(A) All commercial signs, other than those described in § 154.085, shall be placed on the premises of the building housing the business to which the sign pertains, and if the premises has no frontage on a public street, the sign may be placed within 20 feet of the nearest intersection of the drive to the premises with a public street, or immediately across the public street from the intersection. No part of any sign, other than a freestanding sign, shall be less than eight feet from the ground or pavement under it. No sign shall project into any part of a public way or exceed the permitted building height in each zoning district, except as otherwise allowed. Except as otherwise allowed, a freestanding sign shall not exceed 110 square feet in area per sign face per side, provided, the total square footage per side may be created by either one sign or multiple signs. Only one freestanding sign shall be permitted for each separate commercial lot regardless of the number of businesses located on the lot, except as otherwise allowed. Two freestanding signs shall be permitted for a commercial lot located on a corner of two non-municipal streets (such as state or federal-aid highways), regardless of the number of businesses located on the lot, except as otherwise allowed. Unless otherwise stipulated, permanent wall signs shall be permitted for each separate business establishment when the specific walls pertaining to that particular business location can be determined. In the case of multiple businesses sharing a common wall for the display of their signage, the sum total of all the multiple businesses’ combined signage on the wall shall not exceed the maximum number of signs and area stated hereinbelow for a single business. Unless otherwise stipulated, the maximum number of permanent wall signs allowed per side of the building to which they pertain shall be four, and the total allowable sign area for all such signs shall not exceed two square feet for each lineal foot of building wall to which the signs are attached, or 400 square feet, whichever is the lesser amount. Permanent wall signs located in the CB Central Business District, the NB Neighborhood Business District and the HB-2 Highway Business District (excluding permanent wall signs attached to walls that are fronting on, and parallel with, Interstate 40) shall be limited to a maximum of four signs per side of the business building to which they pertain; provided, the total allowable sign area for all such signs shall not exceed two square feet for each lineal foot of building wall to which the signs are attached, or 200 square feet, whichever is the lesser amount. Permanent wall signs located in the HB-2 Highway Business District that are attached to building walls that front on, and are parallel with, Interstate 40 shall be limited to a maximum of one sign per side of the business building to which it pertains; provided, the total allowable sign area for the single sign shall not exceed 100% of the building wall area to which the sign is attached, or 2,800 square feet, whichever is the lesser amount. Permanent wall signs located in all residential zoning districts designated as either R-1, R-2, R-3 or MH shall be limited to one sign per side of the business building to which it pertains, and the size of the sign area shall not exceed one square foot for each lineal foot of building wall to which it is attached.
(B) Freestanding on-premise signs that are located in the HB-2 Highway Business District shall be allowed as prescribed below. Two freestanding on-premise identification signs shall be allowed as follows on the premises of the building housing the business, or businesses, to which the sign(s) pertain.
(1) One sign may be erected to a maximum height of 150 feet with a maximum sign area per sign face of 400 square feet per side, provided, the total square footage per side may be created by either one sign or a maximum of two separate signs on the same pole.
(2) One sign may be erected to a maximum height of 35 feet with a maximum sign area per sign face of 400 square feet per side. The total square footage per side may be created by either one sign or multiple signs on the same pole or other structural support.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 3-12-2013; Ord. passed 6-29-2021) Penalty, see § 154.999