This section shall apply to all attached signs, including painted wall signs and temporary business signs.
(A) Number of signs.
(1) Single-occupancy buildings shall not be limited as to number of signs allowed.
(2) A multi-occupant building may have up to one attached sign for each occupant on each side of the building.
(B) Total area. Total effective area of attached signs shall not exceed the lesser of the following:
(1) The total area of all attached signs on each side of a building shall not exceed two square feet per length of wall on that side of the building.
(2) In districts zoned E, E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, F, F-1, G and H, no single attached sign shall exceed 250 square feet in effective area.
(3) No attached sign shall exceed 100 square feet in effective area in districts O-P, D, D-1 and P-I.
(C) Projection from building surface. All attached signs and their words shall be mounted parallel to the building surface to which they are attached, and shall project not more than 18 inches from the surface except as follows.
(1) Any on-premises or any non-residential occupancy may erect not more than one attached sign projecting up to a maximum of four feet from a vertical building surface, but not above the roof; provided that, the sign does not exceed 20 square feet in effective area and that no part of the sign descends closer to site grade than ten feet, or projects into or over any public right-of-way.
(2) No business or non-residential occupancy may erect a sign above the eaves or edge of the roof, or above a parapet, or above or below an edge of a canopy.
(1998 Code, § 98-132) (Ord. 93-69, passed 11-17-1993; Ord. 00-55, passed 9-20-2000) Penalty, see § 155.999