(a) A business located in the B-2, I-1 and I-2 Districts may have one (1) free standing sign provided the sign is on the same property as the main building and provided the total area does not exceed 100 square feet and the lowermost point of the sign is at least ten (10) feet above grade if located in the street right of way.
(1) Shopping centers, strip malls or shopping or office complexes having at least two (2) separate establishments and less than 50,000 square feet of total area are allowed one (1) free standing sign of 175 square feet per face, no more than twenty-five (25) feet above grade level and displaying name and address of the shopping or office complex and the names of tenants.
(2) Shopping centers, strip malls or shopping or office complexes in excess of 50,000 square feet but less than 150,000 square feet of total floor space may have one (1) free standing sign of not more than 250 square feet per face, no more than twenty-five (25) feet above grade level and displaying the name and address of the shopping or office complex, the names of tenants and periodically changing information relative to events within the shopping or office complex.
(3) Shopping centers, strip malls or shopping or office complexes with over 150,000 square feet of total floor space may have two (2) free standing signs of not more than 250 square feet per face each and no more than twenty-five (25) feet above grade level with the same information as above.
(b) A business in the B-1, B-2, R-O, I-1 and I-2 Districts may have a sign affixed to the main building, except that in the R-O District the sign shall not exceed more than twenty (20) square feet. Signs in the B-1 Central Business District shall not exceed more than four (4) square feet for each foot of principal frontage of the lot. Signs in B-2 Districts shall not exceed 100 square feet.
(1) Projecting signs in a B-1 Central Business District shall not extend more than five (5) feet from the building facade into the public right-of-way.
(2) The lowermost point of the projecting sign shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet above the grade.
(c) A business in the B-1, B-2, I-1 and I-2 Districts that is located on a corner lot is permitted two (2) signs affixed to the main building as long as each sign faces a different street.
(d) No advertising sign shall be permitted on a wind or solar energy system other than emergency contact information and should not exceed twenty (20) square feet.
(e) A business in the R-0, B-1, B-2, I-1 and I-2 Districts may opt to have one changeable copy/Electronic Message Center sign in monument style construction as their freestanding sign with the following stipulations:
(1) Electronic messages shall be static and can only change once every five (5) seconds.
(2) The electronic message center shall come equipped with an automatic dimming photocell, which automatically adjusts the display’s brightness based on ambient light conditions.
(3) The brightness level shall not increase by more than 0.3 foot candles (or 3.23 lumens per square meter or lux) (over ambient levels) as measured using a foot candle meter at a pre-set distance.
(4) The procedure and distances for measurements of brightness shall be established by the International Sign Association’s “Recommended Night-time Brightness Levels for On-premise Electronic Message Centers.”
(5) The owners of such signs shall include a signed letter accompanying their zoning certificate application, certifying that they will comply with the prescribed brightness limitations set by this Zoning Ordinance.
(6) All electronic message centers shall contain a default mechanism that will cause the sign to revert immediately to a black screen if the sign malfunctions.
(7) No electronic message center shall be permitted within 100 feet of and facing the front lot line of a residentially zoned lot.
(8) The changeable copy surface of EMC signs do not exceed twenty-four (24) square feet in R-0 District and thirty-six (36) square feet in B-1, B-2, I-1, I-2 and IC Districts.
(Ord. 2020-4053. Passed 1-7-21.)