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§ 6.407 RELATION TO ZONING DISTRICTS.
   (a)   Signs in “AG,” “CF,” “MH” and residential districts. On-premises signs in agricultural, community facilities, manufactured housing and residential districts are governed by the district regulations set out in the respective district regulations in Chapter 4 of this zoning code.
   (b)   Signs in commercial and industrial districts. Signs located in commercial and industrial districts shall conform to the regulations in §§ 6.408 and 6.409.
   (c)   Signs in planned development districts. Signs located in planned development districts shall conform to the regulations in § 4.300.
   (d)   Signs in conservation overlay districts. Regulations for signs located within conservation districts shall be in accordance with § 4.400. However, unless indicated otherwise the most restrictive sign regulations shall be followed.
   (e)   Signs in urban design districts. Signs located within the boundaries of an urban design district shall be generally exempt from the regulations of this article and shall be in accordance with the pertinent district standards of the zoning ordinance. However, the most restrictive sign regulations contained in this article shall apply unless otherwise indicated in the pertinent district standards. No off-premises signs shall be allowed.
   (f)   Signs in special purpose districts.
      (1)   Agricultural districts. On-premise signs are permitted as follows.
         a.   An illuminated nameplate bearing the family name of the occupants residing in the residence not to exceed one square foot in area.
         b.   A non-illuminated sign for those uses that are not residential. The sign shall not exceed 30 square feet in area, shall be no higher than 25 feet above grade, and shall be placed a minimum of ten feet behind the property line. Such sign shall not be placed within 20 feet of drives providing ingress and egress to the property.
      (2)   Community facilities. Identification signs shall be permitted subject to the following provisions.
         a.   Signs shall be permitted to identify the use or uses of the property on which displayed.
         b.   A sign or combination of signs shall have a maximum allowable area of exposure along each dedicated street frontage of not more than one square foot of sign area for each ten linear feet of frontage along said street; provided, however, a minimum of at least one sign shall be allowed having an area of 12 square feet.
         c.   Not more than 50% of the total allowable sign area may be located in the required yard space along a dedicated street. However, no individual sign in such required space shall exceed 20 square feet in sign area.
         d.   Symbols which are designed as an integral part of the building structure and symbols which are not visible or readable from the public street shall not be limited by the above regulations.
         e.   Signs located across the street from a one-family or two-family district shall not be illuminated. The source of light for illuminated signs shall not be visible and shall not be intermittent or flashing. Revolving signs shall not be permitted.
      (3)   Manufactured housing. An identifying sign shall be permitted at each major entrance to the manufactured home park except that no more than three signs shall be permitted for one park, and such shall be subject to the following provisions.
         a.   Each sign shall contain only the identifying name of the park and its street address.
         b.   Signs may be illuminated but the source of light shall not be visible and shall not be intermittent or flashing; revolving signs shall not be permitted. Signs shall not be lighted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
         c.   Such signs may be freestanding but shall have not more than two supports and the top of each sign shall be no more than eight feet above the grade.
(Ord. 17872-11-2007, § 1, passed 11-6-2007)