(A) Development plan approval shall be required for the establishment of freestanding center signs.
(B) In addition to any other conditions which the Planning Commission may impose on the granting of said development plan approval, the following criteria and conditions shall apply:
(1) Freestanding center signs shall only be approved for unified commercial and industrial developments such as shopping centers, business parks and similar developments which are five or more acres in area.
(2) Freestanding center signs shall only be approved in conjunction with the approval of a comprehensive sign program for the entire unified commercial or industrial development served pursuant to § 155.526 of this chapter.
(3) The size, area, height, location, and the like, of freestanding center signs shall be subject to the sign development standards and limitations of the underlying zone of the property served, except that freestanding center signs may be approved in excess of the height and area limitations for free standing signs if the height and area of the sign are in proportion to the scale of the development served as determined by the Planning Commission.
('64 Code, § 55.10) (Am. Ord. 700, passed 9-11-86) Penalty, see § 10.97