Signs which are located within twenty-five (25) feet of a nonbusiness
district boundary shall conform to the requirements of nonbusiness
zoning district signs found in division 3.
(1995 Code, sec. 13-16)
Detached (monument) signs are permitted in business districts,
as follows:
(1)
Shopping
centers with multiple tenants located on a premises of one (1) acre
or more in size are permitted to erect a maximum of two (2) monument
signs, with the following stipulations:
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Maximum size
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75 square feet
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Maximum height
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8 feet
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Setbacks
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15 feet from street right-of-way
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75 feet from property lines other than those property lines
fronting the street right-of-way
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500 feet from other monument signs on the property.
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(2)
Shopping
centers with multiple tenants located on a premises of less than one
(1) acre in size are permitted to erect a maximum of two (2) monument
signs, with the following stipulations:
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Maximum size
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50 square feet
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Maximum height
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6 feet
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Setbacks
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15 feet from street right-of-way
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75 feet from property lines other than those property lines
fronting the street right-of-way
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500 feet from other monument signs on the property.
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(3)
Businesses
located on individually platted land, including individual pad sites
within a shopping center, are permitted to erect one (1) monument
sign, with the following stipulations:
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Maximum size
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36 square feet
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Maximum height
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6 feet
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Setbacks
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15 feet from street right-of-way
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75 feet from property lines other than those property lines
fronting the street right-of-way.
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(4)
Gasoline
service stations shall mount price per gallon signs on monument signs
only. Monument signs that contain the price per gallon of gasoline
sold by that business are permitted to erect monument signs, with
the following stipulations:
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Maximum size
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50 square feet
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Maximum height
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6 feet
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Setbacks
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15 feet from street right-of-way
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75 feet from property lines other than those property lines
fronting the street right-of-way
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(1995 Code, sec. 13-17)
Attached signs are permitted in business areas, in accordance
with the following provisions:
(1)
Mounting of signs.
All signs shall be mounted parallel
to the building surface, to which they are attached and shall project
no more than 60 inches from the building surface and overhead clearance
to be no less than 96 inches.
(2)
Effective area.
Attached signs shall not exceed the
following schedules:
(A)
An attached sign located at a height of thirty-six (36) feet or less
shall have a sign area limited to one (1) square foot for each lineal
foot of building frontage, not to exceed three hundred (300) square
feet.
(B)
An attached sign located above a height of thirty-six (36) feet shall
be permitted an increase in maximum effective area. Such increases
shall not exceed four (4) square feet in effective area for each additional
one (1) foot of height above thirty-six (36) feet, measured from the
base of the sign. Signs may be increased to a maximum size of four
hundred (400) square feet.
(3)
Copies.
Signs shall not be attached to canopies (e.g.,
gasoline service station canopies).
(1995 Code, sec. 13-18)
Banner signs shall be constructed of cloth or canvas material
and must be anchored in such a way that would prevent the sign from
moving freely in the wind. A business shall be permitted to erect
one (1) temporary banner sign a maximum of four (4) times. Such signs
shall be erected a maximum of fourteen (14) days for each permit.
A new permit for such a sign shall not be issued within thirty (30)
days of the date that any temporary banner sign was erected at the
occupancy. The permit application for the sign must include the date
the sign will be erected, the date the sign will be removed, and a
drawing showing the location of the sign.
(1995 Code, sec. 13-19)