(a) All permanent signs shall require a permit. Permitted permanent signs shall be classified into one of these following types: wall signs, ground signs and window signs.
(1) Wall Signs:
(a) Sign Types - The following are included under the term “wall signs” and are allowed in all non-residential zoning districts:
(1) Awning or canopy signs;
(2) Center identification signs;
(3) Changeable copy signs (Marquee signs);
(4) Civic event signs;
(5) Directional signs; on-site;
(6) Instructional signs;
(7) Projecting signs;
(8) Tenant directory signs;
(9) Time and temperature signs;
(10) Under canopy signs;
(11) Wall mounted signs;
(12) Message center signs.
NOTE: Any wall sign may be an electrical sign, an illuminated sign, and/or a neon sign.
(b) Sign Height - No sign shall project above the roofline of the exposed building face to which it is attached. No roof signs are allowed.
(c) Sign Area – The total sign area of wall signs for each business or tenant excluding under the canopy signs, for building less than two hundred (200) feet from the right of way shall not exceed fifteen (15) percent of the exposed building face to which it is attached; total sign area of wall signs for buildings greater than two hundred (200) feet from the right of way shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the exposed building face to which it is attached. No individual sign shall exceed a sign area of three hundred (300) square feet and every application is entitled to a minimum sign area of thirty (30) square feet. A multi-tenant complex, which does not use a free standing ground sign, may have two (2) additional wall mounted signs. No one sign may exceed fifteen (15) percent of the exposed building face to which it is attached, to a maximum of three hundred (300) square feet per sign. This sign is in addition to any other tenant signs on that building face. This sign is to identify the shopping center name.
(d) Number of signs - The total sign area of building mounted signs permitted each user is dependent upon the surface area of the largest single exposed building face of the building as follows, excluding wall mounted center identification signs;
Building with more than four thousand (4,000) square feet on any exposed building face, with several clearly differential departments, each with separate exterior entrances, are permitted one sign for each different department with a separate exterior entrance.
NOTE: The number of signs on any building may be unlimited, but total sign area is not to exceed maximum allowable square footage.
(e) Illumination - no wall sign facing and within 500 feet of a residential area shall be illuminated.
No sign or signs may exceed the maximum area permitted for that building face except as may be specifically permitted by this code. However, an applicant is allowed to move allotted signs, as calculated in subsection Ac@, from the one building face to another.
(2) Ground Signs: To include pedestal, pylon, monument and other types of free standing signs, may be erected on a lot provided the location, height and other characteristics of the sign meet the regulations of this chapter. Only one ground sign per street front is permitted for any lot in any zoning district unless otherwise addressed in this ordinance.
(a) Freestanding, Major Multi-Tenant Sign.
(1) Criteria. A subject property must meet all of the following criteria to receive a permit for freestanding sign:
(a) A minimum of 250 feet of frontage on one public right-of-way;
(b) A zoning designation of General Business (B-3) Light Manufacturing (M-1) or Heavy manufacturing (M-2).
(c) A multi-tenant complex; and
(2) Sign Types. If the above criteria is met then the following sign types are allowed for a free standing sign:
(a) Pylon signs; provided, however, that any pylon sign must have more than one structure support, and the support must compliment the color and architecture of the primary structure on the premise;
(b) Pedestal signs;
(c) Monument signs;
(d) Tenant directory signs; and
(e) Kiosks
NOTE: Sign content for any pylon sign, or for any pedestal or monument sign in lieu of a pylon sign may include center identification signs and/or changeable copy signs, but shall not include electronic changeable messages. Any major multi-tenant sign may be an electrical sign, an illuminated sign, and/or a neon sign.
(3) Sign Height. A major multi-tenant sign shall not exceed the following maximum height:
(a) Pylon Sign - Twenty-five feet.
(b) Pedestal or Monument Signs - Twelve feet if in lieu of a pylon sign. Otherwise, pedestal and monument signs shall not exceed five feet.
(c) Tenant Directory or Kiosk Signs - Six feet unless the sign is set back a minimum of 50 feet from any pubic right-of-way, in which case it may be ten feet.
(4) Sign Area. A major multi-tenant sign shall not exceed the following maximum sign areas:
(a) Pylon sign - Four hundred square feet for the total of sign faces with no one sign face exceeding 200 square feet.
(b) Pedestal or monument signs - One hundred twenty- eight square feet for the total of all sign faces with no one face exceeding 64 square feet.
(c) Tenant directory or kiosk signs - Fifteen square feet per sign face.
(5) Number of Signs. A major multi-tenant development may have the following maximum number of signs:
(a) Pylon Sign - One sign unless the subject property has an additional 500 feet of street frontage for a total of 750 feet of aggregate frontage on any public right-of-way, in which case the subject property will be allowed one additional sign not to exceed a maximum of two such signs per subject property;
(b) Pedestal or Monument Signs - If the pedestal or monument sign is in lieu of a pylon sign, the number of signs allowed shall be determined pursuant to subsection (5)(a). In addition, two monument signs that identify the name if any multi-use complex are allowed per entrance from a public right-of-way, not to exceed five feet in height; and
(c) Tenant Directory or Kiosk Signs - One sign per frontage on a public right-of-way.
(b) Other Freestanding Signs in B-3, M-1 or M-2 Zoning.
(1) Criteria. A subject property that does not qualify as a major multi-tenant site if any one of the following apply:
(a) The tract being developed less than 250 feet of frontage on one public right-of-way;
(b) Is a single use complex; or
(2) Sign Type. The following sign types are allowed for a minor complex sign:
(a) Pedestal signs; and
(b) Monument signs
NOTE: Sign content for any sign may include center identification signs and/or changeable copy signs, but shall not include electronic changeable messages. Any sign may be an electrical sign, and illuminated sign, and/or a neon sign.
(3) Sign Height. The height of a sign shall be calculated at the rate of 0.75 feet in the sign height for every ten lineal feet of frontage on a public right-of-way; provided, however, that sign height shall be calculated at the rate of one and one-half feet in sign height for every ten lineal feet of frontage on a public right-of-way for any multi-tenant complex and provided, further that such sign shall not exceed a maximum height of 12 feet and every application is entitled to a minimum height of five feet.
(4) Sign Area. For any multi-tenant complex, sign area allowed for shall be calculated at the rate of two square feet per lineal foot of frontage on a public right-of-way not to exceed a maximum of sign area of 128 square feet for the total of all sign faces on each permitted sign with no sign face exceeding 64 square feet. For other uses, sign area allowed shall be calculated at the rate of one square foot per lineal foot of frontage on a public right-of-way not to exceed a maximum sign area of 80 square feet for the total of all sign faces on each permitted sign with no one sign face exceeding 40 square feet. Notwithstanding the foregoing sign area calculations, every applicant is entitled to a minimum sign area of 50 square feet for the total of all sign faces with no one sign face exceeding 25 square feet.
(5) Number of Signs. A subject property qualifying for signs under this section may have one Pedestal or Monument sign and wall signs conforming to Section 1187.09(c).
(c) B-1 and B-2 Zoned Areas
(1) Criteria. A subject property located in B-1 or B-2 is permitted a freestanding sign with the following restrictions.
(2) Sign Type. The following sign types are allowed in areas zoned B-1 or B-2:
(a) Pedestal signs;
(b) Monument signs; and
(c) Tenant Directory Signs.
NOTE: Sign content for any pedestal or monument sign may include center identification signs and/or changeable copy signs ut shall not include electronic changeable messages. Any sign may be an electrical sign, an illuminated sign and/or a neon sign.
(3) Sign Height. Signs shall not exceed the following maximum heights:
(a) Pedestal or Monument Signs - Five Feet
(b) Tenant Directory Signs - Six feet unless the sign is set back a minimum of 50 feet from any public right- of-way, in which case it may be ten feet.
(4) Sign Area.
(a) Pedestal or monument signs - Sign area allowed for shall be calculated at the rate of one square foot per lineal foot of frontage on a public right-of-way; provided however that any sign shall not exceed a maximum sign area of 80 square feet for the total of all sign faces on each permitted sign with no sign face exceeding 40 square feet, and every applicant is entitled to a minimum sign area of 50 square feet for the total of all sign faces with no one sign face exceeding 25 square feet.
(b) Tenant directory signs - Fifteen square feet per sign face.
(5) Number of Signs. A subject property qualifying for a sign in the areas zoned B-1 or B-2 may have the following maximum number of signs:
(a) Pedestal or Monument signs- One sign per frontage on a public right-of-way; and
(b) Tenant Directory Signs - One sign per frontage on a public right-of-way.
(Ord. 27-01. Passed 9-4-01.)