(A) Projecting signs shall not be permitted in the B-1 District.
(B) Projecting signs, outdoor advertising signs and similar overhanging devices, where they are permitted, shall be at least ten feet above the finished grade of any sidewalk or other walkway. Signs attached to the underside of a canopy shall be least nine feet above the finished grade of any sidewalk or other walkway. No sign shall extend closer than two feet to a vertical plane at any street curbline. Signs and canopies which extend into service street and alley rights-of-way shall not interfere with passage of motor carriers using the service entrances to the rear and side of commercial establishments adjacent to the rights-of-way.
(C) Projecting signs, where permitted to project over a public street or sidewalk right-of-way, shall remain only at the sufferance of the city, and shall be removed within five days of formal notification by the City Planning Director, or his or her authorized agents, of any conditions necessitating removal.
(D) Signs affixed flat against the walls of buildings or vertical surfaces of canopies and not more than 12 inches in thickness shall not be deemed a projecting sign. Business identification signs mounted on the parapet or on the roof line and not projecting more than 12 inches beyond the building face shall not be deemed a projecting sign. The thickness of the non-projecting signs shall not be used in measuring setbacks. In no case shall the signs covered in this section extend closer than two feet to a vertical plane at any street curbline.
(2009 Code, § 155.155) (Ord. passed 10-27-1992; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021) Penalty, see § 155.999