18.55.260 Permanent signs – Nonresidential properties – Building-mounted signs.
All nonresidential properties shall be allowed permanent building-mounted signs pursuant to the following criteria:
(1) Sign Types. The following may be building-mounted signs and are allowed in all nonresidential zoning districts:
(a) Awning or canopy signs;
(b) Changeable copy signs;
(c) Electronic changeable copy signs;
(d) Marquee signs;
(e) Window signs;
(f) Projecting signs; and
(g) Wall-mounted signs.
(2) Sign Features. Any building-mounted sign may be an electric sign, an illuminated sign, and/or a neon sign.
(3) Sign Height. No sign shall project above the roofline of the exposed building face to which it is attached.
(4) Sign Area. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the total sign area of building-mounted signs for each business or tenant, excluding under canopy signs, shall not exceed 15 percent of the exposed building face to which it is attached; provided, however, that no individual sign shall exceed a sign area of 240 square feet and every applicant is entitled to a minimum sign area of 30 square feet.
(5) Number of Signs.
(a) The number of building-mounted signs allowed each user is dependent upon the surface area of the largest single exposed building face of the building as follows:
|
Largest Exposed Building Face |
Maximum Number of Signs |
|---|---|
|
Less than 999 square feet |
2 |
|
1,000 – 2,999 square feet |
3 |
|
3,000 – 3,999 square feet |
4 |
|
4,000 and over square feet |
5 |
(b) Primary users with more than one business (i.e., a grocery store with a banking facility, cleaner, etc.), which must obtain a business license and without a separate entrance, are allowed one sign for each different business in addition to the number allowed above. The area of such additional signage must not exceed 15 percent of the exterior wall of the separate business.
(c) An applicant is not allowed to transfer sign area calculated pursuant to this section from one building face to another but can move allotted signs from one building face to another.
(d) Each business or use may be allowed a sign underneath a canopy in addition to the other allowed building-mounted signs subject to the size and separation requirements set forth in this title.
(6) Window Signs.
(a) Permanent window signs shall, in aggregate, not exceed 30 percent of the area of the window on which they are displayed.
(b) A permit is not required for the display of permanent window signs. (Ord. 08-18 § 2 (Exh. A))