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Codified Ordinances of Germantown, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE ONE - Platting
TITLE THREE - Zoning
CHAPTER 1121 General Provisions
CHAPTER 1123 Definitions
CHAPTER 1125 Establishing Districts and Zoning Map
CHAPTER 1127 District Regulations
CHAPTER 1128 Well Head Protection Overlay District
CHAPTER 1129 Supplemental District Regulations
CHAPTER 1130 Property Maintenance Code
CHAPTER 1131 Conditional Uses; Substantially Similar Uses
CHAPTER 1133 Nonconformities
CHAPTER 1135 Planned Unit Developments (PUD)
CHAPTER 1136 Rural Residential Overlay District
CHAPTER 1137 Off-Street Parking And Loading Facilities
CHAPTER 1139 Signage
1139.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
1139.02 DEFINITIONS.
1139.03 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL SIGNS AND DISTRICTS.
1139.04 SIGNS WITH NONCOMMERCIAL MESSAGES.
1139.05 SUBSTITUTION PROVISION.
1139.06 PERMIT REQUIRED.
1139.07 SIGNS PERMITTED IN ALL DISTRICTS NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT.
1139.08 THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FLAGS OF OTHER NATIONS, STATES AND GOVERNMENTS.
1139.09 PROHIBITED SIGNS, GENERALLY.
1139.10 SIGNS NOT PERMITTED IN AREAS DESIGNATED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, CIRCULATION AND LOADING.
1139.11 SIGNS NOT PERMITTED ON UNIMPROVED OR VACANT PROPERTY.
1139.12 SIGNS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
1139.13 DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
1139.14 DETACHED SIGNS IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
1139.15 ATTACHED SIGNS IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
1139.16 GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SIGNS FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS IN MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
1139.17 PROHIBITED SIGN MATERIALS.
1139.18 PERMITTED SIGN MATERIALS.
1139.19 SIGN LEGIBILITY REQUIRED.
1139.20 SIGN ILLUMINATION.
1139.21 LANDSCAPING REQUIRED.
1139.22 TEMPORARY SIGNS.
1139.23 TEMPORARY REAL ESTATE SIGNS.
1139.24 SIGN MEASUREMENTS.
1139.25 EXEMPTING HISTORIC AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT SIGNS.
1139.26 SIGN SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
1139.27 SIGN RESPONSIBILITY, MAINTENANCE, MODIFICATION, REPLACEMENT OR REMOVAL.
1139.28 NONCONFORMING SIGNS AND STRUCTURES.
1139.29 LOSS OF LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS.
1139.30 VIOLATIONS.
1139.31 ABANDONED SIGNS.
CHAPTER 1141 Amendments
CHAPTER 1143 Appeals and Variances
CHAPTER 1145 Administration
CHAPTER 1147 Zoning Permit Requirements and Enforcement
CHAPTER 1148 Garage Sales
CHAPTER 1149 Hookah Bars
CHAPTER 1152 Age Restricted Housing Community Overlay District
CHAPTER 1170 Flood Damage Reduction
CHAPTER 1195 Stormwater Management
APPENDIX Zoning Map Changes
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
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1139.10 SIGNS NOT PERMITTED IN AREAS DESIGNATED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, CIRCULATION AND LOADING.
   No part of a sign shall be temporarily or permanently located or stored in areas designated for off-street parking, circulation and loading.
(Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)
1139.11 SIGNS NOT PERMITTED ON UNIMPROVED OR VACANT PROPERTY.
   No permanent sign shall be permitted on unimproved or vacant property. Permanent signs shall only be permitted on properties containing a principally permitted use, building or structure that has met all applicable requirements of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)
1139.12 SIGNS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no part of a privately-owned sign shall be located or project within the public right-of-way unless specifically authorized by the City Manager, or designee. In any case, no sign shall be allowed to be erected or maintained within any tree lawn, or any other part of the public right-of-way at or near grade when not normally accessible to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
   (b)   The City Manager or designee may remove or cause to be removed any unlawful sign in the public right-of-way. The sign will be destroyed or disposed of within ten (10) days of removal unless claimed by owner.
   (c)   Publicly-owned signs such as traffic and emergency signs shall be permitted within the right-of-way as required.
   (d)   Publicly-owned signs or signs authorized by the City Manager or Council, such as, but not limited to, entrance signs, gateway signs and other signs which serve to identify major entrances, corridors or parts of the City shall be permitted within the right-of-way as required, subject to applicable building regulations.
(Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)
1139.13 DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
   In addition to any other signs permitted elsewhere in this Zoning Code, permanent or temporary signs which convey information pertaining to the direction of traffic movement onto or within a premises shall be permitted provided that:
      (a)    The sign area shall not exceed two (2) square feet per side, with a maximum of two (2) sides per sign.
   (b)   Sign height shall not exceed three (3) feet if located within twenty-five (25) feet of a public right-of-way or eight (8) feet in height in any other location.
   (c)   There shall be no more than two (2) signs permitted per driveway or access point.
   (d)   The sign shall be located outside any public right-of-way, but shall not be subject to the general detached sign setback provision.
   (e)    The sign shall pertain to the premises on which it is located.
   (f)   An attached directional sign may be placed at the entrance to any drive-thru window.
      (Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)
1139.14 DETACHED SIGNS IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
   The following provisions shall apply to all detached signs located within non-residential zoning districts and non-residential uses in residential zoning districts.
      (a)    Detached signs shall only be premises signs, except that off-premises signs located within large enclosed and unenclosed structures and buildings which can be viewed only by persons within said structures and buildings shall also be permitted, per Section 1139.07.
   (b)   Detached signs shall only be monument signs.
   (c)   The detached sign shall not exceed one-half (1/2) square foot of sign area per one (1) linear foot of lot frontage, not to exceed fifty (50) square feet in sign area.
   (d)   Detached signs shall be a maximum height of ten (10) feet at the minimum sign setback line, and for every additional two (2) feet of sign setback, one (1) foot may be added to the sign height not to exceed a total sign height of sixteen (16) feet.
   (e)   Electronic reader boards or changeable copy signs shall be permitted, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total sign area. In addition, said sign area shall not result in the violation of height, area, setback or other applicable requirements of this Chapter.
   (f)   Detached signs shall only be permitted in yards with at least fifty (50) feet of lot frontage.
   (g)    Only one (1) detached sign of any type may be erected on any premises, except that:
      (1)   Premises which have more than seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of frontage along the public way, other than an alley, may have a total of two (2) detached signs for each frontage.
      (2)    The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to frontages on corner lots or rights-of-way that are otherwise perpendicular to one another.
   (h)   Detached premises signs shall be designed to accommodate sign area for all existing and potential non-residential tenants. No detached sign permit shall be issued for a premises having or proposing to have multiple non-residential occupants until a sign plan is received and approved by the City Manager or designee. The plan shall show how space is provided on the detached sign for all non-residential occupants.
     (i)   For multi-tenant office, research, and mixed-use developments with at least one hundred (100) lineal feet of property contiguous to a right-of-way, the following regulations shall apply for detached premises signs:
              (1)    One (1) additional detached premises identification sign shall be permitted per multi-tenant building, not to exceed three (3) signs total per development, and only in the yard contiguous to a right-of-way, subject to all other applicable regulations of this Chapter
      (2)    All detached signs shall be monument signs   
      (3)    All detached signs shall have sign area capable of serving the total number of tenants the building may support
      (4)    All detached sign area dedicated for tenant use shall be easily changeable, and     
      (5)    In the case where the ground floor of a building is occupied by two (2) or more different tenants, the portion of the building frontage occupied by each tenant shall be considered a separate and distinct building frontage for attached sign area computation purposes.
         (Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)
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