All permanent signs shall comply with the following requirements and with the height, area and setback regulations of § 1280.06:
(a) Wall Signs. Wall signs are permitted for any business or use not identified by a ground sign.
(1) Placement.
A. Wall signs shall not protrude more than ten inches from a building wall or face.
B. A wall sign may not extend above the window sill of the second story. If wall signs, either box or separated letters, are placed in a space between windows, the height of such signs may not exceed two-thirds of the distance between the top of the window and the sill of the window above or the major architectural details related thereto. If individual letters or box graphics are placed between window spandrels, the height of the letters or box graphics may not exceed two-thirds of the height of the spandrel.
C. Signs may be attached to a building wall or extension which faces a street, parking lot or service drive, or may be attached to a canopy, marquee or roof which projects beyond the building, provided that no part of the sign may extend above the roof, canopy or marquee.
(2) Vacancies. Should a tenant space become vacant, the owner/landlord will replace the sign face where applicable with a blank sign face that is complementary to the surrounding facade color.
(3) Size. The maximum allowable size for any wall sign shall be one square foot of sign area for each linear foot of width of the building face to which the sign is attached, but no wall sign shall exceed the maximum size allowed for the use by § 1280.06.
(4) Number. Wall signs shall be limited in number to one per building or use. For buildings or uses on corner lots having at least 100 feet of frontage on two public rights-of-way, a second sign is permitted facing the right-of-way.
(b) Ground Signs. Ground signs shall include pole signs and other types of free-standing signs supported by uprights or braces on the ground, except in the CCC and CB Districts, where a ground sign is permitted only when all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1) The sign is located on the property to which it refers;
(2) The use is free-standing on its individual lot, is accessible by automobile and has off-street parking; and
(3) The use has no wall sign visible from a public right-of-way.
A. Location. All ground signs shall be set back a minimum of eight feet from any public right-of-way or property boundary line.
B. Size. The maximum area and height for any ground sign shall be determined by the table in § 1280.06
. The maximum height shall be measured from the established grade line to the highest point of the sign or its frame or support. As used in this division (b)(3)B., “established grade line” means the average finished grade for that area of the site where a sign is to be located; provided, however, that the height of a sign shall not be artificially increased by the use of mounding.
C. Number. No more than one ground sign shall be permitted on any one lot or on multiple lots if such lots are devoted to one specific use or user, except that two ground signs are permitted for buildings or uses having at least 100 feet of frontage on each of two public rights-of-way, as long as the combined area and height of both ground signs does not exceed one and one-third times the area and height of the ground sign with the maximum allowable area and height dimensions. Neither ground sign shall, by itself, exceed the maximum allowable area and height dimensions.
D. Shape. No ground sign shall be in the shape of a logo or commercial product.
(c) Window Signs. Window signs shall include signs, posters, symbols and any other identification of or information about the occupant, the activity and/or the use of the premises. Window signs are permitted for uses specified in § 1280.06
, in addition to any permitted wall or ground signs, provided that the sum of the area of the window sign and the area of the wall or ground sign for that building face does not exceed the maximum allowable area as determined by the use and the type (i.e., wall or ground) of the primary sign.
(1) Placement. Window signs shall be limited to ground floor or first floor windows only, unless a use is located on the second floor or on a higher story of a building and has no first floor occupancy.
(2) Number and Size. Window signs shall be limited to one sign per window and shall have a total area not to exceed 10% of the total first floor window area of the establishment or ten square feet, whichever is less.
(d) Roof Signs. As used in this division (d), a “roof sign” means any sign erected upon the roof of a building or having some part of such sign extending above the roof line of the building. “Roof line” means the uppermost line of the roof of the building or, in the case of any extended building facade, the uppermost height of the facade. Roof signs are hereby prohibited in all districts.
(e) Projecting Signs. As used in this division (e), a “projecting sign” means any sign attached to a building in such a way that the sign face is not parallel to the building face. Projecting signs are prohibited, except in CCC and CB Districts as follows.
(1) Projecting signs shall be limited in number to one per business or use for each public right- of-way that the business or use faces.
(2) Projecting signs shall not exceed six square feet in area, project more than three feet from the building face or hang lower than eight feet above the level of the pedestrian walkway.
(f) Compliance with Area, Height and Setback Requirements; Mounting. All signs, including all wall signs, ground signs, window signs and roof-mounted signs, shall comply with the provisions of § 1280.06 and shall be mounted only on the property to which they refer.
(Ord. 5-89, passed 5-8-1989; Ord. 21-2019, passed 11-11-2019)