The following general design standards shall apply in all districts as applicable unless specifically modified elsewhere in this subchapter.
(A) Awning and canopy signs. Awning and canopy signs shall:
(1) Be attached flat to the surface thereof;
(2) Not be illuminated; and
(3) Indicate only the name, address, and telephone number of the building or occupant, the principal uses of the premises and official design trademarks, and may identify products or services sold on the premises where the sign is located.
(B) Marquee signs. Marquee signs shall:
(1) Be attached to the top or face thereof;
(2) Not extend more than four feet above the marquee;
(3) Not extend below the marquee except in shopping centers and in compliance with division (B)(4) below;
(4) Not extend beyond the limits of the marquee horizontally; and
(5) Identify only the name, address, and telephone number of the building or occupant, the principal uses of the premises and official design trademarks, and may identify products or services sold on the premises where the sign is located.
(C) Wall signs. Wall signs shall only identify the name, address, and telephone number of the building or occupant, the principal uses of the premises and official design trademarks, and may identify products or services sold on the premises where the sign is located.
(D) Free-standing and ground signs.
(1) Free-standing and ground signs shall:
(a) Identify only the name, address, and telephone number of the building or occupant, the principal uses of the premises and official design trademarks, and may identify products or services sold on the premises where the sign is located;
(b) Be located in a separate area which may be landscaped and which shall protect the sign foundation from vehicle encroachment;
(c) Be located only in zones where they are expressly permitted; and
(d) Be located only in the center 80% of the property frontage, and no closer than five feet from a side property line. On a corner lot, the 80% may be measured from the corner to one side line or from the respective side lines and around the corner, at the option of the owner.
(2) Setback distance shall be adequate so as to allow a clear view of oncoming pedestrian or vehicular traffic for vehicles entering or leaving the owner’s or adjacent owner’s property. In no case shall the sign be less than two feet inside the front property line.
(E) Attached and projecting signs. Attached and projecting signs shall:
(1) Not be less than nine feet nor more than 15 feet above a sidewalk;
(2) Not be less than 16 feet nor more than 20 feet above a driveway; and
(3) Identify only the name, address, and telephone number of the building or occupant, the principal uses of the premises and official design trademarks, and may identify products or services sold on the premises where the sign is located.
(F) Roof signs. Roof signs are prohibited in all zoning districts.
(G) Shopping center signs.
(1) For buildings in a shopping center, the sign area allocated to each building or business within a building shall be based on building frontage.
(2) Signs are calculated from one building or business frontage, even if unused, and shall not be allocated to another building or business unless a master signing plan is submitted for all signs in the shopping center and approved by the Planning Commission.
(3) Where property or buildings are divided by sale or lease, signs which are no longer conforming shall be eliminated.
(4) The Planning Commission may approve, by special permit, the installation of a nonconforming sign to provide uniform signage among contiguous commercial developments in a shopping center, or in a multiple use commercial buildings, where a majority of the existing businesses have nonconforming signs; provided, however, that such sign shall be substantially similar in size, type, and location to the existing nonconforming signs in the development or building.
(5) A business or group of businesses which do not front a public street shall be permitted:
(a) A single composite sign, equal in area to one-half square foot per linear foot of the building face, to be erected adjacent to the nearest public street. The area allocation for the sign shall be as set forth in division (G)(1) above. The sign shall further conform to the requirements of the appropriate zone classification; and
(b) Individual wall, canopy, or attached signs as allowed in the various zoning districts for purposes of business identification.
(H) Subdivision signs.
(1) In the case of the simultaneous offering for sale or lease of a group of five or more new buildings or improved lots which are under a single ownership and within the final plat of a single subdivision, signs as set forth in division (H)(2) below shall be permitted, subject to issuance of a permit. Only subdivision directional signs, as defined herein, shall be permitted in locations other than within the subdivision site boundaries. Subdivision signs shall advertise only the sale of buildings or lots within the village.
(2) One on-site business sign and two off-site subdivision directional signs shall be permitted subject to the following provisions.
(a) The signs may be single or double-faced. For V-shaped signs, all display surfaces shall be included in the aggregate permitted sign area.
(b) Neither the horizontal nor the vertical dimensions of an on-site business sign shall exceed 25 feet, including supporting structures. The total area of the sign face shall not exceed 200 square feet per side.
(c) The maximum area of any face of a subdivision directional sign shall be 32 square feet. For the purposes of this section, a SUBDIVISION DIRECTIONAL SIGN is one which informs the viewer as to the route or change of travel in order to arrive at the subdivision site. This type of sign shall display only necessary travel directions, the name of the land development, and the name and/or any characteristic trademark or insignia of the developer.
(d) There shall be no additions, tags, streamers, devices, display boards, or appurtenances added to the sign unless otherwise authorized by the County Building and Zoning Inspector.
(e) Such signs may be established along any highway, street, or thoroughfare, except those streets declared as scenic by Council.
(f) Such signs may be maintained until building permits have been issued for 80% of the lots in the subdivision. All signs erected pursuant to this division (H) shall be removed within 14 days thereafter.
(g) Plantings, structures, and combinations thereof designed to permanently identify and characterize a development or subdivision shall not be subject to division (H)(2)(f) above, provided that no other commercial information is attached or included.
(3) Prior to erecting any subdivision or subdivision directional sign authorized by this division (H)(3), a permit must be issued by the Zoning Inspector. The applicant shall file a written statement from the property owner, authorizing erection of the sign and access to the property by the applicant or the village to remove the sign.
(4) During the sale of a house in a subdivision, one feature sign and one model home sign identifying the particular model, not exceeding two feet by three feet in size, plus three flags on each lot on which a model home is located and which fronts on an interior road in the subdivision, shall be permitted. Such signs shall not exceed four feet in overall height and shall not be located closer than ten feet from any property line.
(5) Signs permitted by this division (H)(5) may be lighted per § 154.112(J), provided they do not violate other provisions of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 1284.05) (Ord. 94-84, passed 7-9-1984) Penalty, see § 154.999