Village, Commercial, Highway Commercial, Planned Corporate, Planned Development and Industrial Signs

8.5 VILLAGE, COMMERCIAL, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL, PLANNED CORPORATE, PLANNED

DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL SIGNS

1. The following special provisions shall apply to signs in all Village, Commercial, Highway Commercial, Planned Development, Planned Corporate, and Industrial Districts:

   1. One (1) or more wall signs are permitted for each wall fronting on a street or parking area. The total area of such signs combined shall not exceed one (1) square foot for each front foot of street frontage of the front yard or of the corner side yard of the premises on which said signs are located, except where the principal front yard or corner side yard of the premises total less than fifty (50) feet of street frontage, then the total surface area of all signs combined on any one (1) premises shall not be more than five hundred (500) square feet in area. Such signs may not be directly painted on any wall, but may consist of individual letters attached to or cut into such wall; in such case, the area of such sign shall be figured on the basis of the perimeter required to contain all the letters, numbers or other devices comprising the sign. If a building is provided with a portico, projecting shelter, balcony or the like the sign may be erected on such structure, provided it does not extend over a public way.

   2. In addition to the signs permitted under A1, above, where the area in front of a building permits, there may be one (1) free-standing sign for each street on which it fronts not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet per side in area for each fifty (50) linear feet of lot frontage, or fraction thereof, if it is set back from the street line.

      1. Exterior signs in all business, office and industrial districts shall be located twenty (20) feet or more from any residential district boundary line. Said signs shall pertain only to the use or business conducted on the premises on which it is located.

      2. Height requirements: Freestanding signs must be erected so that the lowest portion of the sign, not including the support, is higher than eight (8) feet and the highest portion of the sign, including the support, is not above fourteen (14) feet. Freestanding signs not located in an area of pedestrian travel must be erected so that the lowest portion of the sign is higher than four (4) feet and the highest portion of the sign including the support is not higher than ten (10) feet. Monument signs shall not exceed five (5) feet in height.

   3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following modifications are permitted:

      1. Theaters: The marquee of a theater shall be considered as comprising part of the wall area in determining the total sign area to be permitted.

      2. Subdivisions, Land Development Projects: One (1) Subdivision/ Land Development Project name sign, not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet may be permitted during construction for each entry to a subdivision/land development project from a public way during construction after which the subdivision/land development project name sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet.

      3. Contractors, Developers: For each construction or development project there may be issued a temporary permit for one (1) standing sign, not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet in area, setting forth facts and names pertinent to the project. Such sign shall be removed forthwith when the project is completed.

      4. Gasoline Stations: Standard pump head signs of gasoline filling stations are not considered to be part of the required sign area. Such signs, however, must not be animated nor illuminated by flashing or intermittent lighting.

      5. Plaza: Where a group of three (3) or more business buildings or stores are built as a "plaza" or "Shopping Center" and it is desired to identify the grouping as such, in addition to the signs permitted for individual buildings or businesses, there may be permitted one (1) standing sign, not to exceed forty (40) square feet in area displaying only the plaza or center name, set back not less than fifty (50) feet from any street property line.