(A) Subject to the requirements set forth in this chapter, the following signs are permitted in the C-1 Neighborhood Convenience District:
(1) All signs and nameplates permitted in residential districts.
(2) Identification signs, whether awning, canopy, freestanding, projecting, temporary, and/or wall type signs.
(3) Other temporary signs.
(4) Canopies and awnings.
(5) Signs shall be permitted subject to the following:
(a) No such sign may be placed or erected upon any public right-of-way or place;
(b) No such sign shall be other than a freestanding sign;
(c) In the case of wall signs, no such sign shall exceed eight square feet in area. The total area of all political signs upon a zoning lot shall not exceed 16 square feet;
(d) Such signs may be constructed of approved combustible materials but shall be maintained in good condition and kept free of rips, holes, peelings, or defacement and kept well fastened and secure; and
(e) The person or organization responsible for the erection or distribution of any political sign, or the owner of the property upon which such signs are located, shall only be posted during the 45 day period immediately preceding the primary, general, or special election, and such person or owner shall remove such signs within seven days after the election to which the signs pertain.
(B) Subject to the requirements set forth in this chapter, the following signs are permitted in the C-2 Community Shopping District and the C-3 Highway Commercial District:
(1) All signs and nameplates permitted in the residential districts and the C-1 Neighborhood Convenience District.
(2) Billboards, provided that:
(a) The premises upon which any given billboard is located:
1. Contains a minimum of five contiguous acres, the title to which is held under one ownership; and
2. Lies west of and within 100 feet of Interstate Highway I-294; and
(b) No such billboard shall be located so as to exceed 75 feet in height when measured from grade level; and
(c) No more than two such billboards shall be located on six or more contiguous acres, the title to which is held under one ownership.
(3) Electronic Message Sign.
(a) A sign which displays multiple messages may not change more frequently than once every 10 seconds. An Electronic Message sign which features message hold times of under 10 seconds shall be considered a flashing sign and is prohibited.
(b) No Electronic Message sign shall feature transitions other than those that reveal the entire message all at once. This prohibits the uses of fade, dissolve, travel, scrolling or similar frame effects that can move or change the size of text or imagery.
(c) No Electronic Message sign shall display animation or video. Animation signs are prohibited.
(d) No Electronic Sign shall exceed the lesser of 50% of the total sign area upon the lot or 50 square feet per face.
(4) Shopping center signs, provided that not more than one such sign, not exceeding 100 square feet in area, may be erected advertising only the name and the location of an integrated shopping center premises upon which it is located. Such sign shall be placed so as to be entirely within the property lines of the premises upon which it is located, the bottom edge of such sign shall be at least eight feet above the level of the ground, and its height shall not exceed 25 feet above the crown of the street.
(Ord. 95-1934, passed 6-13-95; Am. Ord. 14-2979, passed 9-18-14; Am. Ord. 16-3063, passed 7-21-16; Am. Ord. 20-4221, passed 4-16-20) Penalty, see § 10.99