Article 4 — AREA OF SIGN PERMITTED

911.4.010 SIGNS - COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

a) For signing purposes, frontage on private streets that serve as public thoroughfares and not just driveways may, with Planning Commission or City Council approval, be considered as qualified street frontage. Corner commercial lots which side on local residential streets may not consider the local street frontage as qualified street frontage.

b) Total sign area allotment permitted for a development shall be two (2) square feet of sign area for each linear foot of qualified street frontage. Chargeable against the total sign area shall be all permanent signs, including wall, projecting, roof, ground, valance, and marquee signs.

c) Any one (1) development may have a choice of, but not more than, one (1) ground sign or one (1) roof sign or one (1) projecting sign and shall be subject to the exceptions contained in this Section.

911.4.020 GROUND SIGNS.

Ground signs are subject to the following provisions:

a) One (1) ground, monument, pylon or pole sign may be permitted with each "C" or "M" development.

b) The total area of sign permitted for a ground sign shall be measured as one (1) square foot of area of sign for each linear foot of street frontage, to a maximum area of sign of three hundred (300) square feet.

c) The maximum height of any ground sign and its supporting structure shall be twenty-five (25) feet, except that the height of a ground sign may be increased by adding one (1) foot of height for each linear foot the sign is set back from the front property line not to exceed a maximum height of fifty (50) feet to the top of the sign.

d) A minimum qualified frontage of one hundred (100) feet shall be required to erect a ground sign.

e) Permanent attachment to the ground shall be required for all ground signs.

911.4.030 ROOF SIGNS.

Roof signs permitted are subject to the following provisions:

a) One (1) roof sign may be permitted with each "C" or "M" development.

b) The maximum permitted area of roof signing shall be one (1) square foot of sign area for each linear foot of property frontage not to exceed a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet.

c) The height of a roof sign shall not exceed ten (10) feet above the apparent flat roof or eave line.

d) Roof sign supports should be architecturally attractive or screened from view.

911.4.040 PROJECTING SIGNS.

Projecting signs permitted are subject to the following provisions:

a) One (1) projecting sign may be permitted with each "C" or "M" development.

b) Projection of sign shall not extend more than four (4) feet from any wall facing.

c) The total permitted area of a projecting sign shall be measured as one (1) square foot of sign area for each linear foot of property frontage not to exceed a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet.

911.4.050 THEATER MARQUEES.

Theater marquees need not be limited to projecting sign criteria, but shall be subject to Planning Commission approval.

911.4.060 WALL SIGNS.

Wall signs shall be permitted in any "C" or "M" development provided the total area of all wall signs on any one (1) wall face shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the exposed area of the wall on which they are located, said fifteen percent (15%) also to include valance, permanent window signs, cloth signs and banner signs. A wall sign shall not project above the apparent flat roof or eave line.

911.4.070 SIGNS - RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

a) Wall signs, excluding projecting signs, may be used with any multiple-family residential use other than property in an R-5 zone. The area of sign shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the wall area to a maximum of forty (40) square feet for any one (1) wall face (elevation) and limited to identification only.

b) Wall signs may be used with any single-family or two-family residential use with a maximum area of sign of one (1) square foot per sign with a limit of three (3) signs for any one (1) occupancy, and may be erected without a permit being issued.

c) Projecting signs shall not be permitted in connection with a residential use.