§ 152.13 TABLES.

(A) (1) Signs shall be allowed on private property in accordance with Table 1. If the letters “NP” appear for a sign type in a column, such sign is allowed without prior permit approval in the zoning districts represented by that column. If the letters “PR” appear for a sign type in a column, such sign

is allowed only with prior permit approval in the zoning districts represented by that column. Special conditions may apply in some cases. If the letters “NA” appear for a sign type in a column, a sign is not

allowed in the zoning districts represented by that column under any circumstances. Any sign designated by “NP” or “PR” shall be allowed only if it conforms to all other applicable requirements of this chapter.

(2) When regulating signs within the Joint Jurisdiction area, the zoning districts of the Joint Jurisdiction Zoning Area shall correspond to the zoning districts of the city as follows:

Joint Jurisdiction Area Zoning District	City of Vermillion Zoning District
A-1 Agriculture	NRC Natural Resource Conservation
RR Rural Residential	R-1 Residential
C Commercial	GB General Business
LI Light Industrial	GI General Industrial
HI Heavy Industrial	HI Heavy Industrial
NRC Natural Resource Conservation	NRC Natural Resource Conservation
PD Planned Development	PD Planned Development

Table 1: Permitted Signs by Type and Zoning District

Joint Jurisdictional Area Zoning Districts

Sign Type

NRC

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

PD

GB

CB

NC

LI

GI

HI

INS(a)

A- 1(j)

RR

C

LI

HI

NRC

PD

Freestanding

Area identification

NA

PR

(h)

PR

NA

(h)

Billboard

PR

NA

(h)

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

(h)

Bulletin board

NP

(h)

NP

PR

NP

(h)

Ground

PR

(h)

PR

(h)

Incidental (b)

NP

(h)

NP

(h)

Outdoor menu board

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Pylon

PR

(h)

PR

NA

PR

(h)

Residential (b)

NP

(h)

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

(h)

Building

Awning

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Awning, electric

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Building marker (d)

NP

P

NP

(h)

NP

(h)

Canopy

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Identification (e)

NP

(h)

NP

(h)

Marquee

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Projecting

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Roof

NA

(h)

NA

(h)

Roof, integral

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Snap frame (i)

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Suspended

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Sign, gas pump topper (i)

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Wall

PR

NA

(h)

PR

NP

PR

NA

PR

(h)

Wall, painted

NA

(h)

PR

NA

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Window

PR

NA

(h)

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

PR

(h)

Miscellaneous

Banner

NA

(h)

NP

NA

NP

NA

(h)

Banner, pole

NA

N A

NA

NP

NA

Flag

NP

(h)

NP

(h)

Inflatable (f)

NA

(h)

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

NA

(h)

Pennant (f)

NA

(h)

NP

NA

NP

NA

NP

NA

(h)

Portable (f)

NA

(h)

PR

(g)

PR

(g)

PR (g)

PR

NA

PR

NA

(h)

Temporary

NP

(h)

NP

(h)

NP = No permit required

PR = Permit required

NA = Not allowed

Notes:

(a) This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted in residential districts. The uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, churches, schools, apartment complexes, retirement homes, funeral homes, libraries, fraternities, and sororities.

(b) No commercial message of any kind allowed on sign.

(c) No commercial message allowed on sign, except for a commercial message drawing attention to an activity legally offered on the premises.

(d) May include only building name, date of construction or historical data on historic site.

(e) Only address and name of occupant(s) allowed on sign.

(f) Permitted only in accordance with 152.10(E), (F), (G), and (H).

(g) Only nonilluminated A-frame signs permitted.

(h) Planned Developments (PD) will be required to follow the sign regulations applicable to the use(s) within the development.

(i) A permit is required for the initial installation of the sign frame.

(j) In the A-1 and NRC Zoning Districts, the city will not enforce the provisions of this chapter unless located along SD Highway 19, SD Highway 50, or Burbank Road.

(B) The maximum total area of all signs on a lot except for wall, incidental, building marker and flags (b) shall not exceed the lesser of the following set forth in Table 2:

Table 2: Maximum Total Sign Area per Lot by Zoning District.

														Joint Jurisdictional Area Zoning Districts
	NRC	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	PD	GB(c)	CB	NC	LI	GI	HI	INS(a)	A-1(j)	RR	C	LI	HI	NRC	PD
Maximum total square feet	900	20	20	20	20	(e)	400	200	100	150	900	900	32	900	20	400	900	900	900	(e)
Maximum total square feet for lots with 2 or more frontage	900	NA	NA	NA	NA	(e)	600	300	150	200	900	900	32	900	N A	600	900	900	900	(e)
Square feet of signage per linear foot of street frontage	1	NA	NA	NA	NA	(e)	6	2	2	2	NA	NA	NA	1	N A	6	NA	NA	NA	(e)
Square feet of signage per linear foot of street frontage for corner lots (d)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	(e)	3	1	1	1	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	NA	NA	NA	(e)
Notes: (a) This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted in residential districts. The uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, churches, schools, apartment complexes, retirement homes, funeral homes, libraries, fraternities, and sororities. (b) Flags of the United States, the state, the city, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States, and any other flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction, provided that a flag shall not exceed 60 square feet in area and shall not be flown from a pole the top of which is more than 40 feet in height. These flags must be flown in accordance with protocol established by the Congress of the United States for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting any 1 or more of these conditions shall be considered a banner sign and shall be subject to regulation as such. (c) Lots with buildings that function as malls or shopping centers and contain more than 5 businesses shall be allowed 50 square feet of additional signage for each additional business, over 5 businesses, located within the building. (d) Lots with more than 2 frontages shall be limited to 2 frontage widths; 1 corresponding to the primary front yard and 1 abutting the street with the highest classification. (e) Planned Developments (PD) will be required to follow the sign regulations applicable to the use(s) within the development. (f) In the A-1 and NRC Zoning Districts, the city will not enforce the provisions of this chapter unless located along SD Highway 19, SD Highway 50, or Burbank Road.

(C) Individual signs shall not exceed the maximum number or square footage nor encroach into the minimum setback shown on this Table 3. (See also Table 4.)

Table 3: Number, Dimensions and Location of Individual Signs by Zoning District

														Joint Jurisdictional Area Zoning Districts
Sign Type	NRC	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	PD	GB(b)	CB(b)	NC(b)	LI	GI(b)	HI(b)	INS(a)	A-1(g)	RR	C	LI	HI	NRC	PD
Freestan ding
Area (square feet)	160	16	16	16	16	(f)	160	160	40	60	160	16 0	32	16 0	16	160	160	160	160	(f)
Height (square feet)	40	5	5	5	5	(f)	40	15	15	15	40	40	10	40	5	40	40	40	40	(f)
Right-of- way setback (feet) (c)	3	3	3	3	3	(f)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	(f)
Number permitted per lot	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	(f)	NA	NA	N A	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	(f)
Number permitted per feet of street frontage (d)	1 for each 900	NA	NA	NA	NA	(f)	1 for each 300	1 for each 200	1 for each 200	1 for each 200	1 for each 500	1 for each 500	1 for each free- stand-ing	1 for each 900	NA	1 for each 300	1 for each 500	1 for each 500	1 for each 900	(f)
Building
Area (square feet)	NA	2	2	NA	NA	(f)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	24	NA	2	NA	NA	NA	NA	(f)
Wall area (percent) (e)	10	NA	NA	10	10	(f)	15	20	10	10	5	5	NA	10	NA	15	5	5	10	(f)
Notes: (a) This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted in residential districts. The uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, churches, schools, apartment complexes, retirement homes, funeral homes, libraries, fraternities, and sororities. (b) In no case shall the sign height exceed the sign s distance from an adjacent residential district boundary line. (c) No part of any sign shall protrude into the horizontal or vertical setback line. (d) Lots with 2 or more frontages shall be regulated according to Table 2. However, signage cannot be accumulated and used on 1 frontage in excess of that allowed for lots with only 1 street frontage. (e) The percentage figure here shall mean the percentage of the area of the wall which such sign is a part of, attached to or most nearly parallel to. (f) Planned Developments (PD) will be required to follow the sign regulations applicable to the use(s) within the development. (g) In the A-1 and NRC Zoning Districts, the city will not enforce the provisions of this chapter unless located along SD Highway 19, SD Highway 50, or Burbank Road.

Table 4: Number and Dimensions of Certain Signs by Sign Type

Sign Type	Number Allowed	Maximum Sign Area (Square Feet)	Vertical Clearance from Sidewalk (Feet)	Horizontal Clearance from Curb (Feet)
Freestanding	—	—	—	—
Area identification	1 per entrance
Billboard
Bulletin board
Ground
Incidental		4
Outdoor menu board
Pylon
Residential	See Table 3
Building	—	—	—	—
Awning (a)			8	2
Awning, electric (a)			8	2
Banner, wall (a)
Building marker	1 per building	4
Canopy (a)			8	2
Identification	1 per building
Marquee (a)			8	2
Projecting (b)	1 per building face	48	10	2
Roof (a)	1 per building
Roof, integral (a)	2 per building
Snap frame (c), (f)		9 per sign
Sign, gas pump topper		1.5 per sign
Suspended	1 per entrance		8
Wall (a)
Wall, painted (a)
Window
Miscellaneous	—	—	—	—
Banner (c),(e)	1	30 per sign
Flag			8	2
Inflatable (c)	1
Pennant (c)
Portable (c)	1	32 (d)
Temporary	2	16
Notes:
(a) Sign area for this sign shall be applied to the maximum allowable wall area from Table 3.
(b) One sign shall be permitted for each building face fronting a public street.
(c) Allowed as per § 152.10(E), (F), (G), and (I).
(d) Exception allowed as per § 152.10(E), (F) and (G).
(e) One banner sign shall be allowed for each street frontage.
(f) A maximum of 30 square feet of snap frame signage shall be allowed for each lot.

Table 5: Permitted Sign Characteristics by Zoning District

Joint Jurisdictional Area Zoning Districts

Characteristic

NRC

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

PD

GB

CB

NC

LI

GI

HI

INS(a)

A-1(g)

RR

C

LI

HI

NRC

PD

Electronic message display- EMD (b) (e)

N

(d)

P

P(f)

N

P

N

(d)

Changeable copy

N

P

N

(d)

P

N

P

N

(d)

Illumination, internal (e)

N

P

N

(d)

P

P(c)

P

N

P

N

(d)

Illumination, external (e)

P

N

P

N

(d)

P

P(c)

P

N

P

(d)

Illumination, surface-lighted (e)

N

(d)

P

P(c)

P

N

P

N

(d)

Neon (e)

N

(d)

P

P(c)

P

N

P

N

(d)

Nonilluminated

P

(d)

P

(d)

Characteristic

NRC

R-1

R-2

R-3

R- 4

PD

GB

CB

NC

LI

GI

HI

INS(a)

A-1(g)

RR

C

LI

HI

NRC

PD

Reflective

P

N

(d)

P

N

P

N

P

N

P

(d)

P = Permitted

N = Not allowed

Notes:

(a) This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted in residential districts. The uses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, churches, schools, apartment complexes, retirement homes, funeral homes, libraries, fraternities, and sororities.

(b) This characteristic shall not include stationary LED illumination. LED illumination shall be considered as internal illumination. Portable signs with EMD capabilities shall be permitted in the GB, CB, NC, GI, C, LI and HI districts subject to the regulations in 152.10(E) and shall be permitted for any institutional use in conjunction with special events and public services for a period not to exceed 7 consecutive days nor more than 30 cumulative days within a calendar year.

(c) Any lighting involving motion or the appearance of motion shall be prohibited.

(d) Planned Developments (PD) will be required to follow the sign regulations applicable to the use(s) within the development.

(e) No direct light or significant glare from the sign shall be cast onto any adjacent lot that is zoned and used for residential purposes.

(f) Signs with EMD capabilities shall be regulated as follows:

1. Only institutional uses such as churches, libraries and schools shall be allowed signs with EMD capabilities subject to other restrictions as stated in this section.

2. No sign with EMD capabilities, other than a portable sign, shall be permitted for any institutional use within 150 feet of an individually listed property on the National Register of Historic Places as depicted in the 1999 Historic Preservation Plan or any amendments thereto.

3. Institutional uses not regulated by subsection 2 above shall be limited to 1 sign with a maximum size of 24 square feet.

(g) In the A-1 and NRC Zoning Districts, the city will not enforce the provisions of this chapter unless located along SD Highway 19, SD Highway 50, or Burbank Road.

Sign Type	Permanent	Nonpermanent	Exempt
Miscellaneous	—	—	—
Banner, pole			X
Flag			X
Inflatable		X
Pennant		X
Portable		X
Temporary			X
Notes: (a) A permanent wall banner shall be parallel to and extend no more than 6 inches from a building wall. (b) Window signs exempt from the permit requirements shall include, but not be limited to, nonilluminated flyers, posters, pictures and placards intended primarily to convey a message to pedestrians.

(Ord. 1188, passed 6-16-2008; Am. Ord. 1195, passed 9-15-2008; Am. Ord. 1235, passed 8-16-2010; Am. Ord. 1273, passed 1-16-2012; Am. Ord. 1294, passed 1-21-2013; Am. Ord. 1485, passed 5-15-2023)