In all business districts the following signs are permitted, subject to the requirements set forth hereinafter.
(A) Name plates. All signs and name plates permitted in the residential districts.
(B) Signs on marquees, canopies and awnings.
(1) Restrictions imposed hereinafter on the projection of signs across property lines into the public way shall not apply to signs located on marquees or canopies, provided that any sign located on a marquee or canopy shall be affixed flat to the surface thereof and, further, that no sign shall extend vertically or horizontally beyond the limits of the marquee or canopy, except that individual, free-standing letters may project to a height of not exceeding 24 inches above same.
(2) Restrictions imposed herein on the projection of signs across property lines into the public way shall not apply to signs located on awnings, provided that any sign located on an awning shall be affixed flat to the surface thereof, shall be nonilluminated and nonflashing and shall indicate only the name and address of the establishment on the premises. Further, no such sign shall extend vertically or horizontally beyond the limits of the awning.
(C) Signs on pylons, standards, clocks and supports. Signs, clocks or other advertising devices erected upon standards or separate supports shall be placed so as to be entirely within the property lines of the premises upon which they are located, and no part of the sign or standard shall have a total height greater than 20 feet above the level of the street upon which the sign faces, or above the adjoining ground level if the ground level is above the street level; nor shall the surface of any such sign exceed an area of 100 square feet.
(D) Signs on masonry pylons. Signs may be placed on the face of a masonry pylon when the pylon is constructed as an integral part of the building and the pylon does not project above the roof lines more than 12 feet, and the type, design and construction of the pylon complies with all of the requirements herein and in applicable building codes.
(E) Regulations. In all business districts, the permitted signs are subject to the following:
(1) Area. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed three times the lineal feet of frontage of the zoning lot. The gross area of all flashing signs shall not exceed two times the lineal frontage of the lot.
(2) Location. The sign or signs shall front the principal street, a parking area, or in the case of a corner building, on that portion of the side street wall within 50 feet of the principal street.
(3) Projection.
(a) Signs suspended from any building shall not project more than 24 inches beyond the building line, and the bottom of the sign shall not be less than eight feet above the finished grade of the sidewalk.
(b) Any sign projected or suspended from a building shall not exceed 12 feet in height, and its location and arrangement shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator. No sign except those suspended from buildings shall be erected or placed between the street line and the building line.
(4) Height. No sign shall project higher than 30 feet above curb level, and in no case shall a sign project above the roof line.
(1983 Code, § 9-11-4) (Ord. 09-07, passed 9-8-2009)