(A) The height of a ground or monument sign of which any portion is located closer than ten feet from any front lot line shall not extend above three feet from the ground level.
Figure 152.208: Monument Sign
(B) Except in any B3 Zoning District, ground or monument signs located on corner lots and of which any portion is within 30 feet from the intersection (corner of the property) shall not have any portion of the sign face above two and one-half feet above the top curb line grades of intersecting streets, or above a height of three feet above the edge of the pavement grades where no curb is present. The foregoing restrictions shall apply to situations existing as well as situations arising thereafter.
(C) Shared use signs are permitted under the following conditions:
(1) The two entities sharing the sign must share a common lot line.
(2) One of the two entities involved must agree in writing to forfeit its right to place any freestanding pole, pylon, ground or monument sign on its property during the time the shared use sign is in place. A restrictive covenant concerning said agreement, in a form approved by the city, shall be recorded in the Knox County Recorder’s Office indexed against the subject property, prior to the issuance by the city of a permit for a shared use sign.
(3) The maximum height and area of a shared use sign shall be equivalent to the maximum height and area ordinarily permitted in the zoning district in which the sign is to be located.
(4) Neither entity may occupy more than 66% of the sign face area of the shared use sign.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 3-3.4, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 14-3443, passed 4-21-2014)