The following provisions shall apply to all attached signs located within non-residential zoning districts and non-residential uses in residential zoning districts.
(a) Attached 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) All signs shall be mounted to the building façade, window or a fixed awning.
(c) All signs and their words mounted to the building shall be parallel to the building façade to which they are attached, and shall project no more than thirty-six (36) inches horizontally from that façade except as provided herein.
(d) All signs mounted to a fixed awning shall project no more than thirty-six (36) inches horizontally from the façade to which the awning is attached.
(e) All signs shall allow nine (9) feet of vertical clearance from the ground to the bottom of the sign.
(f) Attached changeable copy signs shall only be permitted in zoning districts which do not require a front or side yard, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total sign area. Said sign area shall not result in the violation of height, area, setback or other applicable requirements of this Chapter.
(g) The total sign area of all attached signs shall not exceed one and one-quarter (1-1/4) square feet of sign area per one (1) linear foot of building frontage.
(h) All permanent attached signs shall utilize hidden rust-proof structural supports and all sign lighting and wiring components shall be concealed from public view.
(i) All attached signs shall not mask, interrupt or otherwise interfere with doors, windows, trim or similar architectural features.
(j) Attached signs may project more than eighteen (18) inches from building surface as follows:
(1) Any premises or any non-residential occupancy may erect not more than one (1) attached sign projecting up to a maximum of thirty-six (36) inches from a vertical building surface, but not above the roof, provided that the premises or occupancy maintains no detached sign on the premises, and that the sign does not exceed ten (10) square feet in effective area, and that no part of the sign descends closer to grade than ten (10) feet, nor projects into or over any public right-of-way more than thirty-six (36) inches.
(2) Any premises or any non-residential occupancy may erect a sign at the eaves or edge of the roof, or on a parapet or edge of a canopy, provided that the sign is parallel to the façade, and that no supporting structure is visible.
(3) Words may be attached to machinery or equipment which is necessary or customary to the use, including but not limited to devices such as fuel pumps, vending machines, ice machines, and similar structures provided that words so attached refer exclusively to products or services dispensed by the device, and project no more than one (1) inch from the surface of the device.
(k) Signs located on a roof, or wholly or partly dependent upon a building for support which projects above the eave line of a building are prohibited.
(l) Signs attached to, painted on or supported by accessory uses or structures are prohibited.
(Ord. 17-46. Passed 2-5-18.)