§ 501.130. Parks And Athletic Fields.

A. 

Scoreboards may include non-commercial messages identifying the donor(s) of the sign subject to the following limitations:

1. 

The donor identification portion of the sign shall be the same length as the scoreboard and may be mounted either above or below the scoreboard, but not both. There shall be no signage mounted on the side (depth) of the scoreboard. The display surface area of the donor identification portion of the sign shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the surface area of the scoreboard. The donor identification portion of the sign shall be in the same vertical plane as the face of the scoreboard and read from the same direction as the scoreboard display.

2. 

There may be up to three (3) individual donors identified with the donor identification portion of each scoreboard.

3. 

Wording of the donor recognition sign shall be limited to one (1) of the following: "Donated by," "Compliments of" or "Donor" on one (1) line followed by the name of an individual, business or organization on the second line, for two (2) lines total; or a single line with the name of the individual, organization or business, with or without a logo, with only one (1) line total.

4. 

No such sign shall include phone numbers, addresses, items for sale or any message of a commercial nature.

B. 

Other advertising signs in an athletic field shall be restricted to the following:

1. 

Signs advertising the stadium or field and current activities at the site shall conform to the provisions applicable to monument signs in Section 501.060.

2. 

Signs conveying any other message may be located only within athletic stadiums or baseball fields, provided that they may be placed only on the side of a perimeter fence that faces the interior of the stadium or field. The aggregate display surface area of all signs shall not exceed forty-five percent (45%) of the area of such wall or fence on which they are located. The display surface of individual signs shall not exceed sixty-four (64) square feet. All signs must be of uniform height and may not extend above the top of the wall or fence. The back surface of all signs must be painted a uniform, neutral color.

R.O. 1996 § 501.130; Ord. No. 3221 § 3, 7-17-2000