A. Signs and billboards. Advertising signs, billboards, and trade, business, or industry identification signs, related to the principal structure or use, shall not:
1. Be located in, overhang, or project into a residential yard;
2. Exceed two (2) times the height of the principal structure, not to exceed forty (40) feet.
B. Lighted signs. Lighted signs shall be arranged so that there will be no annoying glare directed or reflected toward residential buildings in a residential district.
C. Maintenance of signs. All signs and billboards, including temporary signs, shall be maintained in a neat and presentable condition. In the event their use shall cease, they shall be promptly removed and the surrounding area restored to a condition free from refuse and rubbish.
D. Parking spaces. All parking spaces required under the provisions of this district shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of Section 122-286.
E. Privacy fences. C-3, commercial district, when adjacent to residential zoning, shall construct and effectively maintain a privacy fence.
F. Landscaping. Corner lot side street side shall have suitable landscaping to enhance the site.
G. Sight proof fencing. Sight proof fencing shall not be erected on the street side of the property to extend past the building line setback of the adjoining residential property.
H. All development, new construction, additions, or remodels and/or repairs in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the total linear feet of the exterior walls of any building, including, but not limited to, the following façades: screening, landscaping, lighting or other improvements to the exterior building and/or lot shall be presented to the Planning Commission for review and final approval prior to commencing any work thereon.
(Code 1991, § 12-315; Ord. No. 00-06, § 1(12-315), 6-5-2000; Ord. No. 00-14, § 2(12-315), 6-5-2000; Ord. No. 12-07, § I, 9-4-2012)