(a) Signs; erection and display; exceptions. No sign shall be erected or displayed in the office and institutional, general business, community business, industrial-1 or industrial-2 district, interstate highway interchange district, and shopping centers, except as provided below for the type of sign and zoning district in which it is located.
(b) Specific sign regulations, on-premises signs.
(1) Wall/fascia sign. Wall signs include awnings and canopies.
a. Size. No more than 25 percent of the area of any wall may be devoted to signs, up to a maximum of 200 square feet.
b. Number. More than one wall sign may be erected, provided the total surface area regulation is not exceeded.
c. Height. No sign shall extend above the parapet wall, eave line, or above the roofline of buildings without parapet walls.
d. Projection/clearance. No sign may project more than 12 inches from the building wall.
e. Illumination. Wall signs may be illuminated, provided such signs shall be lighted from behind to silhouette letters and figures, or those utilizing floodlighting or other non-internally illuminated light sources shall be contained within a concealed fixture and angled so as to prevent a direct view of the light source from a public street or adjacent property.
f. Location. Wall signs shall not cover up or interrupt major architectural features.
(2) Freestanding signs. Pole, monument, and ground signs are permitted as set forth in this section.
a. Size. The maximum surface area of a freestanding sign shall be:
1. Pole sign, 40 square feet.
2. Monument sign, 60 square feet.
3. Ground sign, 60 square feet.
b. Number. One freestanding sign shall be allowed on any lot, subject to the regulations in this section, provided a pole sign shall only be allowed on a lot which contains 100 feet or more of frontage on the street to which such sign is oriented. If a unified sign plan is approved by the planning department, two freestanding signs may be allowed on a lot or development having a minimum frontage of 300 feet on each of two adjacent streets or more than 600 linear feet of frontage on a single street, but only one may be a pole sign. When more than one freestanding sign is to be constructed, the total amount of freestanding sign area shall not exceed 0.25 square feet per linear foot frontage on the adjacent street or greatest length.
c. Setback. No portion of any freestanding sign may extend over any property line or into any public right-of-way, or be located within 15 feet of any interior side lot line. Further, no sign may be constructed within 20 feet of a right-of-way of a street.
d. Height. No pole sign nor any part of a pole sign, including base or apron, supporting structures, and trim may exceed 15 feet in height. Further, no monument sign or ground sign may exceed six feet in height.
e. Illumination. All freestanding signs may be illuminated either internally or externally. All external light sources shall be contained within a concealed fixture or box and angled so as to prevent a direct view of the light source from a street and/or adjacent property.
f. Landscaping. Shrubs, flowers or ground covers, or any combination thereof, shall be planted around the entire base of any freestanding sign. The minimum planting area shall be equal to one-half of the sign area.
(3) Window sign. Window signs shall comply with the following:
a. Size. Within any given pane of glass, window signs shall cover no more than 25 percent of the glass area.
b. Number. More than one window sign may be placed on, in front of, or behind any given pane of glass.
c. Projection/clearance. No window sign may project more than one inch from any given pane of glass.
d. Illumination. Window signs may be illuminated, provided such signs shall be neon, lighted internally or from behind to silhouette letters and figures, or externally-illuminated from within a concealed fixture and angled so as to prevent a direct view of the light source from a public street or adjacent property. Window signs shall not use LED lighting, have changeable copy, or flash or other use motion.
(c) Interstate interchange highway district (IHI) freestanding sign. In place of a freestanding sign, as allowed in subsection (b)(2), one freestanding sign may be erected and displayed on a zoning lot within the interstate highway interchange district (IHI) in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) The maximum area per display surface for freestanding signs shall be 100 square feet per sign face.
(2) Any such freestanding sign shall have no more than two sign faces upon which sign information can be placed;
(3) The maximum height of a pole sign shall be 50 feet, 16 feet for a monument sign, and 12 feet for a ground sign;
(4) Ground signs may be illuminated, provided such illumination shall be limited to internal illumination, lighted from behind to silhouette letters and figures.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 11.10; Ord. of 11-13-2000, § 11.10.1; Amend. of 9-5-2006; Amend. of 9-4-2007)