All signs shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
(a) No signs shall be erected in the public right of way. Such signs are considered a nuisance and may be immediately removed.
(b) No signs shall be allowed to overhang a public street or sidewalk nor be located within six feet horizontally or twelve feet vertically of any electrical lines or appurtenances.
(c) No sign obstructing vision above a height of two feet from the established street grade shall be permitted within the triangular area formed by lines drawn between points along such right of way lines at a distance along each line of twenty five feet from their point of intersection.
(d) No sign is permitted that may be confused with an authorized traffic sign, signal, or other warning device as defined in the “Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices”; or which makes use of the words “stop”, “look”, “danger”, or any other word, symbol, phrase, or character in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic.
(e) Where lots include multiple uses or multiple users, the number of free standing signs shall be limited to a total of one (1) sign structure for each street on which the lots included in the plan have frontage and shall provide for shared or common usage of sign structures.
(f) All signs shall comply with the current regulations of the Ohio Building Code and National Electric Code.
(g) Signs shall be permanently attached to the ground, a building, or another structure by direct attachment to a rigid wall, frame or structure, except for temporary signs conforming to this regulation.
(Ord. 08-18. Passed 5-15-08.)