This Section shall govern regulations for Signs permanently installed on a Site and which are required to obtain a Sign Permit in accordance with this Article.
(a) On-Premise Ground Mounted Signs. The maximum permitted Sign area, location, characteristics, and number of On-Premise Ground-Mounted Signs shall be determined in accordance with Table 1331-1 and this Article. The following additional regulations shall apply to On-Premise Ground-Mounted Signs:
(1) Base Landscaping for Ground-Mounted Signs. All Ground-Mounted Signs located within parking or vehicular use areas, and not in Yard areas, shall stand in a bed of landscaping at least thirty (30) square feet in area. This area shall contain low growing materials such as ground covers, perennials, and shrubs, and shall be bordered by acceptable curbing materials as specified in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
(2) Distance Requirements from Existing Ground Signs. No proposed Ground-Mounted Sign shall be placed within fifty (50) feet of an existing Ground-Mounted Sign.
(3) Ground-Mounted Signs for Combined Developments. All Uses within a Combined Development (includes more than one establishment or business on a common parcel) shall share the permitted Ground-Mounted Sign(s) that is (are) permitted for a Combined Development in accordance with Table 1331-1 and this Article. Outparcels shall not be considered part of a Combined Development for purposes of this subsection (a).
(4) Changeable Copy. Changeable Copy or “reader board” area and Electronic Message Board area are permitted as On-Premise Ground-Mounted Signs provided that the Changeable Copy or Electronic Message Board area does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total area of the Sign. Electronic Message Board area is included in the calculation of the total Sign area unless the board displays only time and temperature information, in which case the message area is allowed in addition to the maximum area of the Sign.
(5) Drive-Through Menu Signs. Drive-through menu Signs shall be limited to a maximum size of thirty-two (32) square feet.
(6) Additional Ground Signs. Lots with more than one Street Frontage shall be allowed to erect one Ground-Mounted Sign per Frontage, provided that each Frontage is at least one hundred (100) feet in width at the Street right-of-way. No two Ground-Mounted Signs shall be placed on the same Street Frontage.
(b) Wall Signs. The maximum permitted Sign area, location, characteristics, and number of Wall Signs shall be determined in accordance with Table 1331-1 and this Article. The following additional regulations shall apply to On-Premise Wall Signs:
(1) Signs on Building Walls. The permitted Wall Sign may be placed on a wall that faces a public Street. The maximum allowable size for a Sign on one wall is not transferable to a wall with less length.
(2) Additional Wall Sign Permitted on Corner or Double Frontage Lots. Lots with more than one Street Frontage shall be allowed to erect one additional Wall Sign on the secondary Street Frontage, provided that the secondary Frontage is at least one hundred (100) feet in width at the Street right-of-way. The secondary Wall Sign may not be placed on the same Building wall as the primary Sign.
(3) Additional Wall Sign Permitted to Face Side or Rear Parking Lot. Lots with parking to the side or rear of a Building shall be allowed to erect one additional Wall Sign facing the parking lot, provided that at least fifty percent (50%) of the required parking for the establishment is located to the side or rear of the Building and an entrance to the establishment faces the parking lot. The secondary Wall Sign may not be placed on the same Building wall as the primary Sign.
(4) Location Requirements for Wall Signs.
A. No portion of a wall Sign may extend above the roof line of a building with a Parapet wall.
B. No wall Sign may extend above the lower eave line of a building with a pitched roof.
(5) Wall Mounted Signs for Combined Developments. All establishments within Combined Developments shall use as individual identification Signs, exclusively, Canopy/Awning or Wall Signs. No mixing of Sign types within a Combined Development shall be permitted, except that Canopies containing no Sign copy may be used in combination with Wall Signs.
(6) Wall Signs on Historic Buildings. Wall Signs on historic Buildings shall be placed within the Sign frieze, or distinct place within which a Wall Sign was intended to be located, if the Building was designed for such. No Wall Sign shall extend beyond such space. If there is no Sign frieze, the Wall Sign shall be placed below the typical second floor window area. The design and coloration of such Signs shall be compatible with the character of the Building.
(7) Changeable Copy. Changeable Copy or “reader board” area and Electronic Message Board area are not permitted as Wall Signs.
(c) Canopy/Awning Signs. The maximum permitted Sign area, location, characteristics, and number of Canopy/Awning Signs shall be determined in accordance with Table 6.01 and this Article. The following additional regulations shall apply to Canopy/Awning Signs:
(1) Valance and Copy Size for Canopy/Awning Signs. The Valance, or apron, for any Canopy shall in no case exceed twelve (12) inches in height. Individual letters or symbols on these Valances shall not exceed nine inches in height. This provision shall apply only to Valances to which Sign copy is affixed;
(2) Illumination for Canopy/Awning Signs. Canopy/Awning Signs that may be illuminated shall have no bare bulbs present on or around the Sign face;
(3) Clearance Requirements for Canopy/Awning Signs and Suspended Canopy Signs. All Canopy/Awning Signs attached to the underside of a Canopy shall maintain the minimum clearance above the ground level of any Sidewalk or vehicular access area as specified in the most recent edition of the City Building Code; and
(4) Canopy/Awning Signs for Combined Developments. All establishments within Combined Developments shall use as individual identification signs, exclusively, Canopy/Awning or Wall Signs. No mixing of Sign types within a Combined Development shall be permitted, except that Canopies containing no advertising copy, may be used in combination with Wall Signs.
(d) Projecting or Suspended Signs. The maximum permitted Sign area, location, characteristics, and number of Projecting or Suspended Signs shall be determined in accordance with Tables 1331-1 and this Article. The following additional regulations shall apply to Projecting or Suspended Signs:
(1) Encouraged Location. Projecting Signs are strongly encouraged in the Downtown T-5 Zoning District.
(2) A Projecting or Suspended Sign shall only include the name and may include the address of the occupant;
(3) A Projecting or Suspended Sign shall be erected in such a manner that no portion of the sign or its support shall extend more than twenty-four (24) inches over a public or private walkway and shall have a minimum clearance of ten (10) feet; and
(4) A Projecting or Suspended Sign shall not extend over an adjoining property line without permission of the adjoining owner. However, in no case shall a Projecting or Suspended Sign be permitted to encroach over a motorized Vehicle travel way such as a public or private Street, Alley, or Driveway. If such a Sign at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance is suspended or projects above a public right-of-way, the issuance and continuation of a Sign Permit shall be conditioned on the Sign Owner obtaining, and maintaining in force, liability insurance in an amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per occurrence per Sign.
(Ord. 2021-07. Passed 7-21-21.)