(A) Requirements. Signs and outdoor advertising structures may be erected in the zoning districts where such use is permitted, subject to the following provisions:
(1) No sign or outdoor advertising structure shall be located so as to endanger the health and safety of operators or motor vehicles on the public streets.
(2) Signs or advertising structures may be lighted in a reasonable manner that makes the structure visible, but does not create substantial glare. No sign may be erected that flashes, uses sound or other mechanical devises, or that uses unusual lighting or other means of illumination.
(B) Public right-of-way. No sign or advertising structure shall project into the public right-of-way or other adjacent property.
(C) Permitted signs.
(1) In residential zoning districts non-illuminated nameplates for home occupations are permitted, provided the nameplate does not exceed one square foot in area, and is used for indicating the name and address of the occupant or home occupation.
(2) In commercial and industrial zoning districts, signs are permitted for the purpose of identifying or describing the nature or type of use located on the premises, with the sign subject to the following:
(a) Signs may be free-standing, or attached to the building.
(b) No sign shall be erected or located to have a total height greater than 20 feet above the level of the street upon which the sign faces, nor shall the signable area of any such sign exceed 100 square feet; unless the sign is erected on a pedestal and does not present an obstruction.
(D) Off-premises advertising. Outdoor advertising structures are permitted in certain zoning districts for the purpose of advertising businesses and uses not located on the premises with the structure, subject to the following:
(1) Outdoor advertising structures shall be free-standing and not attached to or painted
on any part of a building or premises.
(2) No outdoor advertising structure shall be erected to have a total height greater than 20 feet above the level of the street upon which the structure existed, and shall not exceed 150 square feet.
(3) Double frontage signable areas are permitted.
(4) Only one outdoor advertising structure shall be erected on any individual lot or parcel.
(Ord. 443, passed 5-19-86) Penalty, see § 10.99