(a) Building-attached Sign Location and Vertical Clearance.
(1) Building-attached signs may be placed on building frontages facing a street, parking lot, or mall and shall not be located above the roofline.
(2) Wall signs shall not project more than eighteen inches from the building wall, and the sign length shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the building frontage on which it is located.
(3) Projecting and canopy signs shall maintain an eight-foot vertical clearance from walkways and may not project into a public right-of-way.
(b) Monument Signs. Monument signs may be located in planter medians abutting a driveway or within the project driveway, provided the community development director determines that safe sight-distance is maintained. Changeable copy may be incorporated into a monument sign, provided that the sign area of the changeable copy does not exceed seventy-five percent of the sign area. Monument signs shall be designed to be compatible with the architectural style of the corresponding development.
(c) Illumination of Signs. Unless otherwise specified, signs may be non-illuminated, or may be internally illuminated. External illumination may be permitted only with the specific authorization of the community development director. If illuminated, the illumination shall be fixed, steady, and directed or controlled in a manner to prevent glare on streets, walkways, and residential property. For the purposes of public safety, any illuminated sign shall be required to remain lighted at least until 11:00 p.m.
(d) Additional Standards for Signs in the CF Zoning District. The following additional standards shall apply to signs located in the CF zoning district.
(1) A minimum parcel freeway frontage of two hundred linear feet shall be required for any parcel on which a sign is proposed. For parcels having frontage of less than two hundred linear feet, the sign standards applicable to the C-4 zoning district shall apply.
(2) No more than four businesses shall be identified on any one sign structure.
(3) For pylon signs, no more than two support pylons shall be used.
(4) The sign structure shall be constructed of materials and colors and in an architectural style that correspond to and coordinate with the buildings housing the businesses identified on the sign.
(5) Sign characters shall have a minimum height of twelve inches.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).