Business signs
All business signs shall conform to the following provisions:
A. Location. Business signs shall be treated the same as residential signs with regard to location, except in the commercial-industrial district, where all freestanding signs shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from any property line. Freestanding signs on a combined use lot shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from any property line or sixty (60) feet from the center line of the public road or highway which abuts the property along which the sign is located, whichever is less.
B. Quantity. There is no limit to the number of business signs permitted. However, the total aggregate area of all business signs shall not exceed the total amount of linear frontage as prescribed in paragraph C., Size. Where freestanding signs are permitted, one such additional freestanding sign per lot shall be allowed. Area of freestanding signs as prescribed in paragraph C., Size, shall not count towards total aggregate area for business signs. Combined use lots are limited to a total of two freestanding signs. Under no circumstance is more than one projecting sign per frontage allowed. In the case of covered walks and/or interior malls, one additional sign per business is allowed not in excess of two square feet per business and denoting only the name of the business and the entrance thereto.
C. Size. Business signs shall not exceed a total area of four square feet in any residential district. Wall-mounted and projecting business signs in business districts shall not exceed a total area equal to one square foot for each lineal front foot of that part of the structure which contains the business frontage on which such signs are located. Such signs in the commercial-industrial district shall not exceed a total area equal to one and one-half square feet for each lineal front foot of that part of the structure which contains the business frontage on which such signs are located. Where a freestanding business sign is allowed, no such sign shall exceed an area of thirty (30) square feet in business districts outside the historic district or forty-five (45) square feet in the commercial-industrial district. Freestanding signs on a combined use lot may not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet per business or three hundred (300) square feet per sign where more than one business exists on the combined use lot. A window sign shall not in the aggregate exceed fifty (50) percent of the window size.
D. Height. No business sign in a residential district or in the historic district which is wall mounted or projecting shall project above the cornice line of the building on which it is located. In a business district outside the historic district or in the commercial-industrial district, no such sign may extend over four feet above the cornice line. Freestanding signs shall not exceed a height of six feet in residential districts, twenty (20) feet in business districts and twenty-five (25) feet in the commercial-industrial district.
E. Illumination. Business signs in residential districts shall not be directly illuminated. Business signs in business districts within the historic district may be directly illuminated. Business signs may be electric in business districts other than within the historic district.
(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 98-11 § 2, 1998: Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1262.01.15)
(Ord. No. 2009-19, § 1, 6-24-2009)