(a) Signs for Residential District Uses in Office Districts. Signs for Residential District uses in Office Districts shall be governed by the sign regulations for Residential District uses set forth in Section 1276.04.
(b) Wall Mounted Identification Signs for Office and Other Nonresidential Permitted Uses. Identification signs shall be permitted in Office Districts subject to the following controls:
(1) Area and content. A single identification sign, not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area, and indicating only the name and address of the building, the name of the management, and the names of each of the tenants, may be displayed. On a corner zoning lot two such signs, one facing each street, shall be permitted.
(2) Location. No such sign shall project more than twelve inches from the face of the wall of the building. The top of such sign shall be no higher than the following heights, whichever is lowest:
A. Fifteen feet above grade.
B. The top of the sills of the first level of windows above the first story.
C. The height of the building at the eaves facing the street on which the sign is located.
(3) Wall mounted electronic message signs. Wall mounted electronic message signs are allowed in an Office District, and are subject to the following additional regulations:
A. The electronic display shall not be animated, flashing or scrolling.
B. The frequency of the message change shall be restricted to no more than eight times a day.
C. The maximum area of an electronic message board shall be considered a part of a wall sign and shall not exceed fifty percent of the total sign area as allowed per zoning district and sign regulations.
D. The maximum height of an electronic message board shall conform to the height regulations for signs allowed in the zoning district.
E. The electronic message sign may not display light of such intensity or brilliance to cause glare, impair the vision of an ordinary driver, or constitute a nuisance. Maximum daylight sign luminance level shall not exceed 62,000 candelas per meter squared at 40,000 lux illumination beginning one-half hour after sunrise and continuing until one-half hour before sunset and does not exceed 375 candelas per meter squared at four lux illumination at all other times. * E (illuminance) = I (luminance) / S (distance) Illuminance (lux) is a measure of the intensity of incident light on a surface per unit area. Luminance (candela/m2 or NIT) is a measure of the amount of light passing through, or emitted from, an area, traveling in a given direction.
F. Prior to the issuance of a sign permit, the applicant shall provide written certification from the sign manufacturer that the light intensity has been factory-programmed not to exceed the above listed light levels, and that the intensity level is protected from end-user manipulation by password-protected software or other method satisfactory to the Village of Wolverine Lake.
(c) Signs for Nonconforming Uses. Signs for nonconforming nonresidential district uses in an Office District shall conform to the requirements of subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81; Ord. 106-A93. Passed 12-10-14.)