Signs in shopping centers
A. In shopping centers there may be one wall-mounted sign for each use not to exceed one square foot for each lineal foot of the wall or the portion of the building containing the use, and on which the sign is located not to exceed 32 square feet.
B. In addition to such wall-mounted signs, there shall be permitted in all business districts, light business/residential districts and light industrial zones as well as shopping centers one common freestanding sign identifying all uses and one menu board sign identifying products available at drive-thru facility. Such freestanding menu signs located in shopping centers shall conform to the following regulations:
Zoning
DistrictGFA of
Shopping
Center
(square feet)Maximum
Area of
Freestanding
Sign
(square feet)Maximum
Area of
Menu Baord
Sign
(square feet)Maximum
Height of
Freestranding and
Menu Sign
(feet)B & LI Less than 6,400 32 Freestanding-20 feet high
Menu Board Sign-8 feet highB & LI 6,400 or more 5 square feet/1,000 GFA, maximum 50 Having a maximum of 32 square feet
C. Such signs may be indirectly illuminated in light industrial or business districts.
D. No such freestanding sign shall be erected in such a manner as to materially impede vision or obstruct access to or from any public street, sidewalk, driveway, off-street parking or loading facility, or any other access required by this ordinance.
(Amd. of 5-1-06)
Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 18.