Any publicly displayed sign, symbol or notice on a premises to advertise the business there transacted, or name of person or firm conducting the business on premises or directing to some other locale, shall be regulated as follows.
(A) Permitted signs in Agricultural District.
(1) Highway directional signs and markers.
(2) Traffic or directional signs.
(3) Billboards or other similar forms of advertising signs.
(B) Permitted signs in Residential Districts.
(1) For a structure other than a dwelling unit, 1 identification sign not exceeding 10 square feet, except a church bulletin board which shall not exceed 24 square feet.
(2) For purpose of orientation, directional signs when established by the city.
(C) Permitted signs in Business Districts.
(1) Signs relating only to the name and use of buildings or premises upon which they are placed. Outdoor billboards or signs advertising products or matters not related to the occupancy of the premises shall not be permitted.
(2) Signs attached to or hung from a marquee or canopy shall be completely within the borderline of the outer edge of the marquee or canopy and shall in no instance be lower than 8 feet above the ground or surface over which the marquee or canopy is constructed.
(3) Signs, clocks or other advertising devices erected upon standards or separate supports shall be placed so as to be entirely within the property lines of the premises upon which they are located, and no part of the sign or standard shall have a total height greater than 20 feet above the level of the street upon which the sign faces, or above the adjoining ground level if the ground level is above the street level, nor shall the surface or any face of any sign exceed an area of 50 square feet.
(4) No sign shall be permitted which is in conflict with traffic signals, controls or directional signs.
(5) Traffic or directional signs designating entrances, exits and conditions of use of parking facilities, accessory to the main use of the premises, may be maintained provided they are located within the property lines of the subject lot.
(D) Permitted signs in Manufacturing Districts.
(1) Signs identifying the occupant of a building or buildings.
(2) Billboards when located not less than 100 feet from any adjoining lot in a residential district.
(3) Directional signs permitted in residential districts.
(4) Signs permitted in business districts.
(1992 Code, § 155.150) (Ord. passed 5- -1969; Am. Ord. 112778, passed 11-27-1978; Am. Ord. 072897C, passed 7-28-1997)