(A) Location of signs. No part of any ground sign shall be permitted to extend across any property line or into any required front of side yard, except as herein specifically provided. Name plates, identification signs, service signs, and business signs may be located in a required front yard; provided such signs are located not closer than ten feet to such property line, except as herein specifically provided.
(B) Projection of signs. In any zone which requires a building setback from a property line, no sign shall project across such property line, or be attached to a building or other structure, in such a way as to project closer than ten feet to such property line, except as herein specifically provided. Projecting signs shall be not less than ten feet above the ground or sidewalk. No sign shall project nearer the curb line than two feet.
(C) Lights and lighted signs. No spotlight, floodlight, luminous tubes, or lighted sign shall be installed in any way which will permit the direct rays of such light to penetrate into any Residential Zone or onto any property used for residential purposes.
(D) Signs not to constitute traffic hazard. No light, sign, or other advertising structure, as regulated by this subchapter, shall be erected at the intersection of any street in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision; or at any location where, by reason of the position, shape, or color, it may interfere with, obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal, or device; or which makes use of the words, “STOP,” “LOOK,” “DANGER,” or any other word, phrase, symbol, or character in such a “LOOK” or “DANGER” manner as to interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic.
(E) Height of sign.
(1) General. No sign shall be erected higher than the height of the main building to which it is attached. No ground sign shall be permitted with a maximum height above the street level immediately adjoining said sign, or more than 25 feet in a C-1 Zone and 50 feet in a C-2, M-1, and M-2 Zone.
(2) Exception allowed as a conditional use. A freeway-oriented, ground, on-premises business sign located within 660 feet of the centerline of an interstate freeway may have a maximum height of 65 feet; provided, further, that the height of a freeway-oriented, ground, on-premises business sign located within 1,500 feet from the center point of a freeway interchange, either along the freeway or fronting the approach highway, may be measured from the highest road level of the interchange.
(F) Signs on public property. No ground sign shall be erected on, nor project over, publicly-owned land, inside street right-of-way, or otherwise, except signs owned and erected by, or for, a public agency for the direction and/or safety of the public.
(G) Compliance. No sign erected before the adoption of this subchapter shall be moved to a new location on the lot or building, or enlarged or replaced, unless it complies with the provisions of this subchapter.
(H) Permits. No sign shall be erected, relocated, or enlarged until the plan for such sign has been approved and a permit issued by the Building Inspector in accordance with §§ 157.690 through 157.692, except that nameplates, property signs, service signs, and temporary signs conforming to the provisions of this subchapter may be erected without such approval or permit.
(Prior Code, § 42.38) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992)