The following regulations shall apply to signs in the Business District of the City.
(a) Permanent Signs. Permanent signs, which may be illuminated, and are limited to advertising the proprietor or company or the brand name and the goods sold or services rendered and information regarding help wanted are permitted on the premises only, if conforming to the following regulations.
(1) Maximum area. The maximum area of all permanent advertising signs of any single business, to be displayed on or in front of the front or side wall only, shall not exceed four square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of front or side wall of the building, or part thereof, occupied by the business. Wall signs affixed to or displayed on the face of the building shall not extend above the main roof line of the building and shall not project more than eighteen inches in front of the face wall of the building.
(2) Additional wall sign. One additional wall sign complying with the provisions of paragraph (a) (1) hereof for such signs is permitted for each single business enterprise located on a second floor only or higher, provided that the sign area does not exceed two percent of the floor area occupied by the business, or a maximum of fifty square feet.
(3) "Sale, " "rental" or "lease" signs. One sign, not exceeding forty square feet per sign face, in the Business District advertising only the sale, rental or lease of a lot, building or portion thereof and located not closer to any lot line than one-half the required building setback distance from that line is permitted.
(4) Identification sign. One identification wall sign, not exceeding two square feet in area, for each door or entryway to any building is permitted.
(5) Temporary signs. Temporary signs are permitted as inside displays, provided that any sign attached to or marked on the windowpane or located within ten feet of the inside window surface does not exceed fifty percent of the windowpane area.
(b) Free Standing Signs.
(1) In addition to wall signs, one free standing sign for each business is permitted on the enterprise premises only, provided that the enterprise premises, exclusive of jointly used or shared portions, such as parking lots, malls, easements, common use lobbies, halls and any other type of area not under single exclusive occupancy, have a projected street frontage of not less than 100 feet. Such sign may not exceed sixty-four square feet per face and shall be limited to twenty-five feet in height, and set back from the dedicated right of way not less than 125 percent of the sign height nor more than fifteen feet from the rear property line, and with a fifteen foot sideline setback. This paragraph shall not apply to jointly used or shared premises in which one or more businesses occupy land under a single ownership. In no event shall there be permitted any advertising for pay or any sign permitted by this section or any other provision of this chapter.
(2) In addition, a sign may be five feet in front of the existing line of the building, except that the sign may not project over any public right of way. Such a sign shall not exceed forty square feet per sign face nor exceed twenty feet in height from the established grade level of the nearest adjacent paved public street.
(3) In addition, a sign that is not closer than fifty feet to the right of way with the same fifteen feet of sideline and rear lotline requirement may contain up to 100 square feet and may be thirty feet in height from the established grade level of the nearest adjacent paved public street.
(4) In the case of jointly used or shared premises in which one or more businesses occupy land under a single ownership and does not have the land and building area referred to in paragraph (b) (5) hereof, the owner of the premises is permitted no more than one free standing sign for the premises as a whole. The sign may carry the trade name or other designation of the entire premises in addition to the enterprises located thereon. But in the event that a tenant or occupant already has a free standing sign on the premises, no additional free standing sign is permitted. Such a free standing sign shall be on the premises and not closer than fifteen feet to a sideline, nor closer than twenty-five feet to the front or right-of-way line. Such a sign shall not exceed sixty-four square feet per face and shall be limited to twenty-five feet in height. The owner under this section shall be deemed to be that person who is the owner of record as of October 12, 1976.
(5) In the case of jointly used or shared premises and also in the case of premises having a single occupancy and a conforming business, when such jointly used or shared premises or such single occupancy premises have a minimum of 50, 000 square feet of land area, excluding buildings and with 25, 000 square feet of building floor area, the owner is permitted to have four square feet of additional sign area per face and four inches of additional height for each 251000 square feet of open land area and each 12, 500 square feet of floor area above the respective minimums. The maximum size of such a sign shall be 700 square feet per sign face and the maximum height allowed shall be fortyfive feet. In no case shall any sign setback be less than 125 percent of the sign's height, as the setback is measured from the nearest dedicated right of way.
(6) The combined land and building areas of any such owners may be considered as a single premise under sole ownership for the purpose of calculating the sign dimensions, provided that the owners have executed and filed with the City a joint application in a form satisfactory to the City requesting the benefits of this section.
(7) The lowest horizontal projecting feature of any free standing sign shall be eight feet or more above the established grade level.
(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)