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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 600-1707. Signs allowed in Commercial Highway Districts (C-H).
C-H District signs are generally related to automobiles approaching at higher speeds, in excess of 30 miles per hour.
   A.   Sign area. The total surface area of all signs, except freestanding signs, shall not exceed three square feet of surface area for each lineal foot of building wall of the wall to which the signs are attached. Signs on window glass shall be limited to 30% of the glass area.
   B.   Sign height. No part of any sign shall be higher than 25 feet from grade. A sign attached to a building shall not exceed the height of the attached building wall.
   C.   Freestanding signs. Each lot shall be permitted one freestanding sign structure per street frontage, provided that such sign area shall include a maximum of 60 square feet for a lot occupied by one establishment and 100 square feet for a lot occupied by two or more establishments (per side if double-faced). All portions of any such sign shall be contained within the property lines of the property. Sign area shall not be less than the minimum clearance above the sidewalk required by Chapter 180, Construction Codes, or obstruct a sight triangle.
      (1)   In addition, restaurants with drive-through service shall be allowed to have menu boards, provided the text is not readable from a street or dwelling, and each menu board has a maximum sign area of 60 square feet.
      (2)   In addition, gas stations may have an additional sign area of 60 square feet that can be used for freestanding sign area or signs on a canopy.
   D.   Projecting signs. A projecting sign with a maximum sign area of 12 square feet on each of two sides may be used in place of a freestanding sign. Such sign shall not extend more than six feet from the building wall.
   E.   Roof signs. No roof signs shall be permitted in the C-H District.
   F.   Marquee signs. Marquee signs and under-marquee signs may be erected in compliance with the provisions of the C-C District.
   G.   Billboard signs and other off-premises signs. Section 600-1717 shall apply.
   H.   Portable signs. Portable signs are permissible only in the C-H Zone. Signs are not to exceed 20 square feet and must be located within established setback areas. No portable sign may be located within the public right-of-way at any time and no sign shall obstruct sight triangles. Such sign shall not be illuminated.
   I.   See also additional signs allowed under § 600-1712, such as signs for places of worship.
   J.   Signs allowed by § 600-1703 shall also be allowed.