12.14.060 Signs permitted in all business, manufacturing, institutional, and park-recreational districts.
Except as provided in section 12.14.020 and 12.14.030, the following signs are permitted only in the business, manufacturing, institutional, and park recreation districts with a permit and only on the premises and subject to the following regulations:
(a) Awning and Canopy Signs. Number: One (1).
Area: Maximum of fifteen (15) percent per side of each face.
Height: At least eight (8) feet above the public sidewalk or thoroughfare.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top down directional or internal.
Landscaping: None required.
(b) Menu Boards. Drawings showing the specific design, appearance and location of the sign(s) shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Development for approval.
Number: Subject to approval of Planning & Development
Area: Thirty-six (36) square feet per sign
Height: Eight (8) feet
Street Setback: Fifteen (15) feet
Lighting: Full cut-off; top down directional or internal
Landscaping: None required
(c) Monument Signs. Number: Limited to one (1) per street frontage or drive entrance; provided, that no monument sign is located closer than a minimum of 300 feet to another monument or freestanding sign on the same property.
Area: Eighty (80) square feet per side of sign, one-hundred sixty (160) square feet maximum for all sides.
Height: Ten (10) feet.
Street Setback: Five (5) feet.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top down directional, ground mounted directional or internal.
Landscaping: As contained elsewhere in this ordinance.
(d) Freestanding Signs. Number: Limited to one (1) per street frontage or drive entrance; provided, that no freestanding sign is located closer than a minimum of 300 feet to another freestanding or monument sign on the same property.
Area: One-hundred fifty (150) square feet per side of sign, three-hundred (300) square feet maximum for all sides, except for freestanding signs within an area between Interstate Highway 94 and a distance fifty (50) feet beyond the outermost right-of-way edge of the Frontage Road may be up to three-hundred (300) square feet per side of sign and six-hundred (600) square feet maximum for all sides.
Height: Twenty (20) feet, except for freestanding signs within an area between Interstate Highway 94 and a distance fifty (50) feet beyond the outermost right-of-way edge of the Frontage Road may be up to thirty (30) feet.
Street Setback: Fifteen (15) feet.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top down directional, ground mounted directional or internal.
Landscaping: As contained elsewhere in this ordinance.
Signs with exposed poles or posts shall be individually enclosed or covered.
(e) Portable Signs. Number: One (1).
Area: Thirty-two (32) square feet.
Height: Six (6) feet.
Street Setback: Fifteen (15) feet.
Lighting: Internal. No flashing or traveling lights.
Landscaping: None required.
(f) Projecting Signs. Number: One (1).
Area: One-hundred (100) per side.
Height: Twenty (20) feet above the mean centerline street grade and shall not be less than ten (10) feet above a sidewalk or other pedestrian way, nor fifteen (15) feet above a driveway or an alley.
Street Setback: Fifteen (15) feet.
Other Setback: Shall not extend more than six (6) feet in any required yard; shall not be less than ten (10) feet from all lot lines.
Lighting: Full cut-off top down directional or internal.
Landscaping: None required.
(g) Unified Business Center Sign. Number: Limited to one (1) per street frontage and/or entrance. An additional Unified Business Center Sign is permitted per four hundred (400) feet of street frontage, with a maximum of two (2) signs permitted per street frontage.
Area: Three-hundred (300) square feet per side, six-hundred (600) square feet maximum for all sides.
Height: Thirty (30) feet.
Street Setback: Fifteen (15) feet.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top-down directional, ground-mounted directional or internal.
Landscaping: As contained elsewhere in this ordinance.
Signs with exposed poles or posts shall be individually enclosed or covered.
(h) Wall Signs.
1. Single-Tenant Buildings. Number: One (1) per public entrance or wall/façade which fronts upon a public right-of-way or private drive.
Area: Limited to 1.5 times the length of the wall on which the sign is to be placed, up to a maximum of six-hundred (600) square feet.
Height: Shall comply with the height requirements of the zoning district in which the sign is located.
Extension: Shall not extend more than twelve (12) inches outside of a building’s wall surface.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top-down directional, or internal.
Landscaping: None required.
2. Multi-Tenant Buildings and Shopping Centers. Number: One (1) per tenant, plus each tenant may place one (1) wall sign per public entrance or wall/façade which fronts upon a public right-of-way or private drive and contained within the tenant’s internal wall space or end cap wall area.
Area: Limited to 1.5 times the length of the wall on which the sign is to be placed, up to a maximum of six-hundred (600) square feet.
Height: Shall comply with the height requirements of the zoning district in which the sign is located.
Extension: Shall not extend more than twelve (12) inches outside of a building’s wall surface.
Lighting: Full cut-off; top-down directional or internal.
Landscaping: None required.
(i) Search Lights. The temporary use of search lights for advertising purposes may be permitted provided that the search light will not be located in any public right-of-way, will not be located closer than ten (10) feet to an adjacent property, and will not cause a hazard to traffic or adjoining properties. Search light permits shall not be granted for a period of more than 12 days in any six-month period. [Code § 12.14-5.]