§ 40-525. Sign regulations.

(a)

On-premises signs.

(1)

Detached and roof signs.

a.

Number.

1.

Either one (1) detached sign or one (1) roof sign shall be permitted on a development site, but not both.

2.

Corner lots shall be permitted one (1) additional sign when at least one of the lot lines abutting the street right-of-way exceeds three hundred (300) linear feet.

3.

Developments which exceed four hundred (400) linear feet of frontage along a major or minor arterial or exceed five (5) acres in total area shall be permitted to have one (1) additional detached sign for each four hundred (400) linear feet of street frontage or fraction thereof in excess of four hundred (400) linear feet.

b.

Sign area. The maximum detached sign area shall be calculated at a ratio of three and one-half (3.5) square feet per linear foot of property frontage or four hundred fifty (450) square feet, whichever is less. The sign area for any additional detached signs allowed shall be calculated in the same manner as the first sign.

(2)

Attached signs.

a.

Sign area. Signs on windows and awnings shall be included in the total sign area.

1.

The maximum attached sign area shall be calculated at a ratio of three and one-half (3.5) square feet per linear foot of an establishment's primary building frontage or twenty (20) percent of the primary building frontage elevation area, whichever is less.

2.

For sites with more than one (1) street frontage, the site may be granted additional attached sign area. The maximum additional attached sign area shall be calculated at a ratio of one and three-quarters (1.75) square feet per linear foot of an establishment's secondary building frontage or ten (10) percent of the secondary building frontage elevation area, whichever is less.

3.

When an attached sign is located two hundred (200) feet or more from the nearest street right-of-way, the maximum sign area shall be calculated at a ratio of seven (7) square feet per linear foot of an establishment's primary building frontage or twenty (20) percent of the primary building frontage elevation, whichever is less.

b.

Location. Attached signs may be located on any building elevation.

(3)

Signs with supplemental criteria.

a.

Freestanding marquees. Freestanding marquees shall only be permitted for theaters and shall have a maximum area of four hundred (400) square feet.

b.

Roof signs. The structure of a roof sign shall not be exposed.

c.

Flat signs. For flat signs located above the fourth floor of a building, the permitted sign area shall be increased one hundred (100) square feet for each additional story the sign is above.

d.

Electronic variable message signs. Electronic variable message (EVM) signs in accordance with section 40-681 shall meet the following additional criteria:

1.

Number. Only one (1) detached EVM sign shall be permitted on a development site.

2.

Sign area. The EVM portion of the sign shall comprise no more than fifty (50) percent of the allowable detached sign area or one hundred (100) square feet, whichever is less.

3.

Residential proximity. EVM signs shall be located a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet from any residential district.

4.

Variances. A variance may be granted for an EVM sign under the provisions set forth in section 40-792 of this Code.

(b)

Off-premises signs. Off-premises signs meeting the standards in Article XXXVI. General Sign Regulations shall be permitted.

(Ord. No. 24364, § XLI, 11-7-12)