(a) For commercial and office uses located in the Suburban Office (SO), Community Commercial (CC) and Community Service (CS) Zoning Districts or within the following Planned Development Zoning Districts; Select Commercial Planned District (SCPD), Planned Shopping Center (PSC), and Planned Highway Service (PHS); such signs shall conform.
(b) The following restrictions apply to permanent signs in the Office and Commercial District:
(c) Permanent Signs - Office and Commercial District Chart.
District Type | Office and Commercial | |||||
Sign Type | Permit Required | Maximum Quantity | Maximum Area (sq. ft.) | *Maximum Height (ft.) | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) | Other Requirements |
Freestanding | Yes | 1 per parcel | 60 | 14 | 10 | No sign, sign foundation, or any other solid portion of a sign structure exceeding 2 ft. in height shall be permitted within the sight distance triangle required in Section 1154.03(f). |
Business Park District | Yes | 1 additional sign | 60 | 5 | 10 | |
Directional | Yes | -- | 30 | -- | 10 | Maximum size per sign is 6 sq. ft. 30 sq. ft. in total signage per tenant |
Bulletin Board | Yes | 1 per parcel | 15 | --– | 5 | |
Building Mounted | Yes | 1 per tenant | -- | -- | -- | A 2nd sign is permitted where a business has frontage on more than one (1) street or where a rear entrance is commonly used by the public. The total sign area may not exceed the maximum sign area allowed for a single sign. |
Wall | Yes | -- | 75 | -- | -- | 1 wall sign shall be permitted on the front of the business establishment which it represents. |
Window | No | -- | 50% of window | -- | --– | |
Awning and Canopy | Yes | -- | 45% of the total vertical area of the awning surface | -- | -- | Over 1st floor windows and doors. The advertising message shall not exceed 1 ft. in height. Light fixtures may be allowed within or under an awning. |
District Type | Office and Commercial | |||||
Sign Type | Permit Required | Maximum Quantity | Maximum Area (sq. ft.) | *Maximum Height (ft.) | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) | Other Requirements |
Projecting | Yes | -- | Equal to the building frontage (in linear feet), plus 2 sq. ft. for each additional foot of setback over 50 feet to a maximum of 150% of the building frontage. | May not extend above the building wall or fascia to which it is attached. | -- | Maximum horizontal projection - 4-1/2 ft. |
Nameplate | Yes | 1 additional sign per tenant | 4 | 1 | -- | Suspended from below the centerline of an awning or canopy, perpendicular to the storefront. |
Directory | Yes | 1 additional sign | 2-1/2 sq. ft. for each building occupant | -- | -- | Directory signs shall be mounted flat against the face of the building like a wall sign. |
Marker or Plaque | Yes | 1 per building | 6 | -- | 5 | May be illuminated by indirect lighting or spotlight. |
* Maximum Height is measured from grade.
(Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)