Signs in Business and Industrial Districts may be located on the surface of or project from the building wall adjacent to a street, a pedestrian way or a parking area, or may be erected on poles or other ground supports in the yards on which the business or industrial use is located.
(a) Wall or flat signs shall not project more than twelve inches from the building, in front of the building wall and may project to any building corner, if side yards exist. A sign may extend above the front wall if the sign is set back from each side lot line and party wall line a distance at least equal to the dimensions that the sign projects above the top of the wall.
(b) Projecting signs shall be limited to not more than one sign for each establishment or store unit. Such signs shall be attached to the wall and may extend above the top of the wall, but not more than thirty-five percent of the total height of the sign, nor more than fifty square feet of sign area overall, may extend above the wall. Any face of a projecting sign shall be not less than five feet from a side lot line or party wall of another store unit.
(c) Pole signs shall not project over a public right of way. The support for the sign shall not be located within the public right of way.
(d) Ground signs shall not be located within fifteen feet of the public right of way, shall not be less than five feet from another business or industrial lot and shall not be less than twenty-five feet from a residential district line, except that in an Executive Office Park District a ground sign shall be located not less than twenty-five feet from a public right of way, shall not be less than 100 feet from a residential district lot line and shall not be less than fifty feet from a lot in any other Business or Industrial District. Temporary development signs may, however, be located in front of the setback line if first approved by the Planning Commission. Directional signs may be located within the required yards.
(Ord. 95-2-3. Passed 4-4-95.)