The following signs shall not require a permit. The sign area
of the following shall not count toward maximum sign area requirements
imposed by this article.
A. Public, semipublic, and commemorative signs and monuments including
signs established by, or by order of, any governmental agency; and
religious symbols, commemorative plaques of recognized historic agencies,
or identification emblems of religious orders or historic agencies.
B. Signs indicating the address or name of a building up to two square
feet for single-family dwellings and six square feet for all other
uses.
C. One "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign is allowed per street frontage.
Such signs must be removed within seven days after the sale, rental,
or lease has been accomplished.
D. "For Sale" or "For Rent" signs on lots containing a single-family
dwelling unit or zoned for single-family residential development may
not exceed nine square feet in area.
E. "For Sale" or "For Rent" signs on lots containing principal uses
other than single-family dwellings may not exceed the greater of 32
square feet or 0.25 square feet of sign area per each linear foot
of street frontage for the first 150 feet of street frontage and 0.10
square feet of sign area for each linear foot of street frontage for
street frontage in excess of 150 feet. These area calculations must
be based on the street frontage to which the sign is oriented. No
such sign may exceed 150 square feet in area.
F. One construction sign is allowed per street frontage during the time
that construction or development activity is occurring on the subject
lot, as follows:
(1)
Construction signs on a lot bearing a single-family dwelling
or zoned for single-family residential development may not exceed
12 square feet in area.
(2)
Construction signs on a lot containing multifamily residential,
office, institutional, public, commercial or industrial uses or a
lot zoned for such uses may not exceed 32 square feet in area.
G. Holiday decorations on private property clearly incidental, customary,
and commonly associated with national, local or religious holidays
are allowed, provided they are displayed for a period of not more
than 60 days for each holiday.
H. One sign per lot not exceeding two square feet with the name of a
business operating as a home occupation on the lot.
Signage in all districts excepting the Commercial Center CC
District and including overlay districts shall be subject to the following
standards.
A. Stand-alone lots. Signs on stand-alone lots, as defined in this chapter,
shall be authorized as follows:
(1)
Walls signs.
(a)
Wall signs may be installed on the building facade of any principal
building and other building faces where said faces are oriented to
property lines that adjoin properties bearing or approved for the
development and operation of nonresidential principal use(s). The
minimum sign area allotted shall be 15 feet for each building facade
up to a maximum of 400 square feet. The preceding allotments notwithstanding,
permitted sign area shall be determined as follows by measuring the
area of the respective building facade or face on which the wall sign
is attached. Multiple wall signs may be installed, the maximum cumulative
sign area of which shall not exceed that authorized below.
[1]
Combinations of sign types may be installed where the percentage
allotted for a particular sign type is not entirely used and the unused
percentage is converted proportionally to that allotted for the respective
additional sign type. For example, if 3% of a building face or facade
is used for a box sign, the remaining 1% allotted equals 25% of the
portion allotted for box signs. This 25% may be applied to the percentage
of the face applied to another sign type such as a distinctive materials/design
sign where 3.75% (or 25% of the 15% allotted) of the building face
or facade may be used for such a sign.
|
Sign Type
|
Square feet of sign as a
percentage of building face
|
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|
Box sign
|
4%
|
|
Screened box sign with raised or recessed letters
|
4%
|
|
Raceway-mounted channel letter signs
|
6%
|
|
Pin-mounted channel letter sign
|
9%
|
|
Distinctive materials/design sign
|
15%
|
(b)
Wall signs shall not include changeable copy signs or electronic
message centers, except as expressly authorized within this section
as wall signs.
(c)
Wall signs representing an establishment located on solely on
the first floor of a building be located a minimum of 12 feet and
a maximum of 20 from the average grade of the ground.
(d)
Walls signs representing an establishment located on the second
floor of a building shall be located on the second story of a building
shall be located over the header of the second floor and below the
second floor cornice line on two-story buildings or over the window
header and below the sill line of third-story windows of third stories.
(e)
Wall signs shall bear only the name(s) or logos of the establishments
located within the building on which the sign(s) are installed.
(2)
Freestanding and monument signs on stand-alone lots.
(a)
One freestanding or monument sign is authorized in the front
yard of each lot where the yard is 10 feet or greater.
(b)
The sign shall not exceed six feet in height.
(c)
The sign area of freestanding signs shall not exceed 16 square
feet.
(d)
The sign area of monument signs and freestanding signs that
are distinctive materials/design signs shall not exceed 24 square
feet.
(3)
Electronic message centers.
(a)
Electronic message centers shall be authorized as wall signs
provided that such do not encompass greater than 12 square feet. Messages
shall remain stationary and shall not change more than once every
five seconds.
(b)
Electronic message centers are otherwise permitted as up to
50% of a freestanding sign or as projecting signs provided that any
such sign does not exceed eight square feet and displays only time
and temperature.
(4)
Awning and canopy signs.
(a)
Nonilluminated canopies or awnings with no more than 15 square
feet of sign (copy) area on the border of the awning may be used in
addition to wall signs. Other awning signs or canopy signs may be
substituted for allowed wall signs, provided that the total combined
number of wall signs and awning and canopy signs may not exceed that
authorized for wall signs with respect to the building facade to which
the signs are attached.
(b)
Maximum sign area. Notwithstanding the sign area allotment limitations
otherwise applicable, letters, logos, and symbols on awning or canopy
signs are limited to a maximum area of 1.25 square feet per one foot
of awning length or 40% of the awning area, whichever is less. The
total combined length of letters, logos and symbols may not exceed
70% of awning or canopy length. In calculating the length and area
of an awning or canopy only the single longest plane of the awning
or canopy may be counted. This generally means that the valance and
sides (ends) of the awning or canopy will not be counted for purposes
of measuring length or area.
(5)
Changeable copy signs. Changeable copy signs shall be authorized
to be incorporated as part of a freestanding sign, provided that the
face consisting of the changeable copy sign does not exceed 50% of
the sign area of the freestanding sign.
B. Shopping centers and office parks.
(1)
Wall signs as authorized for stand-alone parcels shall be authorized
on building facades and faces within shopping centers and office parks
except that wall signs in office parks shall be authorized at a rate
of 75% as otherwise authorized for stand-alone parcels and shopping
centers.
(2)
One freestanding or monument sign is authorized for each entrance
from a public street with a limit of one sign per street where multiple
entrances exist on the street.
(a)
Monument and freestanding signs shall not be located closer
than 10 feet to any adjoining street right-of-way.
(b)
Freestanding signs shall not exceed 15 feet in height. The sign
area of freestanding signs as box signs and similar sign types shall
not exceed 100 feet and the sign area for freestanding signs as distinctive
materials/design sign shall not exceed 150 square feet. The lowest
point of the sign face attached to the sign's support structures
shall be mounted no higher than eight feet from the average grade
of the ground.
(c)
The sign area of monument signs shall not exceed 150 square
feet.
(3)
Each outparcel in a shopping center or lot within an office
park shall be authorized one freestanding or ground sign as authorized
for stand-alone lots provided that said sign is located within 15
feet of an entrance from the lot to the internal street or access
road network of the shopping center or office park.
C. Traditional neighborhood development. Signage within an area approved
and developed as a traditional neighborhood development shall adhere
to the standards set forth for the CC Commercial Center District.