1185.03 MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.

   The size of signs are regulated in this chapter by relating the gross area of signs to the building or use of a lot, or to the size of a building unit to which the sign is accessory.

   (a)    The gross area of signs for a building or use shall include all permanent surfaces visible from a public way, including, but not limited to, the area of permanent window and door signs.

   (b)    Whenever the gross area of signs is related to the size of the building or lot: the frontage of a building shall be the width in lineal feet of the facade of the building, business, office or industrial unit which faces the principal street, or the facade containing the main entrance of a business, office, or industrial building. The frontage of a lot not occupied by a building shall be the number of lineal feet the lot abuts on the principal street at the building line.

   (c)    For signs with Internal Illumination, the entire lighted surface shall be considered the Message Area.

   (d)    For spherical Sign Structures or portion thereof, the sphere shall be dissected by an imaginary line through the center of the sphere and the surface area of the half sphere shall be counted as the sign face. For cubical Sign Structures or portion thereof, the area of all display faces (all faces that are not parallel to the ground) shall be included in determining the area of the sign. The Building Commissioner shall have discretion to use a similar methods of calculation for Sign Structures that are not flat, but have non-cubical or non-spherical shapes.

   (e)    Where a sign has two or more display faces, the area of all faces of the sign shall be included in determining the area of the sign unless two display faces join back to back, are parallel to each other and not more than 24 inches apart, or form a V-angle of less than 45 degrees.

      (Ord. 2019-09. Passed 4-15-19.)