Commercial district signs shall conform to the following requirements:
A. On-premises freestanding sign:
1. Maximum number of signs, one sign per business;
2. Maximum area of sign, thirty-two square feet;
(i) Except for any commercial business, registered as such with the State of Illinois, that is located on Route 1 or Route 9 and the sign is to be placed at that location.
3. Maximum height of sign, fifteen feet;
(i) Except for any commercial business, registered as such with the State of Illinois, that is located on Route 1 or Route 9 and the sign is to be placed at that location.
4. Location of sign, signs shall not extend over the public right-of-way. No freestanding signs are permitted within fifty feet of any residential district where the nearest lot contains a dwelling unit, public school, park, hospital or nursing home.
B. On-premises wall signs and wall-mounted signs:
1. Maximum number of signs, no limit;
2. Maximum area of sign, ten percent of wall area not to exceed one hundred fifty square feet;
3. Maximum height and location, signs shall not extend beyond the top or ends of the wall surface on which they are placed.
C. On-premises projecting signs:
1. Maximum number of signs, one per business;
2. Maximum area of sign, thirty-two square feet;
3. Maximum height of sign, nine feet shall be the minimum clearance aboveground and the sign shall not extend above that portion of the roof immediately adjacent to the sign;
4. Location of sign, signs shall not extend over any public right-of-way.
D. On-premises roof signs:
1. Maximum number of signs, one per business;
2. Maximum area of sign, seventy-five square feet;
3. Maximum height of sign, nine feet as measured from that part of the roof immediately below sign but in no case shall the height exceed the maximum height authorized in the zoning district.
E. Signs attached to canopies, awnings and entrance structure:
1. Maximum number of signs, one per business;
2. Maximum area of sign, fifteen square feet;
3. Maximum height of sign, nine feet minimum clearance to ground;
4. Location of sign, no sign may project more than two feet from any canopy, or awning or other such structure;
5. A canopy or awning may extend within the limits of the right-of-way by a distance not to exceed six feet.
F. On-premises property sale and rented signs:
1. Maximum number of signs, one per frontage;
2. Maximum area of sign, fifty square feet;
3. Maximum height of sign, twenty-five feet;
4. Location of sign, no sign shall be located upon the public right-of-way.
(Ord. 2014-15, 2014; Ord. 81-11 Art. XIII § 4, 1980).