3.19.13 Signs Permitted in Commercial Zones
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For each place of business or occupancy within a commercial zone, the following types of signs shall be permitted in conformance with the standards set forth:
i)
One monument sign less than six (6) feet in height and sixty (60) square feet measured
from the farthest extent of the sign to form a rectangle is allowed per commercial project.
If a commercial project includes more than five (5) potential businesses the Planning
Commission may approve a sign up to ten (10) feet in height and one hundred (100)
square feet measured from the farthest extent of the sign to form a rectangle. Application
for additional monuments signs in a commercial project will be considered a conditional
use. The applicant must demonstrate that the additional sign(s) are necessary to the
Planning Commission. In no case shall the Planning Commission approve more than one
monument sign for a commercial project which has less than two hundred (200) feet of
frontage on a publicly maintained street. All monument signs shall meet the following
requirements:
a)
No such sign shall project over a property line, nor more than five (5) feet into
any required front yard.
ii)
One wall sign not to exceed thirty (30) square feet measured from the farthest extent of
the sign to form a rectangle is allowed on the wall facing the primary entrance to the
commercial project. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every wall sign and
painted wall sign in a commercial zone shall comply with the following requirements:
a)
No part of any sign shall extend above the wall upon which it is situated.
b)
No sign, including any light box or structural part, shall project more than
twelve (12) inches from the face of the pan of the building to which it is
attached.
3.19.12 Signs Permitted in Public Facilities Zones · 3.19.14 Signs Permitted in the Light Industrial Zone