A. RMX-TO Zone.
1. In the RMX-TO zone, residential uses shall be allowed signs as provided in Section 15.148.110.
2. In the RMX-TO zone, commercial uses shall be allowed signs as follows:
a. One detached sign not exceeding twenty-four (24) square feet in area is allowed for each street frontage of a developed parcel. All detached signs shall be monument type signs. All detached signs shall be located ten (10) feet from any property line and five feet from any driveway in order to provide a clear vision area. The height of the detached sign shall not exceed six feet.
b. One attached sign is allowed for each occupancy. The total aggregate area for all attached signs authorized by this subsection shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for each front foot of building occupancy. The linear footage of an attached sign shall not exceed seventy (70) percent of the linear footage of the occupancy. Attached signs shall be placed flat against the building, on an architectural projection, or attached to the underside thereof, subject to the provisions of Sections 15.148.460 and 15.148.470. No height limit is specified for signs placed flat against the wall of a building, or for other attached signs provided all other requirements of this article are met.
c. One additional attached sign that is either projecting or on an architectural projection is allowed for each occupancy. Projecting signs authorized by this subsection shall not exceed a total area of five square feet and shall be located not less than eight nor more than twelve (12) feet above the public right-of-way. Signs on architectural projections authorized by this subsection shall be placed entirely below the architectural projection. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this subsection, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to projecting signs and signs on architectural projections shall apply to signs authorized by this subsection.
d. In addition to the signage allowed under subsections (A)(2)(b) and (c) of this section, if a commercial use in the RMX-TO zone is located in a building that is sited at the edge of sidewalk with the on-site parking located to the rear of the building and that maintains general public access to the commercial use from both the sidewalk side of the building and the on-site parking side of the building, then the sign allowance for attached signs for the commercial use shall be applied separately and cumulatively to both the sidewalk face of the building and the rear face of the building facing the on-site parking area.
B. C-2-TO Zone. In the C-2-TO zone, signs shall be allowed as follows:
1. On-Site Signs.
a. One detached sign is allowed for each developed parcel not exceeding one square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage abutting the developed portion of such parcel, provided that:
i. Where a developed parcel has in excess of three hundred (300) feet of street frontage, one additional detached sign may be erected for each additional three hundred (300) feet of street frontage in excess of the first three hundred (300) feet of street frontage abutting the developed portion of such parcel.
ii. Where a developed parcel is allowed to have more than one detached sign under these regulations, the distance between such detached signs on each parcel shall be not less than three hundred (300) feet.
iii. Subject to the provisions of Article IV of this chapter, the total area of all detached signs on each parcel shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage of the developed portion of such parcel.
b. The maximum height limit for detached signs shall be thirty-five (35) feet.
c. Except as provided in subsection (B)(1)(d) of this section, two attached signs are allowed for each occupancy. Attached signs shall not exceed a total aggregate area of three square feet of sign area for each front foot of building occupancy. Attached signs may be placed flat against a building, may be projecting or non-projecting signs, and may be located on an architectural projection or attached to the underside of an architectural projection. Any attached sign that projects over a public right-of-way shall not exceed a total area of five square feet and shall be no less than eight feet and no more than twelve (12) feet above the public right-of-way. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this subsection, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to projecting signs shall apply to projecting signs in the C-2-TO zone.
d. In lieu of the requirements of subsection (B)(1)(c) of this section, a building that is sited at the edge of sidewalk with its on-site parking located to the rear of the building and that maintains general public access to the commercial use from both the sidewalk side of the building and the on-site parking side of the building is allowed the following signs on the sidewalk side of the building and the on-site parking side of the building:
i. One attached sign is allowed for each occupancy. The signs may be placed flat against a building, may be projecting or non-projecting signs, and may be located on an architectural projection or attached to the underside of an architectural projection. An attached sign that projects over a public right-of-way shall not exceed a total area of five square feet and shall be no less than eight feet and no more than twelve (12) feet above the public right-of-way. Except as specifically provided otherwise in subsection (B)(1)(b) of this section, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to projecting signs shall apply to projecting signs in the C-2-TO zone.
ii. One additional attached sign that is either a projecting sign or a sign on an architectural projection is allowed for each occupancy. Projecting signs authorized by this subsection shall not exceed a total area of five square feet and shall be located not less than eight nor more than twelve (12) feet above the public right-of-way. Signs on architectural projections authorized by this subsection shall be placed entirely below the architectural projection. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this subsection, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to projecting signs and signs on architectural projections shall apply to signs authorized by this subsection.
iii. The total aggregate area of the signs allowed for each occupancy under subsections (B)(1)(d)(i) and (B)(1)(d)(ii) of this section shall not exceed three square feet of sign area for each front foot of building occupancy.
2. Off-Site Signs. In the C-2-TO zone, off-site signs shall be subject to the provisions of subsection B of Section 15.148.160.
3. General Provisions Relating to Location.
a. No sign shall be located nearer than five feet to an interior property line nor shall any sign be located nearer than five feet to any common wall or other point common to two separate occupancies on the same parcel. This regulation, however, shall not apply to signs painted on or otherwise attached flat against the wall or architectural projection of a building on the same parcel.
b. With the exception of off-site signs, a sign may be located within or project into a required front or street sideyard setback area. However, no sign may project into or over an abutting public right-of-way except as otherwise provided in this article. Off-site signs shall be located so as to provide and maintain the same front and street sideyard setbacks as are required for a building on the same parcel. (Ord. 2016-0010 § 15; Ord. 2004-063 § 10)