(a) The following size limits apply to buildings occupied by a single tenant and to individual tenant spaces in buildings with multiple tenants. One or more attached signs may be erected on each facade of the occupied space. The signs may have a total area of 10% of the area of the facade to which the signs are attached, with a maximum aggregate area of 500 square feet per facade. Doors and windows shall be included in the calculation of the facade area. The facade area shall be calculated by multiplying the width times the height, with a maximum calculated height of 15 feet. For structures exceeding 15 feet in height, allowable sign square footage shall be calculated as one and one-half square feet per linear foot of building facade.
(b) Length of an attached sign is limited to 75% of the lineal footage of the building or commercial space, whichever is less.
(c) The entire length and height of backlit awnings in which the lighting causes the illumination of the awning, of which the length will be limited to subsection (b) above, will be counted toward the allowed square footage of attached signs.
(d) Signs shall not project more than three feet from the building or canopy. No sign projection shall encroach over public property except as permitted by the sign code (Chapter 29 of the city code).
(e) Signs may be installed upon the roof subject to the following conditions:
(1) The area of the sign shall not exceed 10% of the area of the closest wall of the building above which the sign is placed;
(2) The sign shall not exceed four feet above the roof or top of the parapet wall at the roof, whichever is higher; and
(3) All roof signs placed upon a building or buildings upon one platted lot shall be similar in size, shape, area and design.
(f) A maximum of 1,340 square feet of attached on-premise signage shall be allowed, regardless of the number of facades or buildings associated with a single business or tenant.
(Ord. 17872-11-2007, § 1, passed 11-6-2007)