Sec. 14-705

Signage

• Commercial/industrial center sign types

  Commercial/industrial center or park sign may be a freestanding sign, a wall sign or a projecting sign.

• Detached building signage exception

  Freestanding, detached buildings located within an overall commercial/industrial center or park plan, but which (1) contain an independent and physically separated parking lot, (2) are developed under a separate site plan, and (3) have frontage directly bordering a public street, shall not be considered part of a commercial/industrial center or park for signage purposes and may erect freestanding, wall and projecting signs in accordance with the other terms of this ordinance.

• Development sign max 64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. 8 ft64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  A sign not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height may be erected at one (1) entrance on each street frontage of a nonresidential site

• Development sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. 15 ft15 ft

  Such sign shall be set back a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the right-of-way bordering the site.

• Directory sign area 16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. under 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  For commercial/industrial centers or parks of five (5) acres or more, the sign area shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet and be no more than six (6) feet in height.

• Directory sign area 64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or more64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  For commercial/industrial centers or parks of five (5) acres or more, the sign shall have a maximum sign area of sixty-four (64) square feet and a maximum sign height of twelve (12) feet.

• Directory sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. 12 ft 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or more12 ft

  For commercial/industrial centers or parks of five (5) acres or more, the sign shall have a maximum sign area of sixty-four (64) square feet and a maximum sign height of twelve (12) feet.

• Directory sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. 6 ft under 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.6 ft

  For commercial/industrial centers or parks of five (5) acres or more, the sign area shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet and be no more than six (6) feet in height.

• Directory sign min 2 ground contacts

  The sign shall have no less than two (2) points of contact with the ground.

• Directory sign oriented to internal traffic

  The sign is oriented to traffic internal to the center.

• Directory sign permitted

  One (1) directory sign shall be permitted for commercial/industrial centers or parks.

• Establishment with public entrance wall or projecting signs

  Each establishment having an exclusive and direct public entrance within a commercial/industrial center or park shall be permitted to have wall signs or projecting signs, complying with the table of design elements, along the building frontage where the public entrance exists, but shall be prohibited from having freestanding signs.

• Gas pump top sign max 1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Signs on top of pumps shall be permitted, provided that the sign area does not exceed one (1) square foot.

• Gas station inspection sign max 10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Gasoline supply stations which are authorized to perform state safety and/or emission control inspections may display a sign, not to exceed ten (10) square feet in sign area.

• Individual parcel construction sign combined max 12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Allowed sign areas may be combined into fewer, larger signs not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in sign area and four (4) feet in height.

• Individual parcel construction sign max 4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. 4 ft4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  In the case of developments having individually subdivided parcels, signs not exceeding four (4) square feet in sign area and four (4) feet in height may be erected on each such parcel for which a building permit has been issued.

• Movie theater message board max 120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  A movie theater having a wall which faces a street may erect a message board as a wall sign, with a maximum sign area of one hundred twenty (120) square feet.

• Nonresidential construction sign after first occupancy 64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  After the first certificate of occupancy is issued for any establishment within such project, only one (1) sign, not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height, shall be permitted at each such entrance.

• Nonresidential construction sign combined max 64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Allowed sign areas may be combined into fewer, larger signs, not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height.

• Nonresidential construction sign max 32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. 8 ft32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Individual signs, not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height, may be erected at one (1) entrance on each street frontage of a nonresidential development.

• Residential construction sign after 80 percent occupancy 120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  After certificates of occupancy are issued for eighty (80) percent of the dwelling units authorized under existing final site plans or subdivision plats within the residential development or subdivision, only one (1) sign, not exceeding one hundred twenty (120) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height, shall be permitted at each such entrance.

• Residential construction sign combined max 64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.64 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Allowed sign areas may be combined into fewer, larger signs, not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in height.

• Residential construction sign max 16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. 8 ft16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Individual signs, not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet in sign area and eight (8) feet in sign height, may be erected at one (1) entrance on each street frontage of a residential subdivision or development.