§ 1500-21-040. General Sign Standards

The following criteria shall be utilized for permanent advertising displays and signs:

A.

Architectural Style. Each sign shall be designed to be compatible with and relate to the architectural style of the main building or buildings upon the site where such sign is located.

B.

Relationship to Other Signs. Where there is more than one sign on a site or building, all permanent signs displaying a commercial message shall have designs that are similar and compatible in type, design and treatment.

C.

Sign Illumination. All signs may be illuminated from an internal or external light source. The illumination of signs shall be designed to minimize negative impacts on surrounding rights-of-way and properties. The following standards shall apply to all illuminated signs:

1.

External light sources shall be directed and shielded to limit direct illumination to the sign area only;

2.

The light from an illuminated sign shall not be of an intensity or brightness that will create glare or other negative impacts on residential properties in direct line of sight to the sign.

D.

Wall Sign Design. All wall signs shall be attached flat against or pinned away (peg mounted or similar) from a building wall, but shall not extend or protrude more than one foot from the wall, except for allowed projecting signs. Exposed raceways are permitted only when the raceway is an integral design component of the sign.

E.

Freestanding Sign Design. All freestanding signs shall be monument style and incorporate a base (masonry, stone, brick, stucco, decorative metal or other similar material).

F.

Freestanding Sign Setbacks. Freestanding signs shall maintain a setback, measured from that part of the sign that is closest to the nearest property line of the parcel or lot on which it is placed, equal to at least one-half the height of the sign. No freestanding sign shall be located closer than 6 feet from any property line, closer than 3 feet from any building, within any right-of-way or public utility easement, or within the corner lot clear vision triangle pursuant to Section 1500-02-050.

G.

Awning, Canopy and Under Canopy Signs. Awning, canopy and under canopy signs shall provide a minimum of 8 feet of clearance above the ground.

H.

Projecting Signs. Projecting signs shall provide a minimum of 8 feet of clearance above the ground, and shall not extend more than 4 feet from the wall upon which they are attached.

I.

Changeable Copy Signs. The text on changeable copy signs shall be limited to activities and events offered by the use associated with the sign.