Signs as permitted in the respective zoning districts shall conform to the minimum setback limitations set forth in Schedule 1223.06, except as specified below.
(a) Wall and other nonfreestanding signs may project to any building corner if side yards exist, if not, they must be a minimum of five feet from the building corner.
(b) Any face of an awning sign or projecting sign shall be not less than five feet from a side lot line or party wall of another store unit. Awning signs may not extend more than eight feet from the building wall without Planning Commission approval.
(c) For corner lots in all zoning districts, signs shall maintain a minimum setback not less than the greater of either ten feet from the current or ten feet from the planned right-of-way within twenty-five feet of the intersection of two streets’ right-of-way lines.
(d) In an Executive Office Park District a freestanding identification sign shall be located not less than twenty-five feet from the public right-of-way and shall be located not less than 100 feet from a Residential District lot line and shall be not less than fifty feet from a lot in any other Business or Industrial district.
(e) For all Business and Industrial Districts except Executive Office Park:
(1) A freestanding identification sign shall not be located within ten feet of the planned public right-of-way and shall not be less than ten feet from another Business or Industrial lot line and not less than twenty-five feet from an adjacent Residential District line.
(2) Any freestanding identification or permitted yard signs within twenty-five feet of a driveway entrance/exit with a public street shall be set back not less than ten feet from the drive and ten feet from the public street.
Schedule 1223.06
MINIMUM SETBACK (front and side)
OF FREESTANDING SIGNS
(in feet)
Type of Sign | Single- Family | Multi- Family | Business in Res. Districts | Institutional (any district) | Business/ Industrial |
Identification Signs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10(a) |
Directional Signs | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Yard Signs(b) | |||||
- less than 1 acre | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
- 1 acre to 5 acres | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
- greater than 5 acres | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Temporary Promotional Signs | 5 | 5 | - | - | - |
Notes to Schedule 1223.06:
-- Not Permitted.
(a) Front yard setback from the planned public right-of-way, see Section 1223.06
(a) through (e) for additional setback requirements.
(b) Based on the area of the parcel on which the sign is located.
(Ord. 2002-47. Passed 5-2-02.)