(a) Signs for Residential District Uses in Commercial Districts. Signs for Residential District uses in Commercial Districts shall be governed by the sign regulations for Residential District uses set forth in Section 1276.04.
(b) Wall-Mounted Identification Signs. Wall-mounted identification signs shall be permitted in Commercial Districts subject to the following controls:
(1) Area and number, C-1 District. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed one and one-half square feet for each linear foot of building frontage or one-half square foot for each linear foot of lot frontage, whichever results in the larger sign area; however, the maximum total area of all permitted signs for any establishment shall not exceed 150 square feet, and no individual sign shall be more than sixty-four square feet in area. Where more than four signs are located on any zoning lot, the fifth such sign and each succeeding sign, respectively, shall reduce the total allowable sign area by twenty percent.
(2) Area and number, C-2 and C-3 Districts. The gross area in square feet of all signs on a zoning lot shall not exceed one and one-half square feet for each linear foot of building frontage or one-half square foot for each linear foot of lot frontage, whichever results in the larger sign area; however, the maximum total area of all permitted signs for any establishment shall not exceed 200 square feet. Where more than four signs are located on any zoning lot, the fifth such sign and each succeeding sign, respectively, shall reduce the total allowable sign area by twenty percent.
(3) 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.
(4) Wall-mounted electronic message signs. Wall mounted electronic message signs are allowed in a Commercial District. They are subject to the regulations for wall-mounted signs and are subject to the additional regulations outlined in Section 1276.05
(b)(3).
(c) Free-Standing Signs. For shopping centers in single ownership or under unified control, or individual uses with a minimum frontage of 150 feet, one additional sign on each street frontage, other than those regulated in subsection (b) hereof, shall be permitted, subject to the following controls:
(1) Content. Such sign shall advertise only the name and location of such center or individual use and/or the name and type of business of each occupant of the center.
(2) Area, C-1 District. The gross area in square feet permitted for the additional sign on a zoning lot shall not exceed thirty-two square feet.
(3) Area, C-2 and C-3 Districts. The gross area in square feet permitted for the additional sign on a zoning lot shall not exceed thirty-six square feet.
(4) Setback. Such sign shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the front lot of such center or individual use.
(5) Height, C-I District. No sign shall project higher than seven feet above the elevation of the nearest point on a public right-of-way line.
(6) Height, C-2 and C-3 Districts. No sign shall project higher than eight feet above the elevation of the nearest point on a public right-of-way line.
(7) Distance from other permitted signs. Such sign shall be located at least fifty feet from any other permitted sign on the zoning lot and fifty feet from any existing free-standing sign on an adjacent zoning lot.
(8) Free-standing electronic message signs. Free-standing electronic message signs are allowed in a Commercial District. The maximum area of an electronic message board shall be considered a part of a free-standing sign and shall not exceed fifty percent of the total sign area as allowed per zoning district and sign regulations. They are subject to the regulations for freestanding signs and are also subject to the additional regulations outlined in Section 1276.05
(b)(3).
(d) Permanent Window Signs. Permanent signs shall be permitted on the inside of the glass of windows, provided that the total area of such a sign does not exceed thirty percent of the area of the window in which it is located and provided that the area of the sign is counted in determining the total area of signs on the zoning lot. Permanent electronic message signs in windows are allowed in a Commercial District. They are subject to the regulations for permanent window signs listed here and are subject to the additional regulations outlined in Section 1276.05
(b)(3). Electronic "open" signs are considered electronic message signs.
(e) Temporary Window Signs Advertising Sales. Temporary signs pertaining to special sales or events lasting no more than fifteen days may be affixed to windows, provided that their total area does not exceed thirty percent of the window area. Such signs shall not be counted in determining the total area of signs on the zoning lot.
(f) Signs for Nonconforming Uses. Signs for nonconforming nonresidential uses in a Commercial District shall conform to all the provisions of this section.
(g) Free-Standing and Wall Mounted Advertising Signs. Free-standing and wall-mounted advertising signs shall be allowed in the C-2 and C-3 Districts, subject to the following controls:
(1) Advertising signs shall be counted in determining the total sign area permitted on the zoning lot.
(2) Free-standing advertising signs shall not be permitted on zoning lots with another free-standing sign.
(3) Free-standing and wall-mounted signs must be in accordance with requirements listed for C-2 and C-3 Districts per division (c)(3) of this section.
(4) Free-standing electronic message signs must be in accordance with requirements listed for C-2 and C-3 Districts per division (c)(3) of this section, and the additional requirements outlined in Section 1276.05(a)(3).
(h) Portable signs may be displayed subject to the following controls:
(1) In situations deemed by the Village Administration to be unique or unusual, upon payment of a special case fee, the amount of which will from time to time be set by resolution of Council, the Administrator may determine the sign's shape and number of portable signs allowed in a given case. All non-special case portable signs shall be governed by the following paragraphs.
(2) Signs may not exceed a total height above grade of six feet or exceed a total width of four feet or a gross sign area of twelve square feet.
(3) No more then two signs per street frontage, limited to the gross sign area or twelve square feet combined per street frontage.
(4) All portable signs must be removed at the end of the business day and are not allowed at any time that the business on the lot is closed.
(5) No signs shall be allowed which interfere with road or highway visibility or give off light which glares, blinds or has any other such adverse effect on traffic or adjacent properties or obstruct or otherwise interfere with any driveway public or private or interfere with the safe and orderly movement in traffic or could be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device or which otherwise pose a hazard to traffic due to structural deficiencies in the structure of such signs.
(6) No signs which emit or utilize in any manner any sound capable of being detected on any traveled road or highway by a person with normal hearing abilities.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81; Ord. 106-A42. Passed 10-13-04; Ord. 106- A45. Passed 10-10-07; Ord. 106-A94. Passed 12-10-14.)