(a) Wall Signs: Location, Size, Structure.
(1) A sign shall be located on a building wall adjacent to a major street, and may be placed on a wall adjacent to a parking area, if there is a direct customer entrance between such a street and/or parking area and such building.
(2) Any sign permitted at a secondary public entrance shall be limited to six square feet in area. (See Section 1270.07(b)(2).)
(3) A sign shall not extend higher than the top of a parapet wall of a building or project more than 24 inches in front of the established building line.
(4) Signs may be permitted on a canopy or awning only if a wall sign is not possible or wholly impracticable.
(5) Structure. All signs shall be erected and maintained so as to be safe and secure so as not to fall or cause danger to person or property nor to rot or deteriorate or be blown down by reason of weather, and shall be subject to applicable regulations contained or incorporated i the Codified Ordinances.
(b) Uniform Adjacent Signs. If two or more adjacent business units on the same parcel have a similar or continuous marquee, canopy, mansard, permanent awning or building face, such adjacent signs shall be substantially similar in design and color.
(c) Color. All signs shall be limited to two colors, excluding any one background color. For this purpose, white or any shade thereof shall be considered a color.
(d) Free Standing Wall Signs.
(1) In addition to any other type of permitted sign, one free standing wall, may be erected being:
A. Not more than 12 feet wide; and ,
B. Containing not more than 30 square feet of signage on each face.
(2) Such sign shall contain not more than two sign faces with space proportionately allocated to each tenant and/or to identify the address and building name.
(3) Said wall shall be constructed of either burnt clay brick, stone, or precast panels for which samples shall be provided for approval by the City Architect.
(4) Such wall shall be located on front of the building setback line, and setback at least five feet from the nearest edge of the public sidewalk, and shall be erected perpendicular to the public street.
(5) Plantings shall be placed around any free standing wall.
(1982 Code, § 1120.09) (Ord. 97-05. Passed 12-15-1997.)