(A) Only free-standing signs may be allowed as an off-site sign. Such off-site signs shall be erected and maintained only upon commercial or industrial zoned properties, unless otherwise prohibited or restricted. Before a permit shall be issued, the city must have a written statement in hand from the owner of the property where such free-standing sign is to be located giving permission for the erection and maintenance of a sign and holding the city harmless from any damages which might be caused by the sign.
(B) No free-standing sign is permitted in any public right-of-way or within ten feet of any road edge.
(C) The maximum size of any free-standing sign shall not exceed 100 square feet nor have a luminance greater than 200 footlamberts. No free-standing sign shall exceed 30 feet in height. Any free-standing sign located in such a manner as likely to allow the passage of vehicular traffic beneath it shall have a minimum clearance of 14 feet. Any sign located in such a manner to allow the passage of pedestrian traffic beneath it shall have a minimum clearance of eight feet.
(D) Minimum distance between off-site signs shall be 250 feet.
(Ord. 476, passed 11-12-96; Am. Ord. 98-033, passed 10-27-98; Am. Ord. 02-006, passed 2-12-02; Am. Ord. O-2021-004, passed 1-26-21) Penalty, see § 154.99