(A) In a business or industrial district one ground sign for each 40 feet of building facing a public or private street shall be permitted for each business or industrial establishment in lieu of a projecting sign. This sign may be located within ten feet of the right-of-way of any street or highway. The maximum area of such sign shall not exceed 30 square feet and the height shall not exceed 20 feet above grade level at the street right-of-way line. Ground signs placed more than ten feet back of the street property line however, may be increased in size ten square feet in area and five feet in height for each additional five feet of setback up to a maximum of 100 square feet in area and 40 feet in height above the grade level.
(B) One ground sign serving a group of five or more business establishments in business and industrial districts and placed at least twenty feet back of the property line shall be permitted on each street serving such group of businesses in lieu of individual ground signs. The maximum area of such a ground sign shall not exceed 100 square feet for five business establishments, but may be increased in size by ten square feet for each additional business up to a maximum of 200 square feet. Such signs shall not exceed 30 feet in height for 100 square foot signs with an additional one foot added to height permitted with each additional ten square feet of sign area up to a maximum of 40 feet in height.
(C) All ground signs shall have at least 12 feet clearance between the grade level at the street right-of-way line and the lower edge of the sign when located within ten feet of the right-of-way of any street or highway. Such sign shall be supported by a single column, the diameter of which shall not exceed 12 inches, or twin columns not exceeding four inches in diameter.
(D) Any part of any ground sign shall be not less than 50 feet from any residential district.
(`94 Code, § 1179.08) (Ord. 4-93, passed 2-9-92) Penalty, see § 154.999