Business and manufacturing districts (BL, BG, M)

Permitted signs:

• • A. Those permitted in residence zones.

  • B. Business signs for permitted uses. In no case shall more than one (1) freestanding sign or one (1) roof sign be used, or one (1) mounted (to the building) sign for each building regardless of the number of businesses at the location and no sign shall exceed forty (40) square feet in area. In addition, each business may have a sign attached to the building, not greater than six (6) square feet, displaying the name of the business and, where there are multiple businesses, all of these signs shall be uniform in size, shape and lettering. Any change from the above may be granted as a special use permit, if such approval is secured from the zoning board of review under article I, section 6C.

  • C. Where a building has multiple street frontages, they are allowed one (1) wall sign for each wall frontage on a street or a parking area. No sign shall exceed forty (40) square feet.

Location of signs:

• • A. No sign shall project more than fifteen (15) feet above average grade level or no higher than the roofline (ridge) of a building whichever is less.

  • B. Freestanding signs shall either provide an open and unobstructed space of at least six (6) feet from the grade to the bottom of the sign or be no greater than five (5) feet in height from grade and no larger than fifteen (15) square feet in size.

  • C. No sign shall be located within five (5) feet of a residence district boundary.

  • D. A sign shall be placed within the boundaries of a lot and no closer than one (1) foot to any lot line and may be subject to approval of the traffic safety commission.

  • E. Any freestanding sign less than twenty (20) feet from the pavement and within fifty (50) feet of a street intersection shall be reviewed from the traffic safety commission.

Lighting of signs:

• • A. Signs may be lighted by:

    • 1. External continuous incandescent or fluorescent white light downward shielded no more than twenty (20) footcandles at surface.

    • 2. Internal continuous incandescent or fluorescent white light have no more than fifteen (15) footcandles at surface.

  • B. All lighting shall be oriented that the light is directed away from all adjacent properties and traffic arteries.

  • C. Lighting for all signs is subject to review and revision by the traffic safety commission to prevent the lighting from causing a traffic safety hazard.

(Ord. of 4-23-98(5))