Standards by use

• a. Residential districts. General: Minimum setback is five feet. No lighting is permitted other than a continuous white light, arranged so as to reflect light away from adjoining premises and streets. Permitted sign types include monument, pole, projecting and wall.

  • (1) Single-family subdivision identification signs. Signs that are used solely to identify the name of a single-family residential subdivision shall be erected, one sign per entrance, not to exceed two per subdivision. A matched pair of signs in a "gateway" arrangement shall be considered one sign. Maximum area 20 square feet; maximum height eight feet.

  • (2) Multifamily complex signs. Signs that are used solely to identify the name and/or address of an apartment, townhouse, condominium or other multifamily residential complex. The permitted number and specifications will be the same as for single-family subdivisions, except that one additional sign no greater than six square feet, located below the roofline, may be erected to identify any accessory management or rental office.

  • (3) Legal nonconforming use. One sign no greater than 20 square feet with a maximum height of eight feet may be erected identifying a lawfully maintained nonconforming use.

• b. Commercial and industrial districts. General: Minimum setback is ten feet, and 50 feet from a residential district boundary

  • (1) Permitted number. For a lot with a single business establishment, a maximum of two signs may be permitted, only one of which may be a freestanding sign. Shopping centers may erect one freestanding sign for the lot, and one attached sign and one attached sign on each business establishment.

  • (2) Permitted types, sizes and heights.

    • (a) Freestanding, monument: Maximum of 28 square feet, five feet high.

    • (b) Freestanding, pole: Maximum of 28 square feet, 20 feet high.

    • (c) Attached, wall or marquee: The top of the sign shall be below the roof ridge line and below the height limitation of the applicable district. Size limits will be set by the distance of the sign from the street frontage that the sign faces, as follows:

      Setback Distance (feet)	Maximum Sign Size (square feet)
      0—25	20
      26—49	50
      50—99	60
      100—149	70
      150+	80

• • • (d) Attached, projecting: Maximum of 16 square feet, 16 feet high and below the roofline.

    • (e) Attached, awning or canopy: Maximum of 20 square feet and below the top of the awning or canopy.

• c. Shopping centers. Shopping centers shall conform to the regulations for the commercial and industrial districts, with the following exceptions. The one freestanding sign permitted may be a multiple sign structure, with one sign to identify the center, maximum 28 square feet, and one additional sign for each business establishment as part of the same sign, maximum of eight square feet each. An additional permanent changeable copy sign may be added to this freestanding sign, maximum size 28 square feet, in lieu of the commercial special event signs described in section 8.

Shopping centers with five or more business establishments planned as an integrated development, and located at a street intersection, shall be authorized a maximum of two freestanding signs, one each on two separate street frontages.

• d. Gasoline stations. Gasoline stations shall comply with applicable state and federal signage regulations. The following additional regulations shall apply:

  • (1) Changeable fuel price signs. An additional 16-square-foot sign may be added to the allowed freestanding sign to post current fuel prices.

  • (2) Gas pump signs. Each gas pump shall be permitted one square foot of sign area to identify product and price.

(Ord. of 9-25-06(1))