All permanent signs shall be classified as one of the following: an attached sign; a detached sign; an interstate sign; or an architectural canopy sign.
(a) Attached signs are signs which are physically attached to a building or fixed awning. In addition:
(1) The total area of all attached signs shall not exceed in the aggregate three square feet of area for each linear foot of building frontage for each business use;
(2) An attached sign shall project not more than two feet horizontally from a building facade;
(3) An attached sign shall project not more than three feet above the average height of the roof of the structure involved, and no sign shall be erected on a roof;
(4) An attached sign may project downward from a fixed awning only so far as shall allow nine feet of vertical clearance from the ground to the bottom of the sign.
(b) Attached signs in the CSD shall comply with the provisions of Section 1107.09.
(c) Detached signs are signs which are not attached to a building and not interstate signs. There shall not be more than one detached sign per business activity along each street frontage the use abuts. Where commercial uses are located on the same property with common features, all such business signs shall be supported by only one structure per lot with street frontage. In addition, detached signs:
(1) Shall not be located on or project over any right-of-way;
(2) Shall be affixed to the ground by a minimum two feet tall masonry, stone, or brick foundation/base;
(3) Shall have a sign face of a maximum of 100 square feet;
(4) The topmost portion of the sign shall not exceed 25 feet above grade;
(5) Shall not obstruct or adversely affect vision clearance or traffic visibility;
(6) Shall not be closer than 25 feet to the sign of an adjacent lot; and
(7) May be lit internally or by direct lighting.
(d) Interstate signs are signs that are not connected to a building, that are less than 1,900 feet from the centerline of an interstate highway right-of-way, that are at least 25 feet in height and that are intended to be read from the interstate highway. A business may have one interstate sign in addition to any other permitted signs. In addition, an interstate sign shall:
(1) Not be closer than 25 feet to any right-of-way line;
(2) Not be closer than 15 feet to any adjoining property line;
(3) Not be larger than 400 square feet in area; and
(4) Not be higher than 90 feet, measured from the ground elevation on which it is located.
(e) Architectural canopy signs are signs which are attached to a building with the message integrated into the canopy surface. In addition:
(1) The total area of all architectural canopy signs shall not exceed in the aggregate two square feet of area for each linear foot of building frontage, and, if combined with attached signs, the total area of all signage shall not exceed in the aggregate three square feet of area for each linear foot of building frontage.
(2) In applying sign area limits, only the area occupied by the sign message will be used. The sign area shall be the rectangular space occupied by lettering or insignia and the space immediately surrounding such lettering or insignia.
(3) An architectural canopy sign shall project not more than three feet horizontally from a building facade over a public right-of-way, and not more than six feet horizontally from a building facade over private property.
(4) An architectural canopy sign shall have a minimum clearance of nine feet above the sidewalk grade or the edge of roadway grade nearest the sign and shall not be located closer than two feet from the curb of any roadway.
(5) Architectural canopy signs shall be limited to single-story buildings or to the first level only of multistory buildings, unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Appeals.
(6) Principal graphics, copy, logos, etc., shall be limited to the face or street side of the structure.
(7) When an electric awning sign covers multiple store fronts, each store or tenant shall be allowed copy space no more than 80% of its store width in order to maintain adequate separation of tenant spaces.
(Ord. A-3075. Passed 1-24-22.)