§ 53-60. Setback and other location restrictions.

(a)

Not in public right-of-way. No sign, except government approved traffic-control signs or sandwich board signs, shall be located within the public right-of-way. A projecting sign located on a building abutting the right-of-way may extend into and over the right-of-way, provided such projecting sign shall not exceed 24 square feet and shall be mounted so that the lowest part of the sign is at least eight feet above the adjacent grade.

(b)

Approval of location in easements. Verification of approval by easement owner may be requested by staff for permanent signs to be located within easements.

(c)

Setback and location of freestanding signs. Directional or garage sale signs shall be set back five feet from the right-of-way line. All monument, real estate, construction and other freestanding signs shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line.

(d)

Signs near intersections. All signs at street intersections or driveway entrances to a public or private street shall be properly sited to ensure a permanently safe sight distance.

(e)

Facade signs.

(1)

For the size, location and placement of facade signs, the term "facade" shall include the entire building elevation parallel to the wall being considered for the facade sign, which is contiguous with the tenant's gross leasable floor area. Plans must be submitted, in the context of a sign scheme, to delineate sign area for each tenant sharing the same exterior wall on which the sign is placed. Plans must reflect adequate sign allowances for all tenants and a cumulative total of the sign area that does not exceed that which is allowable for the building elevation that will accommodate such signs. The sign scheme must present an aesthetic quality that is consistent with the intent of this article.

(2)

In calculating allowable sign area on a freestanding canopy facade (i.e., fuel pump island canopies and canopies for drive through facilities), the surface area of the facade on which the sign is to be placed, including but not limited to the support posts and face of the canopy shall be considered. If the canopy is attached to a structure or a parent structure exists under or behind the canopy, the facade area of the primary structure may be considered in determining the sign area to be utilized on the canopy. Under no circumstances, however, shall the sign area exceed ten percent of the canopy facade and the sign on the canopy will be allowed only in lieu of a sign on the same side of the building.

(f)

Signs on awnings. A business identification facade sign may be painted or placed upon an awning if specified in the approved sign scheme for the building.

(Code 1967, § 5-95; Ord. No. 1366, §§ 1, 2, 9-27-1999; Ord. No. 1434, §§ 3, 4, 12-23-2002; Ord. No. 1492, § 1, 11-22-2004; Ord. No. 1748 , § 4, 4-11-2016)