18.29.420 Signs for Commercial Areas/Uses, General Requirements

The following shall apply to all commercial/industrial uses and zones in the city: A. Uses adjacent to residential zones. Where any property on which a sign is to be located is within seventy-five feet of any residential zone, the requirements found herein shall apply as well as those found elsewhere in this Chapter. The more restrictive shall apply. 1. Freestanding signs, if allowed, and including freeway oriented. Such signs shall not be allowed except as low profile signs. 2. Illuminated signs. Any sign illuminated by any means must be equipped with a timer and shut off the illumination between the hours of ten at night and six in the morning. 3. Closeness of signs. Except for directional signs, no sign not mounted on a building shall be located any closer to a residential zone than thirty-five feet. 4. Limits on heights of freestanding and attached signs. No sign shall be above the height of fifteen feet if located within fifty feet of a residential zone. B. Off-premise directional signs may be allowed subject to the requirements found in 18.29.530, 18.29.540, and Article VI; otherwise no off-premise sign is permitted. C. Billboards may be allowed subject to the limitations found elsewhere in Article VI. (Ord.2009-6, dated 5/12/09)