2-8.7 SIGNS FOR DEVELOPMENT COMPLEXES
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A. Master Sign Plan Required. All landlord or single-owner controlled multiple-occupancy development complexes on parcels exceeding four (4) acres in size, such as shopping centers or planned industrial parks, shall submit to the land use authority a master sign plan prior to issuance of new sign permits. The master sign plan shall establish standards and criteria for all signs in the complex that require permits, and shall address, at a minimum, the following: 1. Proposed sign locations 2. Materials to be used in construction of signs. 3. Type of illumination. 4. Design of free-standing sign structures. 5. Size. 6. Quantity. 7. Uniform standards for non-business signage, including directional and informational signs.
B. Development Complex Sign. In addition to the freestanding business identification signs otherwise allowed by this ordinance, every multiple-occupancy development complex shall be entitled to one free-standing sign per street front, at the maximum size permitted for business identification freestanding signs, to identify the development complex. No business identification shall be permitted on a development complex sign. Any free-standing sign otherwise permitted under this ordinance may identify the name of the development complex.
C. Compliance With Master Sign Plan. All applications for sign permits for signage within a multiple-occupancy development complex shall comply with the master sign plan.
D. Amendments. Any amendments to a master sign plan must be signed and approved by the owner(s) within the development complex before such amendment will become effective.
ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA IN SQUARE FEET ALLOWABLE HEIGHT IN FEET ABOVE GRADE
Section 2-8: Signs 2-8.8 SAMPLE GENERAL SIGN TYPES The table below computes maximum sign square footage and height. The graphics below in Figure 2-8.8(A) through 2-8.8(D) depict general sign types and how sign area is computed.
40 250
220 200
100 25
250 300 & OVER
LINEAL FRONT FOOTAGE OF LOT OR PARCEL
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ON-PREMISE FREE-ST ANDING SIGNS COMMERCIAL AND INDUST RIAL ZONES VEHICULAR SPEED SUBJECT T O POST ED LIMIT S BET WEEN 35 AND 55 MILES PER HOUR (INCLUSIVE)
Section 2-8: Signs General Sign Types Figure 2-8.8(A) General Sign Types Figure 2-8.8 (B)
Section 2-8: Signs General Sign Types Figure 2-8.8 (B)
Section 2-8: Signs Computing Sign Area Figure 2-8.8(C)
Section 2-8: Signs Computing Sign Area Figure 2-8.8(D)