(A) Attached signs.
(1) Each lease or tenant space shall be permitted only one attached building sign per street front with a maximum of two signs per tenant/lease space. Each sign is limited in width to 75% of the single plane facade. Each sign shall be located in the middle 75% of the single plane facade or centered on an articulate surface of the building facade. The maximum logo height for an attached sign may be no more than 125% of the maximum permitted letter height. Each sign shall use indirect lighting in the form of aluminum individual reverse channel letters with aluminum faces and clear backing. No exposed lighting is permitted. Returns shall be not less than three inches and not greater than five inches. All signs shall be a minimum of two inches off the supporting structure and not greater than three inches. Lighting shall be either red or white in color.
(2) The maximum square foot area permitted for an attached sign is one and one-half times the linear feet of lease space. The calculation applies to each exterior wall separately with a maximum of two signs per lease space.
(3) Businesses under 15,000 square feet of lease space are permitted to have individual letters not exceeding 28 inches in height.
(4) Businesses 15,000 square feet of lease space or greater are permitted to have individual letters not exceeding 48 inches in height.
(B) Special attached sign standards.
(1) Projecting signs. One unlit projecting sign in addition to the attached wall sign is permitted per lease space. Projecting signs shall not be higher than the eave line or parapet wall of the top of the principal building; shall be a minimum of eight feet above grade when located adjacent to or projecting over a pedestrian walkway. Sign square footage shall not exceed four feet and shall not extend more than four feet from the wall.
(2) Menu board. One menu board per site is permitted for internal drives utilized by drive thru businesses only. The sign shall not exceed 24 square feet in area or eight feet in height and must be located at the side or rear of the principal building.
(3) Drive through. One internally lit drive through sign is permitted per site on internal streets and drives only with a maximum of four square feet of sign face and a maximum height of four feet.
(4) Awnings. The purpose of an awning sign is to provide an advertising message on the face of an awning. Awing signs shall only be allowed within Highway Commercial Districts.
(a) An awning may extend across the entire width of a building or tenant space. An awning may not extend above the apparent roof line of the building. An awning shall not exceed five feet in height or extend more than three feet from the supporting wall.
(b) The sign area on an awning shall not exceed 20% of the area of the awning and shall extend for no more than 5% of the length of the awning. A permit shall be required for an awning sign. Awning signs may be illuminated.
(c) Letter and/or logo height shall not exceed six inches in height.
(C) (1) Monument signs for businesses.
(a) Base construction. The sign base and sign structure shall be made of brick, stone, or masonry material matching the front facade of the principal building. It shall be a maximum of two feet in height and shall be included in the calculation of the total sign height.
(b) Changeable copy. Signs with changeable copy are not permitted.
(c) Street address. All freestanding signs, either berm or monument signs, shall include the street address. The street address shall not be included in the calculation of the sign area, except in such case that the street address exceeds four square feet in size.
(d) Color for multiple panels. For signs with multiple sign panels, the background color for all sign panels on the sign shall be consistent.
(e) Development name. For multi-tenant developments, the development name, if included as an integral part of the monument structure (i.e. not a separate panel), will not count toward the maximum sign face area as long as the area of the development name does not exceed 20% of the allowable maximum sign face area.
(f) Advertisement limitation. No business is permitted to advertise via a Monument Sign more than once per street frontage.
(g) Location. Monument signs shall not be placed in the right-of-way and shall have a setback of five feet from the property line. A sign installed in compliance with this chapter is not required to meet building setback requirements established in a separate city ordinance.
(h) Lighting. Each sign shall use indirect lighting in the form of landscape lighting or reverse channel letters. Reverse channel letters shall have aluminum faces and clear backing. Returns for individual letters, if used, shall be not less than three inches and not greater than five inches. All signs shall be a minimum of two inches of the supporting structure and not greater than three inches. Lighting shall be either red or white in color.
(i) Visibility. Signs shall not be constructed or installed in a manner that would interfere with visibility, create a traffic hazard, or be confused with any traffic control sign or signal.
(j) Landscaping. Single business use shall have a minimum of 100 square feet of landscape plus ten square feet for each additional square foot of sign above the maximum allowed and shall comply with the Land Development Code landscape regulations as amended. Multi-tenant use shall be a minimum of 120 square feet plus ten square feet for each additional foot and shall comply with the Land Development Code landscape regulations as amended.
(k) Maximum height. No sign shall exceed the maximum height provided for in this chapter. In determining the maximum height of a sign, no sign shall be located on a mound where the surrounding grade has been altered by more than 18 inches for purposes of artificially increasing the overall height of a sign above that allowed by the height regulations in this chapter.
(2) (a) Single business use. Single business use signs shall be used to advertise a business that is the sole occupant of a single lot. One sign is permitted per lot with a maximum total height of eight feet and a maximum sign face height of seven feet. The sign shall be limited to 40 square feet not including the sign base.
(b) Multi-tenant use. Shall be used to advertise two or more businesses occupying a single lot. One multi-tenant sign may be placed at the entrance of each street access drive unless a single business use monument sign exists. Monuments signs should be placed a minimum of 300 feet apart shall have a maximum total height of ten feet and a maximum sign face height of nine feet. Sign shall have a minimum of six and not more than eight panels and a maximum of 50 square feet not including the sign base. Exception: If a multi-tenant property on a freeway frontage has fewer than six lease spaces, the sign shall not have more panels than tenant spaces.
