Accessory signs in Sign District III shall be designed, erected, altered, moved and maintained in whole or in part, in accordance with these regulations. The requirements of Sign District III shall be the same as the requirements of the District II specified in Section 1175.12
except as otherwise stated herein.
(a) Maximum Sign Face Area. The maximum sign face of the sum area of all permanent signs for each building shall be related to the frontage of the building as determined by the following formula:
Maximum sign face area: (Wx1.5)=maximum square feet in sign face area, except that the total in all cases shall not exceed three hundred (300) square feet.
“Maximum Sign Face Area” means the total area of one surface of a permanent sign as defined in Section 1175.09
.
Pole sign. All conditions of Section 1175.12
(c)(9) shall apply, except the maximum sign face area shall not exceed (80) square feet.
(b) Supplementary Area and Location Standards.
(1) Side and rear entrances. In cases where the office or business building has an entrance from the side street of a corner lot or has a back entrance from a parking lot, additional sign area equal to a twenty-five percent (25%) of that permitted on the front of the building may be used over such entrance.
(2) Shopping center identification signs. In addition to the sign face permitted for each individual establishment, one shopping center sign identifying the name and/or logo of a unified shopping area. Shopping center signs shall not exceed forty (40) square feet in area and shall be restricted to ground signs.
(3) Vacant lot. Each vacant lot is permitted a maximum sign area of forty (40) square feet, limited to ground signs which shall be located no closer to any street than fifty (50) feet.
(Ord. 1-2003. Passed 1-6-03.)