Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/02/2012

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e. Projecting signs, including graphics or icon signs, mounted perpendicular to the building wall, provided the following standards are met: 1. The signboard shall not exceed an area of six square feet. 2. The distance from the ground to the lower edge of the signboard shall be ten feet or greater. 3. The height of the top edge of the signboard shall not exceed the height of the wall from which the sign projects, if attached to a single story building, or the height of the sill or bottom of any second story window, if attached to a multistory building. 4. The distance from the building wall to the signboard shall not exceed six inches. 5. The width of the signboard shall not exceed three feet. 6. Limited to one sign per business. Projecting signs are not permitted in conjunction with wall mounted, free standing, or applied letter signs. 7. Granted to ground floor commercial uses only. f. Awning signs, for ground floor uses only, provided that the following standards are met: 1. If acting as the main business sign, it shall not exceed 24 square feet in area, and the height of the lettering, numbers, or graphics shall not exceed 12 inches. 2. If acting as an auxiliary business sign, it shall be located on the valance only, shall not exceed four square feet in area, and the height of the lettering, numbers, or graphics shall not exceed four inches. 3. Limited to two such signs per business. 4. If acting as the main business sign, it shall not be in addition to a wall mounted or applied letter sign. g. Window or door signs, provided that the following standards are met: 1. The sign shall not exceed ten percent of the window or door area or four square feet, whichever is less. 2. The sign shall be silk screened, hand painted, applied letters /graphics, neon tubing or other sign technologies that meet these standards. 3. Limited to one sign per business, applied on either the window or the door, but not on both. 4. The sign shall not have an opaque backing of any type although smoked glass is allowed. 5. May be in addition to only one of the following: a wall mounted sign, a freestanding sign, an applied letter sign, a projecting sign or a valance awning sign. h. One freestanding sign, provided that the following standards are met: 1. The building in which the advertising business is located, shall be set back a minimum of six feet from a public street right of way. 2. The area of each face of the signboard shall not exceed six square feet and the signboard shall not have more than two readable faces.