7A.6.9. STREET AND BUILDING FRONTAGES

   A.   Street  frontage is measured as the length of a premise , lot , or development fronting on a public or private street .

   B.   Building  frontage is the measurement between two straight lines projecting from the outermost edges of a building or tenant space wall , that are perpendicular to a straight line running along the ground level or front of the measured wall .

   C.   Multiple Frontage Lots

      On corner lots and other lots with more than one street  frontage , the maximum allowable number and square footage of on-site signs are permitted for each street  frontage . The maximum allowances are only transferable either in whole or in part from one street  frontage to another if the Zoning Administrator determines the request will not negatively impact surrounding properties. The Zoning Administrator may send the request to the Sign Design Review Committee for review and recommendation.

   D.   Intersection Corner Sign

      1.   When a sign is erected at the street intersection corner of the lot and is placed in such a manner so as to be readable from both streets or both frontages, the sign shall not exceed the maximum area allowed for the longest street  frontage ;

      2.   The sign shall count as one sign for each street  frontage ; and,

      3.   The area of the sign shall be deducted from the allowable sign area for the longest street  frontage .

   E.   Signs per Street  Frontage

      General rule: For a premise having more than one street  frontage , the maximum sign area and number of permitted on-site  permanent signs are permitted for each street  frontage and are only transferable from one street  frontage to another if the Zoning Administrator determines the request will not negatively impact surrounding properties. The Zoning Administrator may send the request to the Sign Design Review Committee for review and recommendation. In the case of a freestanding sign , the more restrictive standard of the zone category shall apply.

   F.   Access Regulated

      No sign or its supporting members shall be erected, altered or relocated so as to interfere with or restrict access to a window or other opening in a building in such a manner as to unduly limit air circulation or obstruct or interfere with the free use of a fire escape, exit, standpipe, stairway, door, ventilator, window or similar opening, provided however that the zoning administrator may approve another form of sign or its attachment when, in his or her judgment, that sign will not restrict access to the openings.

(Am. Ord. 11803, 12/8/2020)