Sign requirements for General Business (GB) Districts are as follows:
(a) Permanent Ground Signs.
(1) One ground or free-standing sign is permitted for each principal structure.
(2) One free-standing sign is permitted for each zoning lot. Such signs shall be permitted up to 30 square feet in area per side, for lots 150 feet or less in frontage width, which may be increased at a ratio of one square foot for each two and one-half feet of lot frontage in excess of the initial 150 feet, up to a lot 300 feet wide. A principal structure having in excess of 300 feet of frontage may have one additional sign based upon the same ratio of one square foot of signage for each five feet over the initial 300 feet of frontage. The maximum size for any one sign is 50 square feet per face.
(3) When multiple-use zoning lots are involved, for each use on the zoning lot in addition to the initial use, 15 square feet of signage is permitted. The total area of free-standing signs shall not exceed 50% over the sign size originally permitted for the lot.
(4) For a non-corner lot with frontages on more than one street, each frontage may be treated as a separate frontage for the purpose of establishing permitted free-standing sign area and number.
(5) For a corner lot, the percentage of free-standing sign area permitted may be increased by 50% to a maximum of 75 square feet in area per face, provided that such a sign is oriented equally to both street frontages.
(6) Signs may not exceed 15 feet in height.
(7) Signs must be at least ten feet from any property lines.
(8) See Section 1290.15(g) for additional regulatory provisions.
(b) Permanent Wall Signs.
(1) One permanent wall sign is permitted for each established business use subject to provisions under division (b)(4) of this section.
(2) The combined area for wall signs shall not exceed 5% of the total area of the wall to which the sign or signs are attached. The combined total of wall signs shall not exceed 100 square feet per street frontage.
(3) If no free-standing sign is used, the percentage of total wall area for wall signs may be increased by 25%.
(4) Premises fronting on more than one public right-of-way shall not combine the permissible sign area for two or more building frontages for the purpose of placing the combined area of signs on one building frontage; however, one wall sign for each respective wall fronting upon a public right-of-way may be erected subject to the area limitations contained in division (b)(2) of this section.
(5) See Section 1290.15(h) for additional regulatory provisions.
(c) Changeable Copy Signs. One changeable copy sign shall be permitted per zoning lot, as further regulated within Section 1290.15(b).
(e) Awning or Canopy Signs. One or more awning signs per building frontage shall be permitted for an individual establishment, as further regulated within Section 1290.15(a).
(f) Neon Signs. One or more neon signs in addition to other types of signs may be permitted for individual establishments, as further regulated within Section 1290.15(f).
(Ord. 06-29. Passed 5-1-06; Ord. 10-47. Passed 12-6-10.)