(A) In all business districts, each business shall be permitted to have permanent outside signs so long as it has an active and valid business license from the city.
(B) Signs permitted under this section shall be limited to those as described.
(1) Each business shall be entitled to have one sign which is mounted flush against a building. The depth of such a sign from a face to the building shall not exceed one foot. The area of such a flush- mount sign shall be limited to a total surface area equivalent one and one-half square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of building width occupied by the business. In the event that the area shall exceed 50 square feet, application must be made and approved by the Planning Commission.
(2) Additionally, one freestanding sign structure shall be permitted for each lot of 100-foot frontage or less and one additional structure for each additional 100 feet of lot frontage. Any such freestanding sign structures shall be no more than 72 square feet in area nor shall two or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a single sign in excess of 72 square feet. All such freestanding signs shall be set back 25 feet, or more, from the front property line.
(a) Where the dimensions of any two- faced or multi-sided sign must be determined by measuring the surface area on one side of the sign, freestanding signs shall not exceed a height of 25 feet.
(b) If a business is adjacent to more than one street or highway, additional freestanding signs may be allowed upon application to and subsequent approval from the Planning Commission.
(3) Each neighborhood business area built as a planned unit development may have one freestanding identification sign for each street on which it fronts, set back at least 25 feet from the front property line and presenting only the name of the shopping center, the businesses located therein, and the hours of business. Each such sign shall not exceed 300 square feet in area.
(Ord. passed 6-25-2018) Penalty, see § 111.99