Off-premises signs shall be permitted in B-1 Limited Business Districts, B-2 Central Business Districts and I Industry Districts; in Limited and General Business Districts and Industry District, business signs, advertising signs and name plate signs are permitted subject to the following restrictions.
(A) Signs as permitted and regulated.
(B) Business signs: the total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed the sum of two square feet per lineal foot of lot frontages. No single business sign surface shall exceed 75 square feet in surface.
(C) Existing off-premises signs located within the B-1, B-2 and I Zoning Districts may be moved or reconstructed at pursuant to a conditional use permit and provided that the new sign would be located along the same right-of-way, is located within continuous zoning district as the existing sign, and complies with division (D) below.
(D) Off-premises signage shall meet the following standards:
(1) Shall be located on a platted lot and considered to be the principal use of the property;
(2) Shall be allowed only in areas adjacent to state and federal highway;
(3) Shall not be allowed within 1,000 feet of the middle of intersecting rights-of-way of principal arterials and 300 feet from the middle of other intersecting roadways;
(4) Shall not exceed 700 square feet in total area. Maximum allowable signage will be computed on the basis of one side of any double-faced sign;
(5) Shall not exceed 30 feet in height. Sign height shall be measured from ground grade elevation to the highest point of the sign. Signs abutting an elevated highway may exceed the maximum height requirement provided that the top of the sign shall not exceed 15 feet above the grade elevation of the elevated four-lane highway directly adjacent to the property on which the sign is positioned;
(6) Shall not be within 200 feet of a residential zoning district, playground, park, school or building used for religious purposes;
(7) Signs on the same side of the highway shall have a minimum separation of 1,500 radial feet. This may be reduced to 1,000 feet if an existing nonconforming off-premise sign located within the city is removed;
(8) Shall be set back from all street right-of-way lines a minimum of 20 feet, except as provided in division (D)(9) below;
(9) When a sign is to be located along a designated highway, where the sign is not adjacent to a front property line, there shall be a minimum setback of five feet;
(10) All ground/pylon support structures shall be monopole design and shall meet appropriate building codes pertaining to the general provisions of this section. The exposed upright or superstructure shall be painted a neutral color; and
(11) Off-premises signs located on a roof shall not be permitted.
(E) Off-premises signs for neighboring businesses: off-premises ground signs for businesses that are adjacent to one another may be permissible with the following conditions.
(1) The sign height of a ground sign may be 125% of the maximum sign height for the zoning district.
(2) The sign area for the signs may be the cumulative area of the allowable signage for all businesses.
(Ord. 221, passed - -1999)