(A) Master sign plan required. All landlord or single-owner controlled multiple-occupancy development complexes on parcels exceeding eight acres (32,376 m2) in size, such as shopping centers or planned industrial parks, shall submit to the code official a master sign plan prior to issuance of new sign permits. The master sign plan shall establish standards and criteria for all signs in the complex that require permits, and shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Proposed sign locations;
(2) Materials;
(3) Type of illumination;
(4) Design of free-standing sign structures;
(5) Size;
(6) Quantity; and
(7) Uniform standards for non-business signage, including directional and informational signs.
(B) Development complex sign. In addition to the free-standing business identification signs otherwise allowed by this chapter, every multiple-occupancy development complex shall be entitled to one free-standing sign per street front, at the maximum size permitted for business identification free-standing signs, to identify the development complex. No business identification shall be permitted on a development complex sign. Any free-standing sign otherwise permitted under this chapter may identify the name of the development complex.
(C) Compliance with master sign plan. All applications for sign permits for signage within a multiple-occupancy development complex shall comply with the master sign plan.
(D) Amendments. Any amendments to a master sign plan must be signed and approved by the owner(s) within the development complex before such amendment will become effective.
(Ord. 3006, passed 4-9-2013)