§ 501.030. Maximum Sign Area Allowed Determined By Use Type.

Each use permitted in the City is limited to a specific amount of signage. Table 3, Maximum Sign Area by Use, describes the appropriate measurements for determining the maximum signage allowed by any particular use.

A. 

Table 3 contains more than one (1) measurement standard per use. These are expressed in terms of:

1. 

Maximum number of signs;

2. 

Sign area permitted as a function of linear front footage of a lot; and/or

3. 

Maximum sign size. The maximum total sign area may not exceed the most restrictive (lesser) of the standards for measurement identified in Table 3.

Editor's Note: Table 3, Maximum Sign Area By Use, is included as an attachment to this Chapter.

B. 

Notwithstanding Section 501.030(A) above, all existing non-residential lots shall be permitted a minimum of fifty (50) square feet of signage, except in the central business district, which shall be permitted a minimum of twenty-five (25) square feet, all of which at any location may be subject to standard or limited sign permit approval.

C. 

Lots fronting on two (2) or more streets are allowed the permitted sign area for each frontage; however, the total sign area that is oriented toward a particular street may not exceed the portion of the lot's total sign area allocation that is derived from the lot, building or wall area frontage on that street.

D. 

The measurement of all signs on a lot as indicated in Sections 501.060 or 501.070 will be counted toward the maximum sign area measurement.

E. 

A "use" shall include all purposes or activities for which the land or buildings are arranged, designed or intended, or for which land or buildings are occupied or maintained. A use may include multiple ownership, tenancy or affiliations and may include accessory, conditional and temporary uses.

F. 

Any measurement not specifically provided for in Table 3 may be assigned to Sign Code Table 3 through interpretation by the Director of Community Development.

G. 

The maximum sign size for individual tenant wall signs in multi-tenant developments shall be the same as the maximum size for individual uses, unless the size is restricted through a Master Sign Plan or otherwise restricted in Table 3, such as through the size and/or location of the building. For example, the maximum size of a wall sign for an individual tenant in an office park would be two hundred (200) square feet, provided the building facade is of a sufficient size to permit the full two hundred (200) square feet of signage [wall signs are limited to ten percent (10%) of building facade]. Where the facade is too small to allow the full two hundred (200) square feet of wall signage, or where a Master Sign Plan places other restrictions on tenant sign size, the more restrictive wall sign measurement will prevail.

R.O. 1996 § 501.030; Ord. No. 3221 § 3, 7-17-2000; Ord. No. 3559 § 18, 4-7-2003; Ord. No. 4000 § 1, 11-6-2006; Ord. No. 4303 § 6, 7-7-2010