Signs in office laboratory and manufacturing distribution districts shall be designed, erected, altered, moved and maintained in accordance with the provisions as contained in this chapter.
(a) Schedule of Industrial Signs Permitted by Use and Structural Type.
(1) Districts: M-1 , M-2;
(2) Identification: Ground, pole, wall, canopy; and
(3) Directional: Ground, wall.
(b) Measurement Standards for Maximum Sign Area. The maximum (total) area of all permanent signs permitted for each building or building unit shall be related to the building and building unit width and shall be determined according to the measurement standards of Section 1268.04 and the formulas below.
(1) Maximum sign area per building. Maximum sign area in square feet for all permitted signs for a building is based on "W" the frontage width in feet of the building as follows:
"W" x 1
(2) Maximum building or building unit exterior sign area. The maximum permanent sign face area (square feet) allowed on the exterior frontage of the building or the frontage (entrance) for each building unit shall be determined by the formula:
Building or building unit (frontage entrance) width x 0.5
(c) Schedule of M-1 and M-2 Sign Regulation. Signs as permitted shall conform to the number, area, height, location and any other requirements of this chapter:
Type of Sign | Maximum Number | Maximum Size of Single Face Area (square feet) | Maximum Height (feet) | Location Minimum Set Back (feet) | Other Requirements | |
Identification | (Ground) | 1/zoning lot | 30 | 5 | 5 from ROW 25 from lot line | Minimum 100 ft. from residential district line |
(Wall) | 1/unit | “W” x .75 | 20% of building height | Front of building | 3 ft. minimum from end of building unit | |
Pole | 1/unit | 10 ft. wide 8 ft. tall | 25 ft. | 5 from ROW 25 from lot line | 10 ft. wide | |
(Canopy or awning) | 1 | 5 | 8 inches | Business name only | ||
(Door/ Window) | 1 | 2 | Door | Business name and address** | ||
(Name- plate) | 1 | 2 | Door/wall | Business name | ||
(Window*) | 1/unit | 5 | Front of building | Permitted in lieu of wall sign | ||
Directional | 2 | 2 | 3 if ground 5 if on wall | 1 from ROW 5 from side lot line | Minimum 10 feet from residential line | |
* Provided that the total of all window signs, temporary and permanent, do not exceed 25% of the total window area. | ||||||
** Emergency off-site telephone number with numbers not to exceed two inches in height. | ||||||
(d) Special Provision.
(1) Industrial park or multi-building developments. In addition to the signs permitted in this section, one ground identification sign may be permitted for an industrial park planned development or unified multi-building development of three or more industrial buildings serviced by an interior industrial street. This sign shall only identify the name and address of the industrial park or multi-building development. Maximum single face area shall not exceed forty square feet and maximum height shall be six feet. This sign shall be located at the vehicular entrance to the industrial park or multi-building development and shall be set back a minimum of twenty-five feet from the right-of-way and side lot line.
(2) Multi-unit building service entrances. Multi-unit building service entrances may be identified by the business name and address on a permanent nameplate not exceeding two square feet in single sign face area located on or near the service entrance. The service entrance signs and area shall be permitted in addition to the area and signs listed in Section 1268.10(b) and 1268.10(c) respectively.
(3) Multi-tenant ground identification signs for multi-business unit buildings. Ground identification signs for multi-unit buildings may include names of individual businesses when:
A. The height of letters in the development/building name and addresses are larger than the individual business names and occupy at least twenty percent of the sign area.
B. Height of letters in the names of the individual businesses are at least five inches. The style of all lettering shall be the same.
C. An area (provision for "lease/rental information") may be designated as a permanent part of the sign. An additional four square feet of sign area may be allowed specifically for lease/rental information.
D. Changes of individual business names on the sign may be permitted by the Zoning Administrator under the same conditions as the existing sign. The height, style and color of letters for the replacement business name shall be the same as those previously approved for the sign.
(Ord. 179-02. Passed 1-2-03; Ord. 199-19. Passed 10-17-19.)