Ordinance - #03-40 - 09/23/2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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bo vii. The readable faces of the sign shall be perpendicular to the adjacent street. Businesses with frontage on more than one public street are allowed the permitted sign criteria for each street frontage. 10. Businesses with service entrances may identify these with one wall-mounted or applied letter sign not exceeding two square feet. Il. One directional sign, facing a rear parking lot. This sign may be any type of permitted sign other than a freestanding sign, but shall be limited to three square feet in area. 12. In addition to other signage, restaurants and cafes shall be permitted: One wall-mounted display featuring the actual menu as used at the dining table, to be contained within a shallow ~vood or metal case and clearly visible through a glass front. The display case shall be attached to the building wall, next to the main entrance, at a height of approximately five feet, shall not exceed a total area of two square feet, and may be lighted. Pe~unitted Signs for Personal and Professional Services, Retail Commercial, and Public Uses and Services in TC-2 Districts: Wail, Canopy or Marquee Sign. Total sign area may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the front building facade. At least fifty percent (50%) of the signage area must be placed on the measured wall with remaining signage area, if desired, distributed on any other wall or walls. Sign height shall not exceed the top of the parapet wall or, if no parapet wall, sign height shall not exceed the height of the eaves. The gross surface area of a wall, canopy or marquee sign may be increased by ten percent (10%) if such wall sign: Consists only of individual, outlined alphabetic, numeric and/or symbolic characters without background except that provided by the building surface to which the sign is to be affixed; and ii. Illumination, if any, is achieved through shielded illumination, shielded silhouette lighting, or shielded spot lighting but not any lighting where the light source is visible or exposed on the face or sides of the characters. iii. A wall, canopy or marquee sign may be located on the outermost wall of any principal building but shall not project more than sixteen (16) inches from the wall to which the sign is to be affixed. A wall sign shall not project higher than the parapet line of the wall to which the sign is to be affixed.