(A) The following are the on-premises signs permitted on a lot within the specified districts and within the following regulations, in addition to “exempt signs” and “temporary signs” permitted in all districts by other provisions of this subchapter. See definitions of the types of signs in § 155.136.
Zoning District or Type of Use | Total Maximum Height of Freestanding Signs | Total Maximum Area of Wall Signs | Total Maximum Area of Window Signs | Total Maximum Area and Number of Freestanding Signs |
CON, R-A, AC and Residential Districts, with signs in this table limited to allowed principal nonresidential uses, nursing homes and personal care centers; for home occupation signs, see § 155.137 | 8 feet | 30 square feet on each side of a principal nonresidential building or an allowed nursing home or personal care center | May be used in place of a wall sign with the same restrictions | 1 sign on each street the lot abuts, each with a maximum sign area of 16 sq. ft. |
VC Village Commercial District | 8 feet | 1 square foot of sign area for each linear feet of building length on the building side on which such signs are attached | Temporary non-illuminated window signs are not regulated. Other window signs shall be considered wall signs | 1 sign per street that the lot abuts, each with a maximum area of 32 sq. ft.*; up to 10 square feet of this sign area may be used instead for a projecting sign; see also “special sale signs/banners” in § 155.137 |
C and I Districts and any other district not listed above | 20 feet | 2 square feet of sign area for each linear feet of building length on the building side on which such signs are attached | Temporary non-illuminated window signs are not regulated; other window signs shall be considered wall signs | 1 sign per street that the lot abuts, each with a maximum area of 40 sq. ft *; See also “special sale signs/banners” in § 155.137 |
* If a lot includes 2 or more distinct principal nonresidential uses, the maximum freestanding sign area may be increased by 10 square feet for each principal nonresidential use beyond the first nonresidential use. For example, in the C District, if a lot includes 3 such uses, the maximum freestanding sign area shall be 40 plus 20 equals 60 square feet | ||||
(B) Maximum height of wall signs. The maximum height of wall signs shall be equal to the top of the roof along the wall to which they are attached. However, sign may be attached to a parapet roof that vertically extends up to ten feet above the structural roof, provided the parapet roof appears to be an architectural extension of the building.
(C) Portable signs (including “signs on mobile stands”) and other temporary signs.
(1) Purpose. These standards recognize portable signs as a particular type of sign that has the characteristics of a temporary sign but that has been inappropriately used as a permanent sign. This section is based on the policy that if a use desires to regularly display a sign for regularly changing messages, that it erect a permanent sign within all of the requirements of this chapter.
(2) Prohibited. Portable signs are prohibited in all districts, except as a temporary charitable event sign permitted by § 155.137.
(3) Business usage. Businesses are encouraged to provide an area on a permanent sign that displays changeable messages, as opposed to using a separate sign for such purpose.
(D) Signs on freestanding walls. A freestanding sign may be attached to a decorative masonry or stone wall with a maximum height of six feet and a maximum length of 12 feet, without being regulated by the wall setback regulations of this chapter and with the wall itself not counting towards the maximum sign area. Such walls may be placed in a yard, provided they do not obstruct safe sight distances.
(Ord. 126, passed 3-18-2010)