(a) Wall Signs. Each building in the Advanced Manufacturing District shall be permitted to have one (1) wall sign per frontage on a public right-of-way. Each permitted sign shall have an area of no more than one (1) square foot of sign area per two (2) lineal feet of unit frontage and not exceeding three hundred (300) square feet in area. Such Signs must be attached to the building below the cornice of the building with a maximum Sign Height of twenty-five (25) feet. When channel letters are utilized, the area of the sign shall be calculated by the measurement of the smallest rectangle that can be drawn around and include the letters of the Sign.
(b) Ground Mounted Sign: One (1) ground mounted monument sign per entrance for each parcel with access to a public right-of-way shall be permitted, subject to the following requirements:
(1) The maximum height of any ground mounted monument sign shall be eight (8) feet as measured from grade to the top of the highest part of the sign. Mounding shall not be installed to increase the height or visibility of a monument sign.
(2) All monument signs shall be setback a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any public right-of-way.
(3) The total maximum sign area shall not exceed sixty (60) square feet per sign face (not including the structural support). There shall be a maximum of two (2) sign faces per sign.
(4) All ground mounted monument signs shall have a solid base consistent with the primary building material and have a minimum of fifty (50) square feet of landscaping around all sides of the sign. Sign shall be affixed directly to a base having a width at least equal to that of the sign.
(c) Sign Lighting.
(1) Sign lighting shall be consistent, understated, and properly disguised. Unless noted, one of the following methods of lighting may be employed:
A. A white, steady, stationary light that does not glare onto surrounding areas, is directed solely at the sign, and is otherwise prevented from beaming directly onto adjacent properties or rights-of-way.
B. A white interior light with primary and secondary images lit or silhouetted on an opaque background. The background must be opaque. No additional background lighting or illuminated borders or outlines shall be permitted.
(2) The maximum lighting shall be 3000 K.
(3) The level of illumination emitted or reflected from a Sign shall not be of an intensity sufficient to constitute a demonstrable hazard to vehicular traffic on any right - of - way or parking lot from which the sign can be viewed.
(4) Light fixtures shall be screened from view by site grading or landscaping.
(Ord. 066-2022. Passed 3-28-22.)