§ 44-357. General sign regulations.

The following regulations shall apply to all signs:

(1)

Illumination.

a.

In LDR, MDR, HDR, TLWFR and MFR zoning districts, only indirectly illuminated signs shall be allowed, provided such signs are so shielded as to prevent direct light rays from the source of light being visible from the public right-of-way or any adjacent residential property.

b.

In HSC, OSC, CBD, WF, LI and I districts, indirectly or internally illuminated signs are permitted, provided such signs are so shielded as to prevent direct light rays from the source of light from being visible from the public right-of-way or any adjacent residential property.

c.

Exposed neon or gaseous light tubing shall be permitted.

d.

In no case shall any sign exceed a level of illumination of 0.08 footcandles and a luminaire brightness of 2,400-foot lamberts, when measured at the property line.

(2)

No freestanding sign or roof sign shall exceed 20 feet in height.

(3)

Except where specified otherwise in sections 44-355, exempted signs; 44-360(3), freestanding signs; 44-360(6), exceptions, and 44-361(3), permitted signs in the CBD, all signs shall be set back a minimum of one-half the front yard requirements as measured from the street right-of-way line.

(4)

All signs, except those exempted by sections 44-355, exempted signs; 44-361(4), signs permitted in the CBD; 44-362(2), shall be reviewed and approved by the city planning commission as part of the site plan review process and/or sign application, as required in article XI of this chapter, site plan review procedures.

(5)

No sign, except for projecting, canopy, marquee signs allowed in the CBD and those maintained by the city, county, state or federal government, shall be located in or overhang a public right-of-way or dedicated easement.

(6)

One sandwich board sign not exceeding 12.5 square feet per sign face and not more than 54 inches in height may be permitted in addition to the other permitted signs, provided the sign is located on private property of a commercial business. (See figure 10-3.) Refer also to section 44-362, temporary signs, for regulations pertaining to temporary sandwich board signs.

Fig. 10-3

(Code 1992, § 24-345; Ord. No. 304, § 1005, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 313, 7-5-2005)