(a) Signs Affixed to the Building.
(1) Institutional buildings in the IC District may have one, non-directional sign affixed to the main building not to exceed 100 square feet. A hospital may also have one nondirectional emergency room sign affixed to the main building not to exceed 100 square feet.
(2) Illuminated signs shall be permitted for emergency medical uses and directional signs only and shall not be permitted within 100 feet of and facing the front lot line of a residential zoning lot.
(3) Every office, in the IC District may have a sign affixed to the main building not to exceed six (6) square feet for an individual office.
(b) Collective Signs. In addition to the signs permitted in Section 1149.12(a): Signs Affixed to the Building, the following rules apply to buildings housing multiple offices.
(1) Office complexes having at least two separate establishments and less than 50,000 square feet of total area are allowed one sign affixed to the building not to exceed fifty (50) square feet if the sign is used collectively and displaying the name and address of the office complex and the names of tenants.
(2) Office complexes having in excess of 50,000 square feet may have a sign affixed to the building not to exceed 100 square feet if the sign is used collectively and displaying name and address of the office complex and the names of tenants.
(c) Monument Signs. In addition to the signs permitted in subsections (a), and (b) hereof the following monument signs are permitted.
(1) Every office/business located in an IC District may have a monument sign not to exceed twenty-five (25) square feet and shall be set back from the established right-of-way line of any street or highway at least fifteen (15) feet. The distance shall be measured from the point of the sign closest to the right of way.
(2) An additional foot of setback shall be required for each additional two (2) square feet of surface area beyond fifty (50) square feet, not to exceed the minimum building setback line.
(3) Office complexes having at last two separate establishments and less than 50,000 square feet of total area are allowed one monument sign of fifty (50) square feet per face and displaying name and address of the office complex and the names of tenants.
(4) Office complexes having in excess of 50,000 square feet may have one monument sign of not more than seventy-five (75) square feet per face and displaying the name and address of the office complex, the names of tenants.
(d) An Institutional Campus Facility may have one Changeable copy/Electronic Message Center with the following stipulations:
(1) Up to thirty-six (36) square feet of a permitted monument sign may be a changeable copy/electronic message center.
(2) The electronic messages shall be static and can only change once every five (5) seconds.
(3) The electronic message center shall come equipped with an automatic dimming photocell, which automatically adjusts the display’s brightness based on ambient light conditions.
(4) 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.
(5) 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”.
(6) 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.
(7) 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.
(8) No electronic message center shall be permitted within 100 feet of and facing the front lot line of a residentially zoned lot.
(9) Such signs shall be accessory in use and the display messages shall only include activities that occur on the premises and not advertise or promote off-site businesses, products or services.
(Ord. 2020-4053. Passed 1-7-21.)