pricing information labels or when applied to the pumps shall also be exempt from these regulations.
(A) Exempted signs.
(B) Permitted permanent identification signs.
(1) Freestanding signs. Regulations of a freestanding sign restrict the location, area and the illumination of the sign. For the purpose of this chapter, a freestanding sign shall include all signs that are supported by either a masonry base or two six-by-six or four-by-four wood supports not exceeding a height of two feet.
(a) Number: One freestanding sign is permitted per public right-of-way frontage.
(b) Location: No freestanding sign shall project into, over or otherwise encroach upon a public right-of-way. All freestanding signs must maintain a setback of 25 feet from the property line. Each freestanding sign must be surrounded with a landscaped bed of living plant material in accordance with the landscape ordinance as amended from time to time. Only one freestanding sign may be located for a fuel station per public right-of-way frontage.
(c) Illumination: Freestanding signs may be internally illuminated or illuminated via spot lighting or similar external forms. Internally illuminated signs shall have an opaque background with only letters and logo illuminated. All sign illumination must comply with § 151.003. Internally illuminated box signs are prohibited.
(d) Materials: All materials of any freestanding sign shall be compatible and harmonious with materials of the building identified by the sign.
(e) Color: All colors of any freestanding sign shall be compatible and harmonious with the color of the building identified by the sign. Furthermore, text on a freestanding sign is limited to three colors, unless otherwise regulated by the approved uniform sign plan. Changeable copy text is limited to one color, unless otherwise regulated by the approved uniform sign plan.
(f) Items of information: The items of information for a freestanding sign shall include only the name, address, telephone number, business logo, and grade and price information for not more than three gasoline grades.
(g) Height: The maximum height of a freestanding sign is six feet. The height of the monument sign may be increased 10% to allow for ornamental features.
(h) Area: The maximum area of a freestanding sign is 30 square feet. The maximum area of the changeable copy portion of a freestanding sign shall be limited to 25% of the allowable sign area, with the exception that existing non-conforming freestanding signs which have manually changeable copy, may convert said portion of the sign to digital changeable copy no larger than the area of the existing changeable copy.
(i) Text size:
1. The minimum height of the text, exclusive of the pricing information, is 12 inches. Text height will be measured using the lower case height (or shortest character height) of the font chosen for each tenant. The numeric text for the pricing information is the only portion of the sign that may contain changeable copy. The height of text for the pricing information is as follows:
Text
|
Minimum Text Height
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Grade | 5.5 inches |
Dollars and cents | 8.5 inches |
Tenth cents | 5.5 inches |
2. Changeable copy shall not be changed more than once per hour.
(2) Wall signs. Regulations of a wall sign are determined by the linear frontage of the building on which the sign is erected.
(a) Location: No wall sign shall project into, over or otherwise encroach upon a public right-of-way. No wall signs shall cover, wholly or partially, any wall opening, nor project beyond the ends, top or bottom of the wall to which it is affixed. No sign shall project more than one foot from the wall on which it is displayed. Only one wall sign shall be located on a building, fueling canopy or accessory building per road frontage.
(b) Number: One wall sign is permitted per business or roadway frontage provided that the frontage is adjacent to a public right-of-way or adjacent to a main point of ingress or egress into a development. Signage on a canopy or awning will be considered a wall sign. For the purposes of this chapter a business is defined as having its own secured entrance. Businesses located within another business, without having a distinct secured entrance, are not considered a separate business and are not eligible for a wall sign.
(c) Illumination: Wall signage shall consist of internally illuminated lit channel letters, spot lighting or similar external forms of illumination. No canopy or awning shall be backlit. Internally illuminated signs shall have an opaque background with only letters and logo illuminated. All sign illumination must be in compliance with § 151.003.
(d) Color: No more than three colors shall be used for all wall signage pertaining to each business. If a sign is mounted on a raceway, the color of the raceway shall match the color of the exterior of the building.
(e) Items of information: The items of information on a wall sign shall be limited to the business name, logo, or a combination of name and logo. Slogans are prohibited.
(f) Height: The maximum height of a wall sign cannot exceed seven feet.
(g) Area: The maximum area for wall signage is not to exceed one square foot for every linear foot of the principal structure's frontage (exclusive of the frontage of the fueling canopy or any ancillary structure such as a car wash). The maximum area of a wall sign is 200 square feet and the minimum is 20 square feet, both of which include, text and logos. For the purpose of this chapter, the total allowable square footage will include the sign areas on accessory buildings (i.e., car wash, fueling station) and the fueling canopy, which shall include the background, logo and or text, unless the color of the canopy is nondescript and non-indicative of the corporate logo, or is of a neutral color (i.e., gray, brown, tan, black).
(3) Permanent window signs. Regulations of a window sign are determined by a percentage of the total window frontage.
(a) Number: One window sign is permitted per roadway frontage provided that the frontage is adjacent to a public right-of-way or adjacent to a main point of ingress/egress into the development. Text may not encompass more than one window.
(b) Illumination: Illumination of window signs is prohibited.
(c) Materials: A window sign must be painted directly upon or permanently fastened to the window surface itself and shall not be composed of any neon, or other bare-bulb illumination.
(d) Color: No more than three colors shall be used for all window signage.
(e) Items of information: The items of information for a window sign shall include only the name, address, telephone number, or business hours. Slogans are prohibited.
(f) Area: The maximum allowable area of a window sign is 25% of the total frontage window area.
(Ord. 2243, passed 11-21-05; Am. Ord. 3338, passed 2-7-22)