§ 3376.01. General provisions for on-premises signs in residential districts.  


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  • On-premises signs are permitted in residentially zoned districts established in Chapter 3309, C.C. Development in the AR-0, apartment office district, is treated by this Graphics Code as an office/institutional use subject to the provisions of Chapter 3377, C.C.

    The following general provisions shall apply to on-premises signs in residential districts:

    A.

    A permanent on-premises sign may be displayed on a lot in a residentially zoned district and shall be consistent with the development standards contained in the Zoning Code. A permanent on-premises sign shall be displayed only by a residentially zoned use specified in this chapter.

    B.

    A temporary on-premises sign may be displayed on a lot in a residentially zoned district when displayed in accordance with the temporary, nonilluminated, on-premise sign requirements.

    C.

    A certificate of zoning clearance and installation permit shall be required for the installation or refacing of any nonilluminated permanent sign over ten square feet in graphic area and for any illuminated permanent sign, regardless of size. A temporary sign shall be displayed in accordance with the temporary, nonilluminated, on-premise sign requirements.

    D.

    No person shall install any sign allowed by this chapter within any public right-of-way.

    E.

    A sign required by law shall be no larger than the minimum requirement or, when the size of said sign is not regulated, shall be no larger than necessary to perform the intended function.

    F.

    A ground sign installed in a residentially zoned district shall comply with the vision clearance requirements of the general site development standards chapter of this zoning code.

    G.

    A ground sign installed perpendicular to the street to which it is directed may be double-faced. In lieu of two or more allowed ground signs, one double-faced or multi-faced ground sign may be installed at the intersection of two streets abutting a use in a residentially zoned district and arranged so as to be directed to both streets. The allowable graphic area shall not exceed the size permitted for each street.

    H.

    Street Address Requirements. Chapter 907, C.C., requires that the street address of each use or activity shall be displayed so as to be readable from the street fronting the use. Where that requirement is to be met by displaying the house number on a wall sign or ground sign serving a residential use, the following size standards shall be utilized:

    1.

    Where the speed limit of the fronting street is greater than 35 miles per hour, the numeral size shall be no less than six inches.

    2.

    Where the speed limit of the fronting street is 35 miles per hour or less, the numeral size shall be no less than four inches.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 4 (part); Ord. No. 1537-2009, § 20, 5-3-2010; Ord. No. 1200-2017 , § 19, 6-12-2017)