If they conform to and meet the general regulations contained in this chapter, the following signs may be erected or maintained as shown for each zoning district or land use when specified.
(A) General. The following signs shall require a permit:
(1) Building, pylon, ground signs.
(2) Menu boards.
(3) Temporary signs.
(4) Monument signs.
(5) Identification signs.
(6) Joint identification signs.
(7) Canopy signs.
(8) General business signs.
(9) Replacement signs.
(B) Building, pylon, ground signs.
(1) Building signs. Refer to the requirements in each zoning district.
(2) Pylon signs. The single side of any pylon sign in any zoning district shall not exceed the maximum size requirements within each zoning district, including changeable copy board. Clearance of a pylon sign must be a minimum of 12 feet. The maximum height of a pylon sign is 30 feet. Where an abutting state or federal highway is more than 5 feet above the average grade of the commercial property, the pylon sign may be increased in height by an amount equal to the difference between the average grade of the commercial property in the vicinity of the sign and the average grade of the highway in the vicinity of the sign. The applicant is responsible for providing necessary elevation data at the time of permit application.
(3) Ground signs. Maximum height permitted is as follows. Eight feet if in the required setback area for structures in the zoning district.
(4) Maximum number and square footage. Where building, pylon, or ground signs are permitted under this chapter, the maximum square footage permitted shall not be interpreted to permit a multiplicity of signs within the maximum square footage. Where a business occupies more than 1 zoning lot, the maximum number of signs permitted shall not be interpreted to permit a multiplicity of signs or multiplicity of signs within the maximum square footage.
(C) Menu boards. Menu boards shall be permitted under the following conditions.
(1) A maximum of 2 menu boards shall be permitted with a restaurant providing drive-up window service.
(2) A menu board shall be a maximum of 36 square feet in area.
(D) Temporary signs. Changeable copy signs designed to be temporary are limited to 24 square feet in size.
(E) Monument signs. A monument sign intended to permanently identify a residential development shall be permitted under the following conditions:
(1) There shall be an entity established to the satisfaction of the city, such as a homeowner’s association, which shall clearly be responsible for the perpetual maintenance of the monument sign and its environs with corresponding powers to raise maintenance capital; or
(2) In the alternative, there shall be a $1,000 fee paid to the city and a ground easement surrounding the monument sign granted to the city in order that the city may remove the monument sign and its environs if it is not maintained or if it otherwise becomes necessary to remove the sign.
(3) A monument sign shall not exceed 50 square feet in area.
(4) Monument signs shall be a minimum of 50 feet from any existing or future residence.
(5) The city, at the discretion of the City Council, may deny a permit for a monument sign where it is determined that the monument sign may create an undue burden upon the city by virtue of its size, location, building materials, or potential need for maintenance.
(F) Identification signs.
(1) Ground signs and building signs are permitted.
(2) Maximum height 6 feet, if in the required setback area for structures in that zoning district.
(3) Maximum square footage: 32.
(G) Joint identification signs. Area identification signs shall be located in the following manner.
(1) The signs must be located on the property of the complex it is identifying.
(2) The sign must be located along a public street frontage but not in the public right-of-way.
(3) The sign must be located a minimum of 50 feet from any other identification sign or pylon sign.
(4) No more than one area identification sign is permitted for a particular complex.
(5) Business identification signs may be used to list the businesses within the complex but are limited to 6 square feet each.
(H) Canopy signs.
(1) Each canopy may contain one sign per business.
(2) The square footage of a sign on a canopy shall be calculated by measuring the area included in the smallest rectangle that can be made to circumscribe any message, figure or symbol. Where the messages, figures, or symbols involve any configuration that cannot be readily circumscribed by a single rectangle, then the sign area shall be calculated as the sum of the fewest number of connecting rectangles that can be made to circumscribe the same.
(3) Where the building abuts the public sidewalk, then canopy signs may extend into the right-of-way up to within 2 feet of the curb or to the curb side of such sidewalk, whichever is closer to the building.
(4) Minimum clearance: 8 feet.
(Ord. 90, passed 9-21-1987)