§ 340-44
Signs permitted in B and I Districts
Signs may be wall-mounted, freestanding, projecting, a flag or banner. All signs shall conform to the following:
- A. Awning or canopy signs may be up to 36 square feet per establishment.
- B. Banners are limited to a maximum of two banners per establishment for a period of up to six months in any calendar year.
- C. Credit card signs shall not exceed one square foot in aggregate area per establishment and shall not be illuminated.
- D. Directory signs shall not exceed six square feet in aggregate area per building and shall only identify permitted uses.
- E. Information flags shall be limited to one per establishment containing the word "Open" and/or the business's logo, not exceeding 15 square feet in area.
- F. Pennant strings shall be limited to two per establishment.
- G. Projecting signs may be up to 12 square feet in area, projecting up to four feet from the building wall, with an unobstructed clearance to a height of 10 feet above the ground, and limited to one sign per establishment.
- H. Wall and freestanding signs shall conform to the following standards:
- (1) Building frontage is the length of the building on the side where the main door to the establishment(s) is located.
- (2) When a parcel has two or more principal buildings, the total sign area for each building is calculated based on the building frontage of each building.
- (3) For any drive-in business that has a booth for employees only with no public access, including a gas station, the maximum area of building signs shall be one square foot of sign for every linear foot of street frontage. On a corner lot, only one street frontage shall be used to calculate the maximum sign area.
Zone Freestanding Sign Building Signs Total Sign Area
(square feet)Sign Height
(feet)Total Sign Area on a Building
(square feet)B1 36 12 1.0 for every linear foot of building frontage B2: buildings up to 25,000 square feet 50 15 1.0 for every linear foot of building frontage B2: buildings 25,001 to 50,000 square feet 75 18 1.5 for every linear foot of building frontage B2: buildings 50,001 to 75,000 square feet 100 20 2.0 for every linear foot of building frontage B2: buildings 75,001 square feet and up 150 25 2.5 for every linear foot of building frontage I Zones 100 20 2.0 for every linear foot of building frontage