(a) In a commercial ("C") district, each business shall be permitted fascia or wall signs. Projections of wall signs shall not exceed two feet measured from the nearest part of the building except as specifically permitted within certain districts.
(b) The area for all permanent signs located on the premises with any industrial use shall be limited to an area not to exceed one and one-half square feet per one lineal foot of building width, but not to exceed 200 square feet.
(c) Free-standing signs serving an individual business or a group of business establishments shall be permitted if they have no more than a total sign area of 100 square feet and are located not closer than either twenty feet or the height of the sign, whichever is greater, to any street, right-of-way or adjoining lot line.
(d) Pole signs of symbolical design shall be permitted for automobile service stations and other similar business establishments provided:
(1) No part of such sign shall project into the right-of-way of any street or highway.
(2) The support of such sign shall be set back at least twenty feet from any public right-of-way.
(3) The maximum area of any one face of such sign located within the front yard shall not exceed fifty square feet.
(4) The pole support of the sign shall not be less than fifty feet from any lot in any "R" District nor within twenty feet of the intersecting right-of-way of any state or federal highway and major or secondary street.
(e) One temporary sign not exceeding an aggregate of 50 square feet, announcing the opening of a business in a Commercial District is permitted for one, 30-day period.
(f) Directional signs shall be permitted for off-street parking areas, provided:
(1) Height not to exceed 42 inches from grade level.
(2) Each sign shall not exceed five square feet per display area.
(Ord. 11-07. Passed 7-18-07.)