[Amended 8-15-2006 by Ord. No. 06-02]
The following provisions shall apply to all signs erected or
located in any zoning district or to the specific situations described
herein:
(1)
Signs in the right-of-way. No sign except those established
and maintained by the City, county, state, or federal governments,
and except those projecting canopy and marquee signs mounted on building
walls and allowed in the C-1 zoning district where no front yard setback
is required shall be located in, project into, or overhang a public
right-of-way or dedicated public easement.
(2)
Signs at intersections. Signs shall be located such
that there is at every street intersection or entranceway a clear
view between heights of three feet and 10 feet in a triangle formed
by the corner and points on the curb 25 feet from the intersection
or entranceway. A support structure six inches in diameter or less
or six inches per side or less shall not be considered an obstruction
to a clear view.
(3)
Bed-and-breakfast signs. Where according to City Code,
a Bed-and-breakfast operation is allowed, one wall sign not exceeding
four square feet in size and one yard sign set back a minimum of five
feet from the right-of-way and not exceeding six square feet of display
area shall be allowed.
(4)
Institutional bulletin board. One sign allowed per
lot of record containing a surface area not to exceed [sic] [fifty
(24)] square feet and a height not exceeding six feet upon which is
displayed the name of a religious institution, school, library, community
center or similar institution and the announcement of its institutional
services or activities. This sign is allowed as a bonus sign over
and above the maximum signage allowed within the appropriate district
such lot of record exists.
(5)
Traffic interference. No advertising device shall be
erected or maintained which simulates or imitates in size, color,
lettering, or design any traffic sign or signal or other work, phrase,
symbol or character in such a manner as to interfere with, mislead,
or confuse traffic.
(6)
Responsibility of compliance. The owner of any property
on which a sign is placed, and the person maintaining said sign, are
equally responsible for the condition of the sign and the area in
the vicinity thereof.
(7)
Obstructions to doors, windows, sidewalks, and fire
escapes. No sign shall be erected, relocated or maintained so as to
prevent free ingress or egress from any door, window, sidewalk or
fire escape.
(8)
Temporary/portable signs. Allowed for a business only
in the residential office, commercial, multi-family, and industrial
zoned areas, and shall not be located any closer than five feet from
the right-of-way nor shall they exceed 32 square feet in display area.
No temporary/portable sign shall be allowed for a business more than
four times a year and shall not exist more than 15 consecutive days
each time.
(9)
Gasoline price signs. A gasoline service station shall
be permitted signs on each pump island indicating the prices and types
of gasoline and the type of service. The area of such signs shall
not exceed 10 square feet per pump island. One freestanding sign to
include a changeable copy sign or reader board is allowed. The size
of the freestanding sign shall not exceed 48 square feet.
(10)
Light glare. No direct light or significant glare
from a sign shall be cast onto any zone lot that is zoned and or used
for residential purposes or onto any public way so as to cause interference
with traffic safety.
(11)
Adjoining sign interference. Signs shall not reasonably
interfere with the noticeability, visibility, and legibility of existing
conforming signs on adjoining zoning lots. Any dispute shall be resolved
by the building inspector.
(12)
Festoon signs, balloons, and inflated objects used as signs. Said signs are regulated as a temporary sign with further restrictions placed on them as regulated in § 58-24 of this Code.
(13)
Billboards. No outdoor billboards are allowed within
the City limits other than those signs defined in other sections of
the City Code.
[Amended 8-15-2006 by Ord. No. 06-02]
The following principle shall control the calculation of sign
area:
(1)
Computation of area of individual signs. The area of a sign face (which is also the sign area of a wall sign or other sign with only one face) shall be computed by means of the smallest square, circle, rectangle, triangle, or combination thereof that will encompass the extreme limits of the writing, representation emblem or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the backdrop or structure against which is placed, but not including any supporting framework, bracing, or decorative fence, embellishment or wall when such fence, wall, or embellishment otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter, Chapter 86 (zoning), and is clearly incidental to the display itself.
(2)
Computation of area of multifaced signs. The sign area
of a sign with more than one face shall be computed by adding together
the area of all sign faces visible from any one point. When two identical
sign faces are placed back-to-back, so that both faces cannot be viewed
from any point at the same time, and when such sign faces are part
of the same sign structure and are not more than 42 inches apart,
the sign area shall be computed by the measurement of the largest
face.
(3)
Computation of maximum total permitted sign area for a zoning lot of record. The permitted sum of the area of all individual signs on a zoned lot of record shall be computed by applying the directions in § 58-24 of this chapter and any other requirements as defined under other City of Corunna Ordinances.
