§ 153.48 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
   (A)   General requirements.
      (1)   Total amount of signage allowed per lot/parcel: two square feet of signage per each lineal foot of public frontage, with a maximum of 200 square feet per each frontage;
      (2)   Setbacks for freestanding signs: ten feet and must meet sight visibility triangle requirements for both sign face and sign structure;
      (3)   Multi-tenant signage: allowed with a CUP/IUP or when approved as part of a plat or subdivision on parcels other than where the business being advertised is located as long as the business advertised is located within the same plat/subdivision as the parcel containing the sign.
         (a)   The sign must meet setback and height requirements for type of sign (as indicated below).
         (b)   Size and amount of signage will be determined in the approval process and will be based on the total amount of land and frontage of the development being signed, but the size of the sign shall not be larger than allowed per sign type (as indicated below) unless a variance is issued.
      (4)   Lighting allowed: all lighting as mentioned in § 153.02 of this chapter are allowed, except for “up-lighting”. (All sign lighting must be shielded to at least 90 degrees at the top.)
   (B)   Requirements by sign type.
Types of Signs Allowed
Permit Required
Sign Standards and Regulations
Types of Signs Allowed
Permit Required
Sign Standards and Regulations
Awning or canopy sign
Yes
Maximum size: 30% of wall facade where awning is attached
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet
Balloons, inflatable, dancing wind, wind, air blades or wind blade signs, dynamic flags, dynamic tubes
Staff approval only (no permit fee required)
Allowed only as a short-term temporary signs
Must meet the size, location, height, clearance standards and amount standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign)
Banner/commercial flag
Yes
Maximum size: 40 square feet
Maximum height: 30 feet
Changeable copy panel, electronic message center or dynamic sign
Yes
Maximum number: 1 per lot or parcel
Maximum size: same as for sign types listed above (wall, pylon, monument and the like)
Minimum duration of sign message: 4 seconds
Changeable temporary signs
Yes (permit required for initial sign)
Must meet the standards of sign types as stated above (e.g., changeable wall freestanding or banner sign)
Freestanding monument signs
Yes
Maximum number: 1 per public frontage
Maximum size:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet
Maximum height: 15 feet
Freestanding post signs
Yes
Maximum size: 64 square feet
Freestanding pylon signs
Yes
Maximum number: 1 per public frontage
Maximum size:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet
Maximum height: 30 feet
Interim temporary signs
Staff approval only (no permit fee required)
Must meet the size, location, height, clearance standards, and amount standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign)
Portable sidewalk or yard signs 10 square feet or under
No permit or staff approval required
Maximum number: 1 per business
Up to 10 square feet in size
No lighting is allowed for yard signs
Portable signs over 10 square feet in size
Yes
Maximum number: 1 per parcel or lot
Maximum size: 64 square feet
Maximum height: 8 feet
Projecting signs
Yes
Maximum size:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet
Searchlights, beacons or laser source light fixtures
Staff approval only (no permit fee required)
Allowed only as a short-term temporary signs
Short-term temporary signs
Staff approval only (no permit fee required)
Maximum of 2 per lot or parcel
Must meet the size, location, height and clearance standards of sign types as stated above (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign)
Suspended signs
Yes
Maximum size:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet
Three-dimensional freestanding sign
Yes
Maximum height:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 6 feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 30 feet
Maximum size:
   Without a CUP/IUP: 64 square feet
   With a CUP/IUP: 100 feet
Must meet any applicable building codes
Wall/attached signs
Yes
Maximum wall coverage: 30% of wall facade where the sign is placed or 400 square feet, whichever is less
Window sign
No permit or staff approval required
Window signs are not regulated in this district
Window signs are not included in the total amount of signage allowed
 
(Prior Code, § 310.15)