Free-standing signs including off-premises signs, temporary signs, and displays and portable signs, may be placed anywhere on the premises subject to the following:
(A) Such signs shall not be installed within the 30-foot triangle at roadway intersections.
(B) If controlled vehicular ingress and egress is provided by a clearly defined entrance and exit ways into and out of a premises, signs that are erected within a right triangle whose legs are 20 feet in length and are extensions at the roadway surface edge or curb, as the case may be, and the edge of the private ingress and/or egress driveway shall:
(1) Not be in excess of three feet in total height as measured from the lowest part of the driveway.
(2) Be erected to any height allowed by this chapter provided that the sign face is entirely above the ten-foot level as measured from the highest part of the driveway, and provided that no part of the structure, pole, or standard below the ten-foot level shall present a cumulative obstruction to the view of a motorist of more than 16 inches in width.
(C) If controlled ingress and egress is not provided into and out of the premises, then any sign or display erected or installed within ten feet of a public roadway must meet the same minimums or maximums of the height of the sign face as mentioned in division (B) of this section for vision clearance purposes.
(D) No sign or display shall ever be erected or installed in city street right-of-way, except that real estate signs of the six square foot and smaller variety and political signs of the poster type may be installed in the city streets or rights-of-way when the distance between property line and the roadway surface exceeds 12 feet; however, such signs shall not be erected closer to the roadway than 12 feet under these circumstances.
(E) Signs shall not be erected or installed so as to encroach upon any property line or public right-of-way. The Building Official shall have the authority to require an applicant for a sign permit to conduct a survey to verify property line locations when the same are in question.
(Ord. 92-19, passed 10-6-92) Penalty, see § 151.999