Signs as permitted in the respective zoning districts shall conform to the maximum area limitations set forth in Schedule 1223.04, except as specified below.
(a) Area of Freestanding Signs. In no case, shall any single freestanding sign, of any functional type, in any zoning district, exceed the maximum sign areas permitted for specific zoning districts and types of freestanding signs as listed in Schedule 1223.04. Only one permanent freestanding sign is permitted per parcel unless otherwise specified in this Code or as otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.
(b) Area of Business and Industrial District Signs. In the Office Building, Executive Office Park, Shopping Center, General Business, Interchange Service, Recreation Business, Automobile Parking, Hotel and Motel, Integrated Shopping Facility, Planned Office Zoning Districts, Exclusive Industrial, Office Laboratory, and Exclusive Office Laboratory, the following standards shall apply:
(1) Measurement standards for maximum sign area. The maximum (total) area of all permanent signs permitted for a building or building unit to which the signs are accessory, shall be related to the zoning district, building and building unit width. Maximum permanent sign area (sq. ft.) shall be determined according to the formulas below where "W" is the frontage width of the building.
(2) Schedule of maximum total sign area per building or building unit.
Bus/Ind. District | Width of Building Frontage | District Factor | Max. Sign Area (sq. ft.) | ||
Office Building | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Executive Office Park | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Shopping Center | W | X | 1.5 | = | |
General Business | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Interchange Service | W | X | 1.5 | = | |
Recreational Business | = | 80 sq. ft. total | |||
Automobile Parking | = | 8 sq. ft. per driveway curb cut | |||
Hotel/Motel | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Integrated Shopping Facility | W | X | 1.5 | = | |
Planned Office | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Exclusive Industrial | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Office Laboratory | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
Exclusive Office Laboratory | W | X | 1.0 | = | |
(3) This maximum total permanent sign area permitted for each building or building unit shall be the sum of the areas of the following identification and products and services signs: awning, canopy, directional (logo or lettering portion only), freestanding, mansard, marquee, flags, product dispenser or kiosk projecting, wall, and permanent window signs (including exposed neon permanent window signs where permitted), and instructional signs unless the Planning Director determines such instructional signs are exempt pursuant to subsection (b)(4) hereof.
(4) Instructional signs which are clearly intended for instructional purposes and, as determined by the Planning Director, are not larger than 2 square feet to serve the intended instructional purpose nor are in locations or possess design characteristics which constitute or serve the purposes of an identification sign shall not be considered an identification sign and the area of which shall be exempt from the maximum area permitted for identification signs.
(c) Memorial signs shall be approved as part of the building construction and shall not exceed four square feet in area unless Planning Commission allows a larger sign provided such signs comply with the definition and intent of memorial signs.
Schedule 1223.04
MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL SIGN AREA
(in Square Feet)
Type of Sign | Single Family | Multi- Family | Business in Res. Districts (i) | Institutional (any district) | Business/ Industrial |
Nameplate | 1(a) | 1(a) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identification | |||||
- Wall Signs | -- | 12(b) | 12 | 24(c) | up to 100 (d) |
- Freestanding Signs - One face | 30(e) | 30(e) | 12 | 24(c) | 30 except as permitted (h) |
- Canopy, Mansard, Marquee, Projecting Signs | -- | -- | -- | -- | up to 100 (d) |
Unified Directory - Wall Signs | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 |
Directional Signs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Yard Signs (f) | |||||
- less than 1 acre | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
- 1 acre to 5 acres | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
- greater than 5 acres | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Temporary Promotional Signs | 6(k) | 6(k) | 12(g) | 32(g) | 32(g) |
Temporary Window Signs | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32(j) | 32(j) |
Flags (1) | = | = | = | 24 | 24 |
Notes to Schedule 1223.04
-- Not permitted.
(a) One per dwelling unit.
(b) One per multi-family building for the purpose of identifying the building.
(c) Only one sign per street frontage; shall be either a wall sign or a monument sign.
(d) Maximum allowable individual sign area not to exceed 100 sq. ft. and as further regulated by an approved Master Signage Plan or Sign Criteria and Section 1223.04
(b)(2).
(e) Per sign face, a maximum of two sign faces per entrance to a subdivision or residential development.
(f) Based on the area of the parcel on which the sign is located. Multiple yard signs are permitted with the combined area not to exceed the maximum sign area listed herein.
(g) Applies to permitted temporary wall signs or banners as further regulated by Section 1223.09
(a)(3). Temporary Promotional yard signs are not permitted except as follows:
Establishments serving food and drinks shall be permitted to place one freestanding temporary promotional portable sign per establishment with the approval of Planning Commission as part of a Master Plan for the establishment or with approval of the portable sign structure in addition to the previously approved signage for the tenant/occupant under the following guidelines.
1. The sign area of one face of the temporary promotional portable sign cannot exceed 6 sq. ft.
2. The sign area is not counted as part of the total sign area permitted for the individual tenant/occupant.
3. The portable sign must consist of a professionally designed menu type sign or sign incorporating a framed chalk board or commercially available portable A-frame sign with changeable copy.
4. The background of the sign face must be white, black or another neutral color and the lettering and any logos are limited to black or white.
5. The sign must be placed within 10' of the entrance door of the establishment and may only be used when the establishment is open for business.
6. The sign cannot block any sidewalk– there must be a minimum of 5' of clear sidewalk in front of the building even with placement of the sign. In no case shall be sign be placed within the tree lawn or on a public sidewalk.
7. The sign cannot block visibility to the extent of providing unsafe conditions for pedestrians and vehicle drivers.
8. The sign must be kept in good condition as required under the property maintenance code. (Ord. 2009-109. Passed 2-18-10.)
(h) For large multi-tenant office and retail buildings, exceeding 30,000 sf and 3 acre parcel, one ground sign may be 40 sq. ft. in area. In addition, for large business or industrial developments with 800 feet of frontage on one or more nonfreeway streets, Planning Commission and Council approval is required to allow one primary freestanding sign up to forty square feet sign area per side and additional secondary freestanding signs up to thirty square feet area per side. The maximum number of signs not to exceed one per each driveway entrance.
(i) Applies only to businesses permitted in a historic home as a conditional use and shall be limited to one wall sign or one freestanding sign.
(j) In addition to this limit on the size of any individual window sign, the combined area of all permanent and temporary window signage in any one window at one time shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the area of that window.
(Ord. 2007-83. Passed 6-21-07.)