§ 24.04.199. Signs permitted in the "OW" Office/Warehouse and the "IP" Industrial Park Districts.

1.

On-Site Ground or Pole Signs shall be allowed under the following provisions:

a.

Number Permitted. The number of Ground or Pole Signs permitted on a Zoning Lot shall be determined by the linear feet of Street Frontage of the Zoning Lot. Where a Zoning Lot has Street Frontage on more than one street, the provisions of this Section shall apply to each Street Frontage; provided, however, signs permitted by a Street Frontage must be adjacent to, and face the direction of travel along said street.

Exception: On Zoning Lots adjoining designated collector or arterial streets or expressways to which the Zoning Lot has no direct, legal vehicular access, one Ground or Pole Sign not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in area and twenty (20) feet maximum height above grade shall be permitted along such collector or arterial street or expressway; provided that any such Ground or Pole Sign shall only be permitted in lieu of Building Signs otherwise allowed on the building elevation facing the same street.

One Ground or Pole Sign shall be permitted for any Street Frontage; provided, however, additional Ground or Pole Signs may be permitted when a distance separation of one hundred fifty (150) feet along the Street Frontage is maintained between Ground or Pole Signs. When the distance separation of one hundred fifty (150) feet does not permit each individual business a sign, the businesses shall share the use of the permitted number of signs.

Under no circumstance shall the total gross surface area of all Ground or Pole Signs on a Zoning Lot Street Frontage exceed the table of areas maximum square feet of all signs per linear foot of Street Frontage set forth in subsection (1)(b) of this Section.

b.

Size Permitted. The size of an On-Site Ground or Pole Sign shall not exceed the maximums set forth in the Table of Areas below; provided, however, the total sign area of all on-site Ground or Pole Signs on the Zoning Lot shall not exceed the total permitted area in square feet of all signs per linear foot of Street Frontage adjacent to Street Frontage providing legal, direct vehicular access onto the Zoning Lot.

TABLE OF AREAS
Maximum Permitted Areas for On-Site Ground or Pole Signs in "OW" and "IP" Districts

Type of Street*	Maximum Area of Individual Sign in Square Feet	Total Permitted Area in Square Feet of All Signs per Linear Foot of Street Frontage
Undesignated	50	0.5
Collector	100	0.5
Arterial	150	0.80
Expressway	150	0.80

 

*As designated on Figure 11 of the 2020 Transportation Plan, an element of the comprehensive plan.

Exception: A Zoning Lot with sixty-four (64) feet or less of linear frontage shall be permitted a Ground or Pole Sign of up to thirty-two (32) square feet of Sign Surface area.

c.

Height Limit. No Ground or Pole Sign shall exceed a height of twenty (20) feet except when the number of permitted Ground or Pole Signs along a Street Frontage of the Zoning Lot which is adjacent to an arterial street or expressway, as set forth in subsection (1)(a) in this Section, is not utilized. If one or more allowed Ground or Pole Signs along an arterial street or expressway are not utilized, one Ground or Pole Sign along the same arterial or expressway may be increased by five (5) feet in height, or to a maximum of twenty-five (25) feet, provided that the number of businesses on the Zoning Lot exceeds the number of Ground or Pole Signs otherwise allowed in this Section.

d.

Location on Property. On-site Ground or Pole Signs shall not project over public Right of Way, and shall be located not closer to an adjacent property line than one-third the frontage of the Zoning Lot or fifteen (15) feet, whichever is less. The centerline of an alley shall be considered an adjacent property line. When more than one Ground or Pole Sign is permitted on a Zoning Lot, there shall be maintained a minimum horizontal distance between signs of one hundred fifty (150) feet, along the same Street Frontage.

Exception: A sign located within fifty (50) feet of the intersection of two (2) streets on a corner lot may be placed so that it may face both directions of travel, such as a sign being erected on an angle. When this occurs, it shall be considered a sign adjacent to each street, and one-half of the sign area shall be charged against the total permitted sign area of each Street Frontage.

Exception: The Zoning Administrator may vary these minimum horizontal distances up to thirty (30) percent when circumstances related to the physical features of the Zoning Lot prevent the installation of the sign at the minimum horizontal distances. The reduction of these minimums shall in no way change the number of signs permitted on a Zoning Lot.

2.

Portable Signs shall only be allowed for Institutions as specifically set out in Section 24.04.190.

3.

Building Signs not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area and thirty (30) feet in height above grade, and limited to one per building elevation for each major use in the building; provided that the total amount of building signage per building elevation shall be limited in total area to ten (10) percent of the building elevation, or a total of three hundred (300) square feet, whichever is less. The building elevation to which any sign is to be attached shall have one of the following:

a)

Street Frontage;

b)

Be adjacent to a nonresidential Zoning District; or

c)

If adjacent to a residential Zoning District, there must be a parking, loading or open space area with a depth of one hundred fifty (150) feet or more as measured from the Sign to the property line which adjoins the residential Zoning District.

4.

Any sign permitted by this Section shall be limited to direct or internal illumination of white light only. Signs shall not rotate or have flashing or moving images.

5.

For industrial parks within "IP" Industrial Park Districts, Directory Signs and Temporary Signs as allowed by Section 24.04.190(6) shall be allowed with the following limitations:

a.

Exclusively for the businesses located within the industrial park in which the sign is located;

b.

Direct or internal illumination of white light only or reflective or luminous materials. Signs shall not rotate or have flashing or moving images;

c.

Not more than one Directory Sign shall be maintained in any one industrial park less than forty (40) acres in size. For each additional forty (40) acres or fraction thereof, one additional Directory Sign may be erected.

d.

Maximum area shall be as shown in Subsection (1)(b) of this Section under the table of areas "Maximum Area of Individual Sign in Square Feet," regardless of amount of linear Street Frontage.

e.

Maximum height of Directory Signs shall be twenty (20) feet.

f.

Directory Signs must be separated by a minimum distance of three hundred thirty (330) feet from any other Temporary or Directory Sign for the industrial park, and by a minimum distance of one hundred fifty (150) feet from any other on-site Pole or Ground Sign within the industrial park.

6.

For purposes of this Section, "Street Frontage" shall be the linear feet of Street Frontage directly adjacent to an adjoining street or street Right of Way from which there is direct, legal vehicular access to the zoning lot. In determining Street Frontage, one-half the width of an adjoining alley may be considered as frontage.

(Ord. No. 43-013 § 2; Ord. No. 50-439, § 33, 4-25-17)