Multi-tenant signs may be permitted only subject to the following standards and regulations:
A. Multi-Tenant Signs Permitted: Multi-tenant signs are permitted for unified centers that meet the following criteria:
1. This criteria only applies to the C-3 and C-4 districts or in a specific plan land use district which references the sign criteria for these zoning districts.
2. Two hundred twenty five feet (225') of frontage on a dedicated right of way.
3. Lot frontage shall have a ten foot (10') minimum setback area, inclusive of buildings and driveways, of landscaping from the street right of way.
4. The multi-tenant sign shall be located in a minimum fifty foot (50') linear landscape setback area.
B. Exceptions To Certain Criteria: Multi-tenant signs are permitted for unified centers that do not meet the criteria in subsection A of this section when the planning commission determines: 1) one or more businesses within the center are not visible from the roadway fronting the property; 2) no other alternatives exist within the center to provide reasonable business identification for those businesses; and 3) the shape or location of the unified center, the orientation of the buildings, or other unique conditions lead to the finding that it is in the public interest for the center to be permitted a multi-tenant sign. Multi-tenant signs shall be freestanding.
C. Standards For Multi-Tenant Signs:
1. The number of multi-tenant signs permitted in a unified center shall comply with subsection 15.36.220E2 of this chapter.
2. All multi-tenant signs shall be within unified centers having a sign program that allows multi-tenant signs and complies with the following standards and incorporates the architectural design of the center or surrounding neighborhood area into the sign:
a. The size of any freestanding sign is governed by the criteria of subsection 15.36.220E7 of this chapter.
b. The size of each tenant panel shall be calculated within the allowable signage for that tenant based on the store frontage.
c. Decorative walls may be used as a background for multi-tenant panel signage with up to a total of three (3) tenant panels. Each tenant panel sign shall be composed of individual channel letters and the area of the sign shall be determined by the area within the eight (8) straight lines around the content as described in subsection 15.36.050A2 of this chapter.
3. In unified centers that meet the criteria in subsection B of this section, up to four (4) tenant panels for tenants are permitted on each face of the multi-tenant sign. For all other unified centers, the maximum number of tenant panels is three (3) on each face of the multi-tenant sign.
4. All tenant panels shall have the same size and height.
5. Standards for multi-tenant signs affecting buildings in the C-3 zoning district are contained in article IV of this chapter.
6. All multi-tenant freestanding signs shall be approved by the planning commission pursuant to section 15.36.220 of this chapter and shall be architecturally consistent with the surrounding area or unified center. (Ord. 2552 § 1, 2004)