The following signs are permitted in their respective zoning district:
(A) A-O District.
(1) All signs not requiring permits as set forth in this Division.
(2) For legally established non-residential uses:
(a) One freestanding sign not to exceed 32 square feet in area and six feet in height shall be permitted.
(b) One wall sign, not to exceed 20 square feet in area, shall also be permitted.
(B) R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-M Districts.
(1) All signs not requiring permits as set forth in this Division.
(2) For legally established non-residential uses:
(a) One freestanding sign not to exceed 32 square feet in area and six feet in height shall be permitted.
(b) One wall sign, not to exceed 20 square feet in area, shall also be permitted.
(3) For apartment buildings, one sign shall be allowed per property which may include:
(a) Ground sign with a maximum area of 60 square feet per sign face. The maximum height of a freestanding sign shall be 20 feet.
(b) Wall sign:
1. The total area a wall sign shall not exceed 15% of the wall area of that wall when said wall area does not exceed 500 square feet.
2. When said wall area exceeds 500 square feet, the maximum sign area for any wall sign shall be 200 square feet.
3. Wall area shall be computed individually for each tenant in a multi-tenant building based proportionally on the floor area of the building that the tenant occupies.
(C) CBD District.
(1) All signs not requiring permits as set forth in this Division.
(2) One ground sign with a maximum area of 60 square feet per sign face. The maximum height of a freestanding sign shall be 20 feet.
(a) Ground signs in the CBD shall be setback a minimum of five feet from the public right-of-way, and any support structure shall be located no closer than two feet from the property owner’s side of the property line.
(3) One wall sign or one projecting sign shall be permitted according to the following:
(a) The total area of all wall signs on any wall of a building shall not exceed 15% of the wall area of that wall when said wall area does not exceed 500 square feet.
(b) When said wall area exceeds 500 square feet, the maximum sign area for any wall sign shall be 200 square feet.
(c) Wall area shall be computed individually for each tenant in a multi-tenant building based proportionally on the floor area of the building that the tenant occupies.
(d) A projecting sign shall not:
1. Exceed a maximum sign area of 32 square feet per face. Projecting signs are calculated as wall signs.
2. Extend more than four feet into the right-of-way;
3. Be located closer than two feet from the roadside edge of a public sidewalk;
4. Be located closer than two feet from the back of a curb or shoulder of a public roadway;
5. Be located less than eight feet above ground level;
6. Be supported by any other means other than being securely attached to the building housing the business thereon advertised; or
7. Be otherwise located such that it will interfere with the safe passage of a pedestrian or motor vehicle or impedes the removal of snow from the right-of-way.
(e) Signs on the faces of any marquee or canopy may extend over the right-of-way not more than two inches beyond the edge of the marquee or canopy so long as the marquee, canopy and sign all comply with provisions above.
(4) One portable sign is allowed per property:
(a) The sign shall be displayed during building hours only.
(b) The sign shall be limited to eight square feet in area per side.
(c) The sign may be located in the right-of-way adjacent to the property which it advertises, but shall not interfere with either pedestrian or vehicular traffic circulation or create a potential traffic hazard.
(d) No portable sign shall occupy required parking spaces.
(e) In the case of multi-tenant structures, one portable sign may be placed every 150 feet of street frontage rather than one sign per parcel.
(5) Signs in the CBD shall meet the following design requirements:
(a) Sign lettering shall not exceed 36 inches.
(b) Signs may be illuminated via internal lighting of individual lettering or ground lighting.
(D) B-1 and B-2 Districts.
(1) All signs not requiring permits as set forth in this Division.
(2) One freestanding sign with a maximum area of 60 square feet per sign face. The maximum height of a freestanding sign shall be 20 feet.
(3) One wall sign shall be permitted according to the following:
(a) The total area of all wall signs on any wall of a building shall not exceed 15% of the wall area of that wall when said wall area does not exceed 500 square feet.
(b) When said wall area exceeds 500 square feet, the maximum sign area for any wall sign shall be 200 square feet.
(c) Wall area shall be computed individually for each tenant in a multi-tenant building based proportionally on the floor area of the building that the tenant occupies.
(4) One portable sign is allowed per property.
(a) Sign shall be displayed during building hours only.
(b) Sign shall be limited to eight square feet in area per side
(c) Sign shall not interfere with either pedestrian or vehicular traffic circulation or create a potential traffic hazard.
(d) No portable sign shall occupy required parking spaces.
(e) In the case of multi-tenant structures, one portable sign may be placed every 150 feet of street frontage rather than one sign per parcel.
(E) I-1 District.
(1) All signs not requiring permits as set forth in this Division.
(2) One freestanding sign with a maximum area of 60 square feet per sign face. The maximum height of a freestanding sign shall be 20 feet.
(3) One wall sign shall be permitted according to the following:
(a) The total area of all wall signs on any wall of a building shall not exceed 15% of the wall area of that wall when said wall area does not exceed 500 square feet.
(b) When said wall area exceeds 500 square feet, the maximum sign area for any wall sign shall be 200 square feet.
(c) Wall area shall be computed individually for each tenant in a multi-tenant building based proportionally on the floor area of the building that the tenant occupies.
(4) One portable sign is allowed per property.
(a) Sign shall be displayed during building hours only.
(b) Sign shall be limited to eight square feet in area per side.
(c) Sign shall not interfere with either pedestrian or vehicular traffic circulation or create a potential traffic hazard.
(d) No portable sign shall occupy required parking spaces.
(e) In the case of multi-tenant structures, one portable sign may be placed every 150 feet of street frontage rather than one sign per parcel.
(Ord. 20220120-01, passed 1-20-22)