§ 78-16. Sign table.

	Type of Sign Purpose or Use	Maximum Height	Setback from Right-of-Way (1)	Maximum Size Per Sign Allowed			Number and Type Permitted
1.	Primary signs for an individual establishment on an individual nonresidential lot.	5 ft.	0—5 ft.	GROUND SIGNS:			GROUND SIGNS:
		10 ft.	> 5 ft. or < 20 ft.	Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size		One sign structure per road frontage not to exceed maximum allowable square footage.*
		20 ft.	20 ft. or >	0—10,000	75 s.f.
				10,001—50,000	100 s.f.
				50,001—100,000	150 s.f.
				100,000— >	200 s.f.
				WALL SIGNS:			WALL SIGNS:
				Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size Per Elevation	Agg. Total all Elev.	Signs may not exceed 50 percent of the total permitted square footage on any building elevation. The total of all signs on all elevations shall not exceed the total square footage lists.
				0—2,500	36 s.f.	72 s.f.
				2,501—15,000	60 s.f.	120 s.f.
				15,001—50,000	100 s.f.	200 s.f.
				50,001— >	200 s.f.	400 s.f.
2.	Accessory ground signs for an individual establishment on an individual nonresidential lot.	3 ft.	0—5 ft.	GROUND SIGNS:			GROUND SIGNS:
				Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size		Two sign structures per entrance.
				0—10,000	3 s.f.
				10,001—50,000	4 s.f.
				50,001—100,000	5 s.f.
				100,000— >	6 s.f.
3.	Primary signs for an individual building on an individual residential lot.	5 ft.	0 ft.	GROUND SIGNS:			GROUND SIGNS:
				Lot acreage	Max. Sign Size		One sign structure per road frontage not to exceed maximum allowable square footage.
				3—5 acres	24 s.f.
				5 or greater	48 s.f.
				WALL SIGNS:			WALL SIGNS:
				Lot acreage	Max. Sign Size		Signs may not exceed one placed on the front elevation.
				3—5 acres	9 s.f.
				5 or greater	18 s.f.
4.	Accessory ground signs for an individual building on an individual residential lot.	3 ft.	0 ft.	GROUND SIGNS:			GROUND SIGNS:
				Lot acreage	Max. Sign Size		Two sign structures per entrance.
				3—5 acres	4 s.f.
				5 or greater	6 s.f.
5.	Signs for individual establishments, shops, etc., within a planned commercial center.	Not greater than height of wall	N/A				GROUND SIGNS:
							Not allowed.
				WALL SIGNS:			WALL SIGNS:
				Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size Per Bldg. Elevation		Signs may not exceed 50 percent of the total permitted square footage on any building elevation. The total of all wall signs on all elevations shall not exceed the total square footage listed.
				0—2,500	36 s.f.
				2,501—15,000	60 s.f.
				15,001—50,000	100 s.f.
				50,000— >	200 s.f.
				Gross Building Space	Aggregate Total of All Wall Signs
				0—2,500	72 s.f.
				2,501—15,000	120 s.f.
				15,001—50,000	200 s.f.
				50,001— >	400 s.f.
6.	Signs for individual offices, etc., within a planned office or industrial center.	Not greater than height of wall	N/A	20 square feet or five percent of the wall areas, whichever is greater			GROUND SIGNS:
							Not allowed.
							WALL SIGNS:
							One per building elevation per tenant
7.	Primary ground sign for planned office, commercial, industrial or retail center.	5 ft.	0—5 ft.	GROUND SIGNS:			GROUND SIGNS:
		10 ft.	> 5 or < 20 ft.	Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size		One sign structure per road frontage not to exceed maximum allowable square footage.*
		20 ft.	20 ft. or >	0—10,000	75 s.f.
				10,001—50,000	100 s.f.
				50,001—100,000	150 s.f.
				100,000— >	200 s.f.
8.	Accessory ground sign for planned office, commercial, industrial or retail center.	3 ft.	0—5 ft.	Gross Building Space	Max. Sign Size		GROUND SIGNS:
				0—10,000	3 s.f.		Two sign structures per entrance.
				10,001—50,000	4 s.f.
				50,001—100,000	5 s.f.
				100,000— >	6 s.f.
9.	Permanent entrance sign for a nonresidential subdivision.	8 ft. excluding embellishments which shall not exceed two feet above the maximum height of the sign structure.	0 ft.	50 square feet			Two per entrance
10.	Permanent entrance sign for a residential development or subdivision.	8 ft. excluding embellishments which shall not exceed two feet above the maximum height of the sign structure.	0 ft.	32 square feet per sign (sign structure must be constructed of brick, stone, masonry or equal architectural material).			Two per entrance
11.	Interior Project Directional Sign (See section 86-118)	4 ft.	0 ft.	32 square feet			One per internal intersection
12.	Permanent sign for a subdivision recreation area.	5 ft.	0 ft.	GROUND SIGNS—24 square feet			GROUND SIGNS:
							One sign structure per road frontage not to exceed the maximum allowable square footage.
				WALL SIGNS—9 square feet			WALL SIGNS:
							Signs shall not exceed one placed on the front elevation.

 

(1) No sign shall be located closer than ten feet to the back of curb of a public roadway.

*Properties with multiple road frontages may transfer a maximum of 50 percent of the allowable square footage from one road frontage to the other.

(Code 1994, § 86-114A; Res. No. A-01-004, 8-28-2001; Res. No. 2015-0541, 5-27-2003)