§ 17.16.090. Signs in neighborhood business and neighborhood office districts.

In all B-1 neighborhood business districts and all O-1 neighborhood office districts the following signs are permitted:

A.

Temporary signs when permitted by the plan commission. The plan commission shall, in each case, determine the structural type of sign permitted, the maximum size permitted, and the time period the sign may remain in place;

B.

Wall signs placed against the exterior walls of buildings and, for any one premises, not exceeding three hundred (300) square feet in area or thirty (30) percent of the signable area of the building, as defined in Section 17.16.140, whichever is smaller;

C.

Awning and canopy signs not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet in area for any one premises. They shall not extend more than six feet into any required yard, shall not extend into any public right-of-way, shall be at least ten feet from all side lot lines, shall not exceed a height of twenty (20) feet above the mean centerline street grade, and shall be at least seven feet above a sidewalk or fifteen (15) feet above a driveway or an alley;

D.

Ground signs not exceeding forty (40) feet in height above the mean centerline street grade. They shall meet all yard requirements for the district in which they are located, and shall not exceed sixty (60) square feet on one side or one hundred twenty (120) square feet on all sides for any one premises. No ground sign shall be placed closer than eighty (80) feet to any other ground sign;

E.

Window signs not exceeding twenty-five (25) percent of the glass area of the pane upon which the sign is displayed. To eliminate scattering of copy by wind action, all window signs are to be affixed to the inside surface of the window;

F.

Excepting window signs, the total area of all signs erected or placed on any one premises shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the signable area of a building, as defined in Section 17.16.140, or five hundred (500) square feet, whichever is smaller.

(Prior code § 10-4-121)

(Ord. No. 170-2009, § 98, 10-22-09; Ord. No. 183-2009, § 98, 4-13-2010)