(a) Freestanding signs. Developments approved as a Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Centers shall be allowed one (1) freestanding sign per entrance. Each sign shall not exceed thirty-five feet in height and one (1) square foot of sign face for each linear foot of continuous street frontage or two-hundred and twenty-five (225) square feet, whichever is less. Freestanding Multiple-Use Identification signs shall include the name of the development.
(b) Wall signs. When a Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center has two thousand (2,000) linear feet of continuous frontage or more on a public road, the following provisions (including table in this section) shall supplement the established criteria with regard to wall signs.
(1) Tenant types.
A. Major Tenants are defined as those tenants having a lease area of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet and having a minimum of two (2) sides of its building exposed to a public way.
B. Minor Tenants are defined as those tenants having a lease area of less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
Wall Signs in a Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center
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Major Tenants (Main Building) | Minor Tenants | Ancillary Building to Major Tenant | |
Wall Signs in a Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center
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Major Tenants (Main Building) | Minor Tenants | Ancillary Building to Major Tenant | |
Number of signs | 1 per building side visible from a public way | 1 at the point nearest the associated use’s entrance | 2 at the point nearest the associated use’s entrance |
Height of sign copy | 8' | 6' | 6' |
Area | 20% of useable wall area | 20% of useable wall area | 20% of useable wall area |
Placement | At least 24" or more below roof line | At least 24" or more below roof line | At least 24" or more below roof line |
Projection | 3' from building or canopy | 1' from building or canopy | 1' from building or canopy |
Building entrance sign (per entrance) | 1 wall sign; 1 on door | N/A | 1 wall sign; 1 on door |
Rear service entrance wall sign (10 sq ft) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Additional sign for end units | N/A | 1 | 1 |
(2) Signs in Group Commercial Development or a Planned Commercial Center shall conform to any applicable current federal or state laws which may supersede those requirements herein.
(3) Building entrance signs shall identify the name for the Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center.
(4) The bottom edge of any wall sign shall not be lower than seven (7) feet from the ground.
(c) Group commercial development or planned commercial center building entrance signs.
(1) When the Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center has one or more dedicated public building entrances (not a tenant entrance) then the Group Commercial Development or Planned Commercial Center may have an entrance sign placed at each entrance.
(2) Such signs shall either be wall mounted, under-canopy signs, or a marquee.
(3) Such signs shall not exceed the collective width of the entrance as measured from the farthest edge of the entrance door on one side to the farthest edge of the entrance door on the other side. Gaps between multiple doors shall be included in the width measurement.
(4) Such signs shall not exceed one-hundred and twenty square feet in total area.
(Ord. 4926, passed 8-15-2017)