§ 158.159 GENERAL REGULATIONS.

   (A)   Bulk requirements for signs not exempted by § 158.157 of this chapter are shown in § 158.162 of this chapter.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.06)

   (B)   No sign shall be permitted within public right-of-way, except as provided elsewhere in this subchapter.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.07)

   (C)   The owner, lessee or manager of the property on which a sign is located shall be responsible for the appearance of the property on which such sign is erected.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.08)

   (D)   No sign shall be permitted to obstruct any window, door, fire escape, stairway or opening of any building or structure.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.09)

   (E)   (1)   Any sign which becomes non-conforming as a result of adoption of this article is hereby exempted from the provisions of this subchapter.

      (2)   Such sign may continue in use and shall be maintained.

      (3)   Any change to the sign which would increase its non-conformity or extend it beyond its average useful life is prohibited.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.10)

   (F)   A multi-use building or group of buildings under common ownership or control with common frontage on a street and an internal parking lot (hereinafter called “multi-use facility”), and all individual establishments located within any such multi-use facility, shall be subject to the following restrictions.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.11)

      (1)   No individual establishment within any multi-use facility shall be allowed to have its own free-standing sign.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.12)

      (2)   Each multi-use facility may have one free-standing directory or joint identification sign.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.13)

      (3)   The joint identification sign for the multi-use facility shall be entirely framed in. Distribution of sign size among individual businesses within the frame of the joint identification sign shall be handled privately.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.14)

      (4)   In addition to the number of wall or projecting signs permitted, each individual establishment within any multi-use facility in § 158.162 of this chapter. Each such individual establishment shall be allowed to place one single- or double- sided sign below the primary sign space located at the top of such directory or joint identification sign.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.15)

   (G)   (1)   Total sign area as determined by § 158.162 of this chapter shall be allowed. In addition to the sign area determined as by § 158.162 of this chapter, the following additional square footage shall be added to the total sign area for free-standing signs allowed per multi-use facility:

 

For C-CBD	32 square feet (i.e., 20% of 160 square feet)
For C-N	20 square feet (i.e., 25% of 80 square feet)
For I-RL, I-L, I-H, C-A, C-T and C-O	45 square feet (i.e., 15% of 300 square feet)

 

      (2)   Distribution of total sign area shall be determined privately.

      (3)   For example, a 2,000 square foot multi-use facility with 150 linear feet of street frontage and three individual businesses would be allowed 300 square feet of signage based on § 158.162 of this chapter.

      (4)   Signs, plus 45 additional square feet per business for a total of 435 square feet per side for a joint identification free-standing sign; the owner of the facility will determine distribution of the total square footage among the individual businesses.

   (H)   Fireworks related business sign. No more than one sign per business with a maximum size of 25 square feet per sign side is allowed. A fireworks related business sign is not exempt from the sign permit requirement.

(2011 Code, § 34.0307.16) (Ord. 2299, passed 5-15-2017; Ord. 2435, passed 8-21-2023)