(a) Identification Signs in Community Business Districts.
(1) No more than one identification sign, not including permitted ground signs, shall be allowed for each tenant or business on the ground floor of a building. Additional signs permitted for businesses not on the ground floor are regulated in subsection (c) hereof, and additional signs permitted for side or rear entrances are regulated in Section 1170.12.
(2) For multitenant buildings, each business shall be permitted signs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The determination of frontage per business shall be as set forth in Section 1170.07(c)(3) and (4).
(3) Unified shopping areas are permitted a sign which identifies the name and/or logo of the shopping center. This sign shall be in addition to the maximum sign area designated in the schedule set forth in Section 1170.08. Shopping center signs shall not exceed forty square feet in area and may be a ground sign subject to the regulations governing such signs.
(b) Identification Signs in Office Districts.
(1) No more than one identification sign, not including permitted ground signs, shall be allowed for each office on the ground floor. Additional signs permitted for offices not on the ground floor are regulated in subsection (c) hereof, and additional signs permitted for side or rear entrances are regulated in Section 1170.12.
(2) For multitenant buildings, each office shall be permitted signs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The determination of frontage per office shall be as set forth in Section 1170.07(c)(3) and (4).
(c) Identification Signs for Businesses Not on the Ground Floor in Community Business and Office Districts.
(1) One identification sign shall be permitted at each ground floor entrance providing access to businesses or offices located above or below the ground floor, or to ground floor tenants who do not have frontage on a street or parking lot. If such identification signs are placed on the wall of the building which faces the principal street, they shall be part of the total permitted sign area for wall signs as provided in the schedule set forth in Section 1170.08. Identification signs for entrances placed on the rear or side of the building shall be as regulated in Section 1170.12.
(2) Businesses or offices not on the ground floor are permitted to display name plates in the form of permanent window signs. The area of such name plates shall be as regulated in the schedule set forth in Section 1170.08, and such signs shall comply with the design standards for permanent window signs of Section 1170.05(b)(10).
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)