§ 83.13.050 On-Site Signs.

   The provisions of this Section regulate on-site signs and structures. On-site signs shall be allowed in the land use zoning districts specified.

   (a)   Residential On-Site Signs. On-site signs shall be allowed in land use zoning districts that allow residential land uses and shall be subject to the following standards:

      (1)   On-site residential signs are signs that give notice of the name and/or address of residential land uses on the same parcel and/or the name of a resident on the parcel. Except as otherwise provided, on-site residential signs shall not exceed a total of six square feet in area for each residential dwelling and shall not exceed six feet in height.

      (2)   On-site residential signs for multi-family structures shall not exceed 20 square feet in area.

      (3)   On-site residential signs shall also include signs that identify a residential development by name or give similar notice to identify a residential area or neighborhood. Each residential area or development shall be limited to a maximum of two permanent signs per principal entrance to the residential development. The maximum total sign area shall be 100 square feet for each development and individual signs shall not exceed a maximum height of six feet when the sign is located outside the front setback area and four feet when the sign is within the front setback area. These signs shall not advertise the sales of parcels or homes.

   (b)   Nonresidential On-Site Signs in Residential, Agricultural, and Conservation Land Use Zoning Districts. When a nonresidential use is allowed within a residential, agricultural, or conservation land use zoning district, the use may be accompanied by one unlighted single or double faced sign not to exceed six feet in height or 12 square feet in area, for each 60 feet of street frontage and not to exceed a maximum of 24 square feet in total area.

   (c)   On-site Commercial/Industrial Complex Signs. On-site signs shall be allowed in land use zoning districts that allow commercial and industrial land uses and shall be subject to the following standards:

      (1)   A shopping center occupant located:

         (A)   On the perimeter of a shopping center with street frontage may have one monument sign in addition to a wall, roof, or projecting sign. The additional sign shall not exceed 50 square feet in area.

         (B)   Adjacent to, or that backs onto, a major arterial, or a major or secondary highway, may have an additional wall sign on the rear of the structure.

      (2)   A complex occupant sign shall also include the use of one five square foot pedestrian walkway sign for each occupant within the complex in addition to other sign configurations and sign area allowed by the land use zoning district.

      (3)   A complex shall have a minimum street frontage of one 150 feet. A shopping center complex, abutting two street frontages of at least 150 feet each, may have one additional monument sign. However, the total cumulative square footage of the monument signs shall not exceed 100 square feet.

      (4)   On-site signs in Office Commercial (CO) land use zoning district. Table 83-21 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Office Commercial (CO) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-21
On-Site Signs in Office Commercial (CO) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	36 sq. ft. maximum area	36 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	150	100	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 Per Frontage
	1 Attached		1

 

      (5)    On-site signs in Neighborhood Commercial (CN) land use zoning district. Table 83-22 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-22
On-Site Signs in Neighborhood Commercial (CN) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	36 sq. ft. maximum area	36 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	150	100	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	1 Attached per Frontage		1

 

      (6)    On-site signs in Rural Commercial (CR) land use zoning district. Table 83-23 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Rural Commercial (CR) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-23
On-Site Signs in Rural Commercial (CR) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	36 sq. ft. maximum area	36 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	50 sq. ft. maximum area	50 sq. ft. maximum area
	8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	150	100	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	1 Attached per Frontage		1

 

      (7)    On-site signs in Highway Commercial (CH) land use zoning district. Table 83-24 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-24
On-Site Signs in Highway Commercial (CH) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area	200 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	50 sq. ft. maximum area	50 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	35 ft. maximum height	35 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	200 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	300	200	100
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	2 Attached		1

 

      (8)    On-site signs in General Commercial (CG) land use zoning district. Table 83-25 indicates the types of signs allowed in the General Commercial (CG) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-25
On-Site Signs in General Commercial (CG) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area	200 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	50 sq. ft. maximum area	50 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	35 ft. maximum height	35 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	300	200	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	2 Attached		1

 

      (9)    On-site signs in Service Commercial (CS) land use district. Table 83-26 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Service Commercial (CS) land use district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-26
On-Site Signs in Service Commercial (CS) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area	200 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	50 sq. ft. maximum area	50 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	35 ft. maximum height	35 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	200 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	300	200	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	1 Attached		1

 

      (10)    On-site signs in Community Industrial (IC) land use zoning district. Table 83-27 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Community Industrial (IC) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-27
On-Site Signs in Community Industrial (IC) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area	200 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	6 ft. maximum height	6 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
Roof	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	150 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:3 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	200 sq. ft. maximum area		150 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	400	320	150
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	2 Attached		1

 

      (11)    On-site signs in Regional Industrial (IR) land use zoning district. Table 83-28 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Regional Industrial (IR) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-28
On-Site Signs in Regional Industrial (IR) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area	200 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	6 ft. maximum height	6 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	200 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:4 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	200 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:4 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	200 sq. ft. maximum area		150 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	400	400	150
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	2 Attached		1

 

      (12)   On-Site Signs in Institutional (IN) Land Use Zoning District.  Table 83-29 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Institutional (IN) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-29
On-Site Signs in Institutional (IN) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	48 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	6 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	48 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	15 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	48 sq. ft. maximum area
	8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	150
Total number	1 Freestanding
	2 Attached

 

      (13)   On-Site Signs in Special Development (SD) Land Use Zoning District.  Table 83-30 indicates the types of signs allowed in the Special Development (SD) land use zoning district and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-30
On-Site Signs in Special Development (SD) Land Use Zoning District
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not a Part of a Complex	Multi-Tenant Complex	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area	100 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height	4 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	36 sq. ft. maximum area	36 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	100 sq. ft. maximum area 8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Wall	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	1:2 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total area sq. ft.	150	100	50
Total number	1 Freestanding	1 per frontage
	2 Attached per frontage		1

 

      (14)   On-Site Signs in Crest Forest Community Plan Commercial Land Use Zoning Districts.  Table 83-31 indicates the types of signs allowed in commercial land use districts in the Crest Forest Community Plan area, and the standards applicable to those signs.

Table 83-31
On-Site Signs in Crest Forest Community Plan (CF) Commercial Land Use Zoning Districts
Type of Sign	Individual Business/Structure Not Part of a Complex or Center	Multi-Tenant Complex or Center	Occupant within a Multi-Tenant Complex or Center
Freestanding
Pole or Pylon	25 ft. maximum height	25 ft. maximum height	Sign not allowed
	50 sq. ft. maximum area	50 sq. ft. maximum area
Monument	4 ft. maximum height in addition to 2 ft. solid base	4 ft. maximum height in addition to 2 ft. solid base	Sign not allowed
	32 sq. ft. maximum area	32 sq. ft. maximum area
Attached
Projecting (may require encroachment permit)	35 ft. maximum height, not to exceed roof ridge or parapet height.	35 ft. maximum height, not to exceed roof edge or parapet height.	Sign not allowed
	32 sq. ft. maximum area	32 sq. ft. maximum area
	8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare	8 ft. minimum clearance from underlying walkway or thoroughfare
Roof	3:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	3:1 (bldg. frontabe to sign area ratio)
	32 sq. ft. maximum area		32 sq. ft. maximum area
	Placement subject to § 83.13.090(f)		Placement subject to § 83.13.090(f)
Wall	3:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)	Sign not allowed	3:1 (bldg. frontage to sign area ratio)
	50 sq. ft. maximum area		50 sq. ft. maximum area
Total number	1 freestanding per frontage	1 per frontage	1 attached per frontage
	2 attached per frontage

 

   (d)   On-Site Civic Signs. On-site civic signs are signs that give notice of the name or service, or other function or operation, of a publicly owned land use type on the same parcel, or that gives notice of the address or conditions of use of a parking area or other facility serving the activity. On-site civic signs are allowed in all land use zoning districts subject to the following limitations:

      (1)   In land use zoning districts where on-site business signs are not allowed, on-site civic signs with a maximum area of 32 square feet and a maximum height of 12 feet are allowed.

      (2)   In land use zoning districts where on-site business signs are allowed, the maximum height and area for on-site civic signs shall be the same as that allowed for on-site business signs.

   (e)   Freeway Oriented On-Site Signs.

      (1)   Freeway oriented signs shall be located within 200 feet of the structure or use to which the sign is an on-site use.

      (2)   A maximum of two steel support poles shall be required for a freestanding freeway oriented on-site sign that has an area of 18 square feet or greater.

(Ord. 4011, passed - -2007; Am. Ord. 4043, passed - -2008; Am. Ord. 4298, passed - -2016; Am. Ord. 4393, passed - -2020)