(A) C-1, Central Commercial.
1. Each business within this district shall be allowed a maximum of 30 square feet of sign aggregate per street frontage. All signs within this district shall be wall signs and shall not extend past the edge of the roofline nor below the awning, except the following signs.
(a) Each business shall be allowed one window sign per street frontage. Such signs shall be included in the business’s total sign aggregate.
(b) Each business shall be allowed one identification sign below the awning level, which shall be one foot by six feet. The sign shall not exceed one foot in height and six feet in width. Such signs shall not be included in the total sign aggregate.
(c) No projection signs are allowed.
2. (a) One freestanding identification sign which may list the names of the occupants of a shopping center within its surface area shall be permitted. The sign may be double faced, shall not exceed a height of 20 feet and may be illuminated.
(b) The sign may have up to two double faced modules and shall not exceed 80 square feet per side for total display area.
(1) Each tenant/occupant within the shopping plaza shall be allowed up to a maximum of 10% aggregate sign area across the front building facade of each respective occupancy. An overall site sign design scheme shall be coordinated to gain perspective of size, color and illumination.
(2) No projecting signs are permitted.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Planning Director to conduct a sign design review of all new signs proposed within the DTC district. This design review will be based upon that criteria found within § 5-6-7, Site Plan And Design Review, of this code.
(B) DTC, Downtown Commercial. Same as subsection (A) of this section.
(C) C-2, Community Commercial.
1. Each business establishment shall be allowed a maximum aggregate sign area of 20% of the front building facade. No projecting signs are permitted.
2. One freestanding identification sign, which may list the names of the occupants of the shopping center within its surface area, shall be permitted for each street frontage. The sign may be double faced, shall not exceed a height of 30 feet and may be illuminated. The sign may have up to three double faced modules and shall not exceed 120 square feet per side for total display area.
3. Each tenant/occupant within a shopping center shall be allowed up to a maximum of 15% aggregate sign area across the front building facade of each respective occupancy. No minimum sign area is required; however, an overall site sign design scheme shall be coordinated to gain perspective of size, color, and illumination. No projecting signs are permitted.
(D) C-3, Service Commercial.
1. The aggregate sign area for each parcel shall be three square feet for each linear foot of street frontage. For lots with more than one street frontage, the aggregate sign area shall be 75% of the total so computed.
2. Each parcel shall be permitted to have one freestanding identification sign per street frontage and one additional freestanding sign per street frontage of 300 feet or more.
3. Freestanding signs shall not exceed 30 feet in height, may have up to two double faced modules, and shall not exceed an aggregate per side sign area of 100 square feet. No additional attached signs shall be permitted.
4. One freestanding identification sign, which may list the names of the occupants of the shopping center within its surface area, shall be permitted for each street frontage. The sign may be double faced, shall not exceed a height of 30 feet and may be illuminated. The sign may have up to three double faced modules and shall not exceed 120 square feet per side for total display area.
5. Each tenant/occupant within a shopping center shall be allowed up to a maximum of 15% aggregate sign area across the front building facade of each respective occupancy. No minimum sign area is required; however, an overall site sign design scheme shall be coordinated to gain perspective of size, color and illumination. No projecting signs are permitted.
(Ord. 596, passed 10-18-2011; Ord. 610, passed 2-18-2014; Ord. 612, passed 4-1-2014)