(a) Nonresidential Land Use Identification and Advertising Signs in the following Districts. These regulations describe the signs permitted for the purposes of identification and advertising for nonresidential land uses in those zoning districts that permit nonresidential land uses by right. Such signs are primarily intended to provide for identification of such uses from off-site, but also include pedestrian-scale signs that are intended to provide more detailed information to people who approach the primary entrance to such land uses.
(1) NB - Neighborhood Business District. No more than a total of one (1) wall or freestanding sign is permitted per nonresidential occupant in accordance with the following:
A. Wall Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows, for identification and advertising:
a. No more than twenty (20) square feet
b. Attached between nine (9) and eighteen (18) feet above the adjacent ground.
B. Freestanding Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows, for identification and advertising:
a. No more than twelve (12) square feet per sign face
b. No closer than ten (10) feet to a side lot line
c. No combination of a freestanding sign structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
C. Illumination:
1. Signs shall have only indirect illumination.
D. Proposals for signs on properties that fall within the Historic District Overlay in an NB zoning district shall consult the HAPC sign guidelines and follow the procedures therein.
(1) RO - Residential Office District. No more than a total of one (1) wall or freestanding sign is permitted per nonresidential occupant in accordance with the following:
A. Wall Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows, for identification and advertising:
a. No more than twenty (20) square feet
b. Attached between nine (9) and eighteen (18) feet above the adjacent ground
B. Freestanding Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows, for identification and advertising:
a. No more than twelve (12) square feet per sign face
b. No closer than ten (10) feet to a side lot line
c. No combination of a freestanding sign structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
C. Illumination:
1. Signs shall have only indirect illumination.
D. Proposals for signs on properties that fall within the Historic District Overlay in an RO zoning district shall consult the HAPC sign guidelines and follow the procedures therein.
(2) UP - Uptown District. No more than a total of two (2) wall signs are permitted per nonresidential occupant in accordance with the following:
A. Wall signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign per nonresidential occupant as follows, for identification and advertising:
a. No more than three (3) feet in height that extends horizontally across the entire facade of the structure.
b. Attached between nine (9) and eighteen (18) feet above the adjacent ground.
c. If a building has more than one (1) business occupant, the owner of the building shall apportion the space allotted for signs among the various business occupants in accordance with the regulations above.
d. If a building is on a corner lot or the corner of an alley, it is permissible to have one (1) additional wall sign on the side of the building facing the secondary roadway in accordance with the regulations above.
2. No more than one (1) sign per nonresidential occupant as follows, for menu box:
a. No more than two (2) square feet in area
b. Attached between four (4) and six (6) feet above the adjacent ground.
c. Incorporates no text greater than two (2) inches in height.
B. Illumination:
1. Signs shall have only indirect illumination.
C. Proposals for signs on UP properties that fall within the Historic District Overlay shall consult the HAPC sign guidelines and follow the procedures therein.
(3) GB - General Business District.
A. Maximum total sign area for all signs on a development site shall be no more than two (2) square feet of sign area per linear front foot of the site.
1. Single Tenant Site: No more than a total of two (2) wall or freestanding signs are permitted per site.
a. Wall Signs: No more than two (2) signs as follows:
i. If the average front setback of the structure is less than 100 feet, then the sign may be no more than three (3) feet tall. If the average front setback of the structure is 100 feet or greater then a sign may be no taller than the average front setback of the structure multiplied by 0.04, but in no case taller than twelve (12) feet.
ii. No wall sign may exceed the total front width of the building façade facing the public right-of-way.
iii. If a building is on a corner lot or the corner of an alley, it is permissible to have one additional wall sign on the side of the building facing the secondary roadway in accordance with the regulations above.
b. Freestanding Signs: No more than one (1) sign as follows:
i. No more than forty-eight (48) square feet per side.
ii. No combination of a freestanding sign support structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
2. Multi-Tenant Site:
a. Wall Signs: No more than one (1) wall sign per tenant and the size is limited to the following:
i. If the average front setback of the tenant is less than 100 feet, then the sign may be no more than three (3) feet tall. If the average front setback of the tenant is 100 feet or greater then a sign may be no taller than the average front setback of the tenant multiplied by 0.04, but in no case taller than twelve (12) feet.
ii. No wall sign may exceed the building width of a tenant space.
iii. If a building is on a corner lot it is permissible to have one (1) additional wall sign facing the secondary roadway in accordance with the regulations above.
b. Free-Standing Signs: No more than one (1) sign as follows:
i. No more than forty-eight (48) square feet per side.
ii. No combination of a freestanding sign support structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
B. Illumination:
1. Signs may be indirectly or directly illuminated.
(4) OI & LI - Office and Light Industrial District and Light Industrial District. No more than a total of one (1) wall or freestanding sign is permitted per development site in accordance with the following:
A. Maximum total sign area for all signs on a development site shall be nor more than one (1) square foot of sign area per front foot of the development site.
B. Wall Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows:
a. If the average front setback of the structure is less than 100 feet, then the sign may be no more than three (3) feet tall. If the average front setback of the structure is 100 feet or greater then a sign may be no taller than the average front setback of the structure multiplied by 0.04, but in no case taller than twelve (12) feet.
b. If a building is on a corner lot or the corner of an alley, it is permissible to have one (1) additional wall sign on the side of the building facing the secondary roadway in accordance with the regulations above.
C. Freestanding Signs:
1. No more than one (1) sign as follows:
a. No more than forty-eight (48) square feet per side
b. No closer than thirty (30) feet to a side lot line
c. No combination of a freestanding sign structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
D. Illumination:
1. Signs may be indirectly or directly illuminated.
(b) Nonresidential Land Use Signs in Residential Zoning Districts. The following regulations describe the signs permitted for identification of nonresidential land uses such as day care, institutional, public, semi-public, charitable, non-profit, religious, or medical facilities in any residential zoning district as defined in Chapter 1133, Provisions for Zoning Districts. Such signs are primarily intended to provide for identification of such uses from off-site. Signs for legal nonconforming nonresidential land uses are regulated according to the Nonconforming Chapter of this Code and are not entitled to the signs permitted in this section.
(1) No more than one (1) sign per development site is permitted as follows:
A. The sign may be either a wall or a freestanding sign but not both
B. No more than twelve (12) square feet in area
C. Indirect illumination only
(c) Name Plate and Direction Signs in Any District. These regulations describe the signs permitted for the purposes of controlling the flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on-site and for identifying the building entrances for nonresidential land uses in any zoning district. Such signs include vehicular and pedestrian-scale signs that describe building occupants, secondary entrances, intended travel directions, and parking regulations and are permitted in accordance with the following:
(1) No more than one (1) wall sign per principle structure as follows, to describe the names, address, and locations within the structure:
A. No more than two (2) square feet in area
B. Attached between four (4) and eight (8) feet above the adjacent ground
C. Attached either on or within two (2) feet of a door.
D. Indirect illumination only
(2) No more than one (1) wall sign per secondary entrance to a principle structure, excluding that described in part 1 of this section, as follows, to describe the purpose of secondary entrances:
A. No more than two (2) square feet in area
B. Attached on or within two (2) feet of a door
(3) No more than one (1) wall or freestanding sign per development site as follows, to describe parking regulations:
A. No more than four (4) square feet in area
B. Single sign face only
C. Display no commercial message except identification and address
D. Indirect illumination only
(4) Any number of wall or freestanding signs as follows, to describe intended direction of vehicular travel on-site:
A. No more than two (2) square feet in area
B. No higher than four (4) feet
C. No closer than five (5) feet to any lot line
D. Display no commercial message except identification and address
(d) These regulations describe the signs permitted for the purposes of identification of residential land uses in any location. Such signs include addresses, large multi-family identification, and subdivision identification and are permitted in accordance with the following:
(1) No more than one (1) freestanding sign per development site as follows, for identification of residential structures with more than three (3) dwelling units in the R3, R3MS and R4 zoning districts:
A. The development site must have at least one (1) acre in area and 250 feet in street frontage.
B. A maximum of two (2) sign faces
C. No more than twenty-four (24) square feet in area per sign face
D. No combination of a freestanding sign structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
E. Indirect illumination only
(2) No more than one (1) freestanding sign per street intersection at the boundaries of a subdivision as follows, for identification of the subdivision:
A. A maximum of two (2) sign faces
B. No more than forty-eight (48) square feet per sign face
C. No combination of a freestanding sign structure and sign shall be higher than six (6) feet or wider than twelve (12) feet.
D. Indirect illumination only
(e) Other Permitted Specific Development, Land Use, and Accessory Land Use Signs.
(1) Street Number Signs. Signs for the display of street numbers as regulated in Oxford Code Section PM-304.3, Street Numbers.
(2) Building Identification Signs. No more than one (1) wall sign per principal structure as follows:
A. No more than six (6) square feet in area
B. Attached between four (4) and eighteen (18) feet above the adjacent ground
C. The sign shall be naturally illuminated only.
(3) Fuel Sales. In addition to other provisions of this Chapter, a publicly available fuel dispensing station may use a twelve (12) square foot area of no more than one permitted wall or freestanding sign for changeable copy to display the price of fuel. This may be applied on both sides of a two-sided sign.
(4) Self-service facilities. No such facility shall have more than four (4) square feet of total sign area. Such signs shall be permanently attached to or be a part of the facility and shall not extend above it.
(5) Planned Developments. Signs for planned developments shall be regulated according to the approved final plan.
(6) Commemorative Structure Identification. Structure names, erection dates, commemorative plaques and the like are permitted on any structure if carved into stone or concrete or set in brick or in some other way permanently made a part of the structure or if made of metal and permanently adhered to the structure. This is intended to permit signs that will remain on the structure until it is razed and that is independent of the occupants. These signs shall be naturally illuminated only.
(7) Associations. Credit card, trading stamp, trade association window signs are permitted for any nonresidential land use in any zoning district. No symbol shall exceed one-half (1/2) square foot in area. No more than ten (10) such signs are permitted per nonresidential occupant. These signs shall be naturally illuminated only. (Ord. 3570. Passed 6-2-20.)