[R.O. 2011 § 400.1720; R.O. 2009
§ 156.730; Ord. No. 02-172, 7-10-2002; Ord. No. 02-276, 11-22-2002; Ord. No. 05-101, 4-13-2005; Ord.
No. 10-142 § 17, 7-8-2010; Ord. No. 14-221 § 1, 10-21-2014]
A.
Business signs for all legal, non-residential
uses shall be in accordance with the following:
1.
The total aggregate area of one (1)
face of all signs on the premises pertaining to any one (1) business
shall not exceed forty (40) square feet. However, if the portion of
the building adjacent to its lot's street property line measures more
than forty (40) feet, then the total aggregate area of one (1) face
of all such signs on the premises may be increased in area at the
rate of one (1) square foot of sign area for each foot of building
frontage in excess of forty (40) linear feet; but the total aggregate
area of one (1) face of all such signs on the premises shall not exceed
eighty (80) square feet for each business. The total aggregate area
of all signs on the premises pertaining to any one business with a
frontage exceeding one hundred fifty (150) linear feet may be increased
to one hundred fifty (150) square feet. For corner buildings, only
the main entrance frontage shall be so measured.
2.
For each property in the C-2 General
Business, C-3 Highway Business, I-1 Light Industrial and I-2 Heavy
Industrial zoning districts that adjoins the right-of-way of Interstate
70, Highway 370, Highway 364 or that portion of Highway 94 south of
Interstate 70, the total aggregate area of all signs on the property
may be increased in accordance with the following:
[Ord. No. 17-262, 11-21-2017]
a.
Properties that adjoin the right-of-way
for a distance of three hundred (300) linear feet but less than five
hundred (500) linear feet: the total aggregate area of all signs on
the property may be increased to six percent (6%) of all building
facades visible from the right-of-way up to a maximum of three hundred
(300) square feet;
b.
Properties that adjoin the right-of-way
for a distance of five hundred (500) or more linear feet; the total
aggregate area of all signs on the property may be increased to six
percent (6%) of all building facades visible from the right-of-way
up to a maximum of five hundred (500) square feet;
c.
For the purposes of this Section,
a building facade is a building elevation which contains the front
of the building as viewed from the right-of-way or an elevation that
is oriented to the parking lot and contains the main entrance.
4.
When a site is developed as a complex/center
as defined by this Article, only one (1) freestanding identification
sign per street frontage of the entire site is permitted in accordance
with the following:
a.
Such signs shall identify the center
only and shall not be counted in the total aggregate sign area for
individual business identification;
b.
A freestanding sign identifying an
individual business or businesses and/or the center shall be counted
as a portion of the total aggregate sign area allowed for the business
and in no instance shall an individual business occupy less than eight
(8) square feet of the sign;
c.
A sign permit is required.
5.
All wall, soffit or fascia-mounted
signs for individual businesses shall be uniform in terms of colors,
shapes and maximum vertical dimension with all other such signs in
the center or as otherwise provided for by an approved sign package.
[R.O. 2011 § 400.1725; Ord. No. 10-142 § 18, 7-8-2010; Ord.
No. 10-244 § 1, 11-18-2010]
A.
A temporary sign is a sign or attention-attracting
object placed on a property for a limited time. The following temporary
sign types may be permitted through approval of a sign permit:
1.
Cold Air Balloons. Cold air balloons
are permitted at a height not to exceed thirty-two (32) feet. Each
business is permitted four (4) such advertising devices per calendar
year for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) days. Such aids may
not be placed on the roof of the building. A permit application shall
be submitted and approved prior to erection.
2.
Searchlights. Searchlights may not
interfere with the normal use of adjacent property or cause interference
to motor vehicle or pedestrian traffic. Each business is permitted
two (2) such advertising devices per calendar year for a period not
to exceed seven (7) days each. Such devices may not be placed on the
roof of a building. Searchlights shall be required to submit a permit
and receive approval prior to use.
3.
Grand Openings. New businesses or
business under new ownership or new name may use pennants and streamers
only as a part of a grand opening event for up to seven (7) days.
Such pennants and streamers must be in good condition, free from dirt
or missing pieces.
4.
Approved Developments.
a.
General. Only one (1) construction,
future use of site, or subdivision promotion sign may be erected per
roadway frontage at any one time after first obtaining the required
zoning authorization and sign permit. At no time shall guy wires or
auxiliary support posts be used to anchor a temporary development-related
sign.
b.
Banners, Subdivision Identification.
Subdivision identification banners are allowed in any zoning district
with a sign permit. Said banners shall not exceed thirty (30) inches
by eighty-four (84) inches in sign area and shall be erected, internal
to a subdivision, for a period not to exceed two (2) years.
c.
Flags, Subdivision Promotion. Within
developing subdivisions, subdivision promotion flags are allowed without
securing a sign permit; however, a zoning authorization and building
permit is required prior to erecting a flagpole. Said flags shall
not be flown on poles exceeding sixteen (16) feet in height with a
flag length not to exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) feet. Subdivision
promotion flags shall be internal to a subdivision and not visible
from beyond the limits of said subdivision.
d.
Temporary Construction Signs. Construction
signs which identify the architects, engineers, contractors or other
individuals or firms involved with construction on a site may be erected
during the construction period. Each construction site may have no
more than one (1) such sign facing each roadway on which the site
has frontage. No construction sign shall exceed thirty-two (32) feet
in outline area, nor exceed ten (10) feet in height above the average
existing finished grade. The signs shall be confined to the site of
the construction and shall be removed no later than fourteen (14)
days after completion of all construction on the site or after ninety
(90) days of suspension of work. The message on a construction sign
shall not include any advertisement of a product but may include information
announcing the character of the business enterprise or the purpose
for which the business is intended.
e.
Temporary Signs Announcing Future
Use Of Site.
(1)
Signs announcing the
future use of a site, by a use permitted by the regulations of the
particular zoning district in which the lot or development is located,
may be erected immediately following the approval of said use but
not more than six (6) months prior to construction or development
of the site. If after six (6) months construction has not commenced,
the sign(s) must be removed. Signs announcing future use of site shall
be erected only on the lot or development in question and shall be
removed within fourteen (14) days after the completion of construction
of a building on the site in the case of a previously undeveloped
site, or the occupancy of an existing building, or the beginning of
the intended use of the site where no building is to be constructed.
(2)
Each site may have no
more than one (1) such sign facing each roadway on which the site
has frontage. No such sign shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet
in outline area per facing, nor exceed ten (10) feet in height above
the average existing finished grade elevation of the sign or elevation
of the adjacent street, whichever is higher.
f.
Subdivision Direction Signs.
(1)
For the purpose of these
regulations a subdivision direction sign is a sign placed at some
location outside the limits of a residential subdivision intended
to inform and direct the general public to an approved or pending
development. Subdivision direction signs may not be erected until
a site plan or preliminary plat has been approved for the subject
development. The message upon the sign shall be limited to the name
of the subdivision, the name of the developer, insignia, price range,
a directional arrow, and written directions.
(2)
Signs may have one (1)
face, a face on each side of the sign board, or be V-shaped [not to
exceed an interior angle of sixty degrees (60°) and contain two
(2) faces].
(3)
Subdivision direction
signs may be erected on properties at any of the corners of intersecting
streets, highways or roads, subject to the following criteria:
(a)
Location.
(i)
Within the area bounded
by the street right-of-way lines, a line connecting two (2) points
from the street right-of-way lines one hundred thirty (130) feet from
the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines, but not
including the area within the sight distance triangle; or
(ii)
Subdivision direction
signs may be erected beyond a point located not closer than one hundred
thirty (130) feet, but not farther than two hundred thirty (230) feet
from the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines, as
measured along the right-of-way line.
(iii)
In the case of non-symmetrical
intersections, the limits established for sign placement shall be
measured from the prolongation of the right-of-way lines on the opposite
side of the street.
(iv)
No subdivision direction
sign shall be erected within the sight distance triangle or otherwise
be placed to obstruct vehicular sight distance.
(b)
Subdivision direction
signs shall be located no closer to the street right-of-way line than
permitted under the requirements for structure setbacks of the applicable
zoning district.
(c)
Guy wires shall not
be utilized to anchor the sign.
(d)
Subdivision direction
signs shall not be located closer than twenty (20) feet to any other
sign.
(4)
Not more than three
(3) subdivision direction signs, each authorizing the placement of
a single subdivision direction sign at a location, will be authorized
for each development at any given time. Each development is allowed
not more than three (3) sign locations concurrently. For the purposes
of this Section, multiple plats or phases of contiguous development
shall be considered a single development without regard to ownership.
(5)
All subdivision direction
signs shall be removed within one (1) year of the date the authorization
was issued for said sign.
(6)
A limit of one (1) sign
per development shall be allowed at an intersection.
(7)
A limit of three (3)
subdivision direction signs shall be allowed per intersection.
(8)
Each sign face shall
have a decorative border of a minimum width of one and one-half (1
1/2) inch.
(9)
No single sign shall
exceed thirty-two (32) square feet or be less than sixteen (16) square
feet in outline area. The total permitted sign area allocated for
an individual development shall not exceed ninety-six (96) square
feet.
(10)
A sign permit shall
be obtained from the Department of Community Development for the placement
of all subdivision direction signs. Applicant must provide a written
consent authorizing the removal of said sign upon permit expiration.
(11)
Sign Maintenance. The
permittee of any approved subdivision direction sign is required to
maintain such signage in a safe and satisfactory manner. A sign is
considered to be unsafe and in unsatisfactory condition if the sign
contains peeling paint, and/or the sign surface or support structures
is rotted, warped, damaged, faded, sun baked or deteriorated. If the
Department of Community Development determines repair is needed and
the owner fails to repair said sign within thirty (30) days of receiving
notification of the disrepair, the City will remove such signs at
the permittee's expense.
[R.O. 2011 § 400.1730; R.O. 2009
§ 156.732; Ord. No. 02-172, 7-10-2002; Ord. No. 05-236, 9-16-2005; Ord. No. 10-142 § 19, 7-8-2010]
This special sign overlay district
shall apply to certain uses which by their very nature draw from a
regional area and draw customers not familiar with St. Charles and
therefore necessitate special sign packages. Therefore, business signs
within the overlay district as approved by the City Council are not
subject to the standards of this Article. Sign criteria shall be established
by the City Council and shall be predicated upon the standards, spirit
and intent of this Article and shall be applied by the City Council
in making its determination under this Section with regard to an application
hereunder. New developments outside those already recognized by this
Article may request their signage be considered under this Section
but such designation shall be subject to approval by the City Council
as set forth above.
