110-2-12 Sign Materials And Display Standards

1. Sign materials. All materials used to construct signs, supports or fasteners shall conform to the following standards: 1 per street frontage No limit offpremises directional signs No limit on-site signs, either ground or banner signs 1 per street frontage No limit offpremises directional signs 2 offsite per event either a ground sign or banner 1. Signs may be constructed of painted, stained, sandblasted or carved wood, brick, stone, textured concrete or similar material. Glass (including plexiglass), metal, or metallic leaf, which is painted, anodized, or otherwise treated to prevent reflective glare may also be used. Copper, brass, wrought iron, and other metals may remain untreated and allowed to develop a natural patina. 2. Support structures may be constructed of painted, stained, sandblasted or carved wood, brick, stone, textured concrete or similar material. Glass, metal, or metallic leaf, which is painted, anodized, or otherwise treated to prevent reflective glare may also be used. Copper, brass, wrought iron, and other metals may remain untreated and allowed to develop a natural patina. Support structures shall use natural, muted earth-tone colors including browns, black, grays, rusts, etc. White shall not be used as a predominant color, but may be used as an accent. 2. Display standards. The display of all signs regulated by this Land Use Code shall conform to the standards of this section. 1. No obstruction permitted. No sign shall obstruct a clear view to and from traffic along any street right-of-way, entrance or exit. 2. No projection within right-of-way. No signs, except traffic signs and similar regulatory notices shall be allowed to project or be located within a public right-of-way. 3. Illumination. An illuminated sign, as defined in section 101-1-7. shall comply with the requirements of chapter 108-16 and the following provisions, examples of which are graphically depicted in section 110-2-15. 1. Unless otherwise specified in this subsection (b), all exterior lighting of a sign shall be downward directed from the top of the sign, and oriented so as to illuminate only the sign area, as defined in section 101-1-7, excluding the supports. 2. No direct artificial light, as defined in section 101-1-7, shall be projected from the sign area or beyond the sign area, including by means of diffusion or refraction through a translucent or transparent surface. However, direct artificial light, excluding diffused or refracted light, for a sign area that does not have a frame or separate background, as in the case of a logo or individual lettering mounted to a wall without a defined sign perimeter, may illuminate or reflect onto a background surface, such as a wall, beyond the exterior perimeter of the sign area, provided that: 1. It shall not exceed six inches beyond the sign area; 2. It shall be shielded so as not to project light onto any other surface. 3. Exterior lighting of a sign shall not exceed a ratio of 75 lumens per square foot of sign area. This ratio shall be calculated by combining the total lumen output of each artificial light source divided by the square footage of the sign area. See section 110-2-15 for a graphic depiction. 4. The land use authority may require the applicant to submit photometric schematics and attestation from a qualified professional that the submittal complies with this chapter. 5. Illuminated signs must be turned off after hours of operation. 4. Wall signs mounted on parapets. A wall sign mounted on a parapet wall shall be mounted six inches or more below the top of the parapet wall. 5. No imitation of traffic signs. Signs shall not resemble, imitate or approximate the shape, size, form or color of traffic signs, signals or devices. Signs shall not obstruct or interfere with the effectiveness of traffic signs, signals or devices, not be lighted in a way that can cause glare or impair driver visibility upon roads. 6. No prevention of ingress/egress. Signs shall not be erected, relocated or maintained in such a way that prevents free ingress or egress from any door, window or fire escape, and no sign shall be attached to a standpipe or fire escape. 7. No mounting on natural features. No signs shall be painted or mounted on trees. No land-form or naturally occurring land feature (rocks, cliff faces, etc.) shall be defaced for purposes of displaying a sign. 8. Clearance. The clearance of a projecting, canopy or wall sign shall be measured from the lowest edge of the overhang eight feet to the driving or walking surface below. 9. Sign setbacks. 1. Monument and/or ground signs. Any monument sign or ground sign shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from any property line. Signs fronting on state highways shall be set back ten feet from the right-ofway. 2. Projections into public right-of-way. Projections into the public rightof-way are not allowed, except for signs set by public agencies for safety purposes, such as the state department of transportation. 3. Clear view triangle. Signs shall not be placed within the clear view triangle as defined in title 108, chapter 7 of the Land Use Code. 10. Landscaping. The ground area around the base of all ground/monument signs shall be landscaped in accordance with the requirements of applicable chapters of the Land Use Code. The planning commission may exempt some monument/ground signs from this standard where it is demonstrated, by the owner/developer, that the landscaping would unduly interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, interfere with traffic visibility or for other reasons be impractical. 11. No street frontage. When a freestanding building, complex or storefront does not face a public street or approved private road, and is accessed via a pedestrian area or common parking and driveway area, the linear footage of building or storefront facing the pedestrian area or common parking area shall substitute for purposes of determining allowable signage. 12. Sign area. The area of a sign shall be measured as provided in the definition of "sign area" as provided in section 101-1-7. 13. Directional or circulation signs not visible offsite. Directional or circulation signs that are not visible from any point outside of the property boundary are not subject to the illumination requirements of this subsection (b) or the outdoor lighting requirements of chapter 108-16. An applicant wishing to install such an exempt illuminated directional or circulation sign shall have the burden of proof by communicating the proposed sign height, location, and visibility from any point outside of the property boundaries through the submission of an outdoor lighting plan to the land use authority. Directional or circulation signs claiming exemption from the illumination requirements of this chapter or chapter 108-16 shall not allow their illumination to extend past the horizontal plain of the upper sign boundary into the night sky.