The property owner shall be responsible for allocating the allowable sign area among the tenants of multi-tenant buildings. In the event that the owner does not allocate the sign area, the city may do so based on the relative floor area or tenant frontage.
(A) Unified shopping center/multiple-tenant buildings. In a unified shopping center or multiple-tenant building, the total surface area of all individual signs on the buildings shall not exceed the maximum square footage requirements outlined in Table A. As a part of this maximum square footage the center or building may erect 1 freestanding or monument sign, which identifies the name and location of the building and its tenants. For shopping centers or multiple tenant buildings, 1 freestanding or monument sign may be permitted per street right-of-way, provided it meets the requirements of maximum surface area and height outlined in Table A.
(1) Master sign plan. No permit shall be issued for an individual sign requiring a permit in a commercial and/or industrial zoning district where more than 1 business or industry will be located until a master signage plan has been approved by the city. The master signage plan is intended to control total sign area and sign placement so as to help eliminate incongruities as tenants/occupants change.
(2) The owner/agent proposing a commercial or industrial development plan, site or plot plan, and/or planned unit development with more than 1 individual business or tenant any shall submit a master signage plan containing the following information:
(a) A scaled site plan showing location of buildings, parking lots, driveways and landscaped areas and an accurate indication on the site plan of the proposed location of present and future signs of any type, whether requiring a permit or not.
(b) Scaled color drawings clearly showing location of sign on building elevation.
(c) Computation of the maximum total sign area, the maximum area for individual signs and the height of signs.
(d) The maximum numbers of signs affixed to a building by each business within the building shall be controlled by the master signage plan.
(e) Other provisions of the plan may contain such other restrictions as the owner of the development or building may reasonably determine.
(f) The plan shall be signed by all owners or their authorized agents in such form as required by the city or as a part of applicable and active restrictive covenants.
(g) A master signage plan may be amended by filing administratively a new master signage plan that conforms to all requirements of this chapter.
(h) After approval of a master signage plan, no sign shall be erected, placed, painted or maintained, except in conformance with approved master signage plan and such plan may be enforced in the same way as provisions of this chapter. In case of any conflict between the provisions of such a plan and this Code, the Code shall govern.
(Ord. 2013-05, passed 5-20-2013)