Ordinance - #25-07 - 05/13/2025 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 ii. No sign shall interfere with the ability of drivers and pedestrians to see 2 any street or highway sign, or any traffic sign or signal, or any crossroad 3 or crosswalk. 4 iii. No sign shall distract drivers nor offer any confusion to any street or high- 5 way, sign, or any traffic sign or signal. 6 iv. No sign shall extend over any lot line. 7 v. No sign shall be located within 15 feet of any point of vehicular access 8 from a parcel to a public roadway. 9 vi. All signs must be located fully on private property, with the permission of 10 the property owner. It is the property owner’s responsibility to locate prop- 11 erty lines to ensure compliance with this section. 12 (2) Wall signs. 13 a. For a sign which is framed, outlined, or otherwise prepared and intended to pro- 14 vide a background for a sign display, the sign face area and dimensions shall in- 15 clude the entire portion within such background or frame. 16 b. For a sign comprised of individual letters, figures, or elements on a wall or similar 17 surface of the building or structure, the area and dimensions of the sign face 18 shall encompass the total area of each letter, figure, or element used in the sign. 19 c. For wall signs that utilize backer boards as a design element, the backer board 20 should only be used to the extent needed for supporting the sign. 21 d. All wall signs designed to be affixed flat against an exterior wall or raceway shall 22 not project more than 16 inches from the wall to which the sign is affixed. 23 e. Buildings with two or more tenants shall proportionately distribute allowable wall 24 signage to each tenant, based on the percentage of the façade occupied by each 25 tenant. 26 f. Wall signs may be internally or externally illuminated, provided that the light 27 source is not visible or exposed on the face or sides of the characters. 28 g. Building directory signs attached to an exterior wall count toward allowable wall 29 signage. 30 h. Signage attached to a motor fuel station canopy counts toward allowable wall 31 signage. 32 i. Wall signs are not allowed on any of the following uses in any zoning district, ex- 33 cept those explicitly allowed in accordance with home occupation performance 34 standards in Section 106-425(2) of City Code: 35 i. single-family detached dwellings, 36 ii. detached townhome dwellings (including villas, cottage homes, and the 37 like), 38 iii. attached townhouse dwellings, 39 iv. two-family attached dwellings, 40 v. accessory dwelling units (ADUs), 41 vi. any detached accessory structure built in conjunction with any of the uses 42 listed in Items i-v in this section above. 43 (3) Projecting and blade signs. 44 a. The total area of each sign face counts toward the allowable area for wall sign- 45 age. 46 b. Each face of the projecting or blade sign must not exceed 32 square feet in area. Attachment A – Ordinance #25-07 Page 21 of 30