(a) In a business or commercial district, each business shall be permitted fascia or wall signs. Projections of wall signs shall not exceed two (2) feet measured from the nearest part of the building except as specifically permitted within certain districts.
(b) The area of all permanent advertising signs for any single business enterprise shall be limited according to the widths of the building or part of building occupied by such enterprise. For the purpose of this chapter, width shall be measured along the building face nearest parallel to the street line. In the case of a corner lot, either frontage may be used in determining width, but the frontage selected shall be considered the front wall of the building for the purposes of determining maximum area of the sign.
(c) The area of all projecting or free-standing advertising signs for any single business enterprise may have a total area equivalent to one and one-half (1-1/2) square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of width of a building, or part of a building occupied by such enterprise, but should not exceed a maximum area of one hundred (100) square feet except as specifically permitted within certain districts.
(d) Free-standing signs serving an individual business or a group of business establishments shall be permitted if they have no more than a total sign area of one hundred (100) square feet and are located not closer than either twenty (20) feet or the height of the sign, whichever is greater, to any street, right-of-way or adjoining lot line.
(e) Pole signs of symbolical design shall be permitted for automobile service stations and other similar business establishments provided:
(1) No part of such sign shall project into the right-of-way of any street or highway.
(2) The support of such sign shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from any public right-of-way.
(3) The maximum area of any one face of such sign located within the front yard shall not exceed forty (40) square feet.
(4) The pole support of the sign shall not be less than fifty (50) feet from any lot in any "R" District nor within twenty (20) feet of the intersecting right- of-way of any state or federal highway and major or secondary street.
(Ord. 462. Passed 6-7-71.)