In the M1 Light Industrial District, the M2 Industrial Service and Distribution District and the M3 Heavy Industrial District, only the following exterior signs shall be permitted:
(a) Signs permitted in the S, R, H, C1, C2, and C3 Districts.
(b) An off-site sign, also known as a billboard, displaying information, advertising, or otherwise directing public attention to a business, commodity, service, industry, product, profession, or similar related concept of endeavor conducted for public use or consumption, whether for profit or not for profit, that is not located and/or offered on the premises where the sign is erected and/or displayed, of 700 square feet.
(1) The maximum height permitted will be 30 feet from the ground, including the base apron, supports, other structural members and the sign face itself. A minimum ten foot clearance below the bottom of the sign is required.
(2) The sign is a minimum distance of 300 foot diameter/radius from the nearest residentially zoned district, church, publicly-owned park, school-owned building, or Nationally Registered Historic District.
(3) The sign is a minimum distance of 400 feet from the centerline of any expressway or limited access highway if the face of the sign is visible there from.
(4) The sign is at least 1,000 feet diameter/radius from the nearest existing or proposed billboard.
(c) The total square footage of all signs on a wall may not exceed 10% of the surface area of the wall.
(d) Electronic message displays and projected light displays.
(e) Allowed within the C3 Central Business District, perpendicular signage as defined and permitted under Section 1260.108.
(f) Allowed within the C3 Central Business District, projecting sign as defined and permitted under Section 1260.108.
(Ord. 5317. Passed 8-11-21.)