1268.04 MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.
   (a)   Sign face area, sign height and sign location, as regulated in this chapter, shall be measured according to the following standards.
      (1)   Measurement of sign face area. For the sign types defined in Section 1268.03(d), sign face area shall be measured as follows:
         A.   Panel signs. Area shall be measured to include the entire enclosed surface area. The area of both sides of double-sided signs shall be included in the measurement.
         B.   Nonpanel signs. Area shall be measured to include the surface area of the smallest single rectangle completely enclosing all of the letters or characters of the sign.
         C.   Three-dimensional object signs. Area shall be measured to include all surface area which forms a part of the message conveyed by a sign. Such measurement, along with necessary calculations, shall be submitted by the applicant with the application.
      (2)   Measurement of building and lot frontage.
         A.   Building frontage. The frontage of a building shall be the width of the facade which faces the principal street in a business district, the Board of Zoning Appeals may allow, as additional building frontage, the width of other facades of the building which contain the public entrances and faces the required parking areas. If a building is divided into units, the building unit frontage shall be the width of that unit, as measured from the party wall centerlines.
         B.   Lot frontage. The frontage of a lot shall be the number of lineal feet the lot abuts on the principal street.
   (b)   Sign Height. The height of signs supported from the ground shall be measured from the base of the sign at its point of attachment to the ground to its topmost element. However, if such sign is attached to a wall or other human-made base, including a graded earth mound, the sign height shall be measured from the grade of the general area.
   (c)   Sign Location. In determining the location of signs in relation to lot lines (including district and street lines), distances shall be measured from the vertical projection of the lot line (LL) or street right-of-way (ROW) to the closest point on the sign.
(Ord. 179-02. Passed 1-2-03.)