The following signs are allowed, upon receipt of a permit, for each premises in the C-1, C-2, M1, M1A and M2 Zoning Districts, provided no business sign shall be located closer than fifty feet (50') to any lot located in any residentially zoned district, and except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code:
(a) Exterior business signs may be erected on each building side facing a public right-of-way. The primary sign shall not exceed 85% of the total frontage area less windows. Additional signage shall not exceed the area of the primary sign. Such signs shall be affixed flat against the surface of the wall with the face of the sign no more than one foot (1') from the wall, or affixed perpendicular to the surface of the wall with the farthest edge no more than four feet (4') from the wall. No sign affixed flat against the surface of the building shall project beyond the corner of the building. The lower edge of any sign projecting more than one foot (1') from the wall surface shall be not less than eight feet (8') above grade level.
(Ord. 17-80. Passed 11-20-17.)
(b) One (1) freestanding business sign or portable sign may be permitted, provided it has a maximum height above grade of thirty feet (30') and a maximum area of ninety feet (90 s.f.) per face or the ratio of one (1 s.f) of signage to two (2) linear feet of the longest side of the parcel, not to exceed four hundred (400 s.f.) unless the lot size is greater than five (5) acres. For lots greater than five (5) acres the maximum area shall be the ratio of one (1 s.f.) of signage to two (2) linear feet of the longest side of the parcel. However, any premises that has frontage in excess of 250 feet may have two (2) freestanding business signs at least 150 feet apart, the total s.f. of each (not each face) shall not exceed the maximum allowed by this subsection, and a maximum height above grade of thirty (30) feet. A portable sign shall be any sign designed and manufactured, or constructed to be self-supporting, or self-contained, or transported, and not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure, including signs designed to be transported, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels or signs converted to "A" or "T" frames. (Ord. 20-137. Passed 2-16-21.)
(c) One (1) free standing off-premises sign may be permitted on each lot provided it has a maximum height above grade of twenty-six feet (26'), a maximum area of three hundred square feet (300 s.f.) per face, and no more than two (2) faces per sign. No such sign shall be permitted within three hundred feet (300') of another freestanding off-premises sign on the same side of the street.
(d) A sign may be placed on each side or on the front of a marquee, canopy or awning, provided that such sign indicates only the name and address of the building or principal occupant, or the principal product available therein, and further provided that any such sign shall be affixed flat to the surface of the marquee, awning, or canopy and shall not extend beyond any plane of the marquee, canopy or awning, except as otherwise provided in this section. Such signs on marquees, awnings and canopies shall maintain a vertical clearance of eight feet (8') above grade level.
(e) A sign may be affixed to the underside of a canopy or marquee, provided that the lower edge of the sign maintains a vertical clearance of eight feet (8') above grade level. Such signs may be no more than six square feet (6 s.f.) in area on each face and the sign shall not project beyond the edge of the canopy or marquee.
(Ord. 12-78. Passed 1-17-13.)