The following standards and regulations shall be applied to Building Signs as permitted by use and zoning district:
1. A-R, R, TC, IC, and PC Zoning Districts. Building Signs shall incorporate aesthetic features compatible with the overall character of the zoning district and neighborhoods. All building signs shall be composed of solid individual letters and logos or individual illuminated self-contained letters and logos attached to the building’s exterior wall fascia. Panel signs with letters incorporated or painted upon a panel or wall area shall be prohibited. The following maximum building sign area requirements shall apply to the following uses within the A-R, R, TC, IC, and PC Zoning Districts:
A. Combined building signs not in excess of thirty (30) square feet per apartment complex, and for all other uses, except residential, combined wall signs not exceeding five (5) percent of the total square footage of each wall area of the principal building facing the street frontage.
2. C-O, C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 Zoning Districts. Building signs shall incorporate aesthetic features compatible with the overall character of the zoning district and neighborhoods. All building signs are encouraged to be composed of solid individual letters and logos or individual illuminated self-contained letters and logos attached to the building’s exterior wall fascia. Open-channel neon signs are permitted, provided the neon does not flash, pulsate, or have a moving light. Panel signs with letters incorporated or painted upon a panel may be used on a building for one occupant, and shall be consistent in design. A uniform panel sign system to identify more than one occupant of a multi-tenant building may be permitted if approved by the City Council, upon receiving a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and after a determination that the use of a uniform panel sign system maintains the aesthetic quality and character of the development, zoning district and neighborhood. Signs painted upon the building’s exterior wall fascia shall be prohibited. The following maximum building sign area requirements shall apply to the following uses within the C-O, C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 Zoning Districts:
A. Combined building signs not in excess of thirty (30) square feet per apartment complex, and for all other uses, except residential, combined wall signs not exceeding five (5) percent of the total square footage of each wall area of the principal building facing the street frontage.
A building set back a minimum of 100 feet from public street right-of-way may have combined signage not exceeding seven and a half (7.5) percent of the total square footage of each wall area facing the street frontage. A building set back a minimum of 250 feet from public street right-of-way may have combined signage not exceeding ten (10) percent of the total square footage of each wall area facing the street frontage. Allowed building signage for a multi-tenant commercial building shall be calculated based upon the individual building frontage for each tenant space and per street frontage for tenants facing multiple public street rights-of-way.
(Ord. 20-04 – Jan. 21 Supp.)
3. M-1 Zoning District. Building signs in the M-1 Zoning District shall comply with the following area requirements:
A. Combined wall signs shall not exceed five (5) percent of the total square footage of each wall area of the principal building facing the street frontage.