§ 3377.18. Permanent on-premises projecting signs.

This section contains general provisions for regulating permanent on-premises projecting signs serving uses located in an institutional, commercial or manufacturing zoning district. Permanent on-premise projecting signs are also subject to the provisions of C.C. 3377.19.

A.

Projecting Sign On a Building. A use situated in an institutional, commercial or manufacturing district shall display no more than one permanent on-premises projecting sign directed to each street which abuts the lot, and erected in accordance with the provisions of this Graphics Code, subject to the following additional limitations:

1.

Where such projecting sign is utilized, the use shall not display a ground sign or a side wall sign directed to the same street.

2.

For the purpose of calculating allowable graphic area, the sign setback line for a permanent projecting sign shall be that of the wall of the building to which it is attached, except that where any part of a projecting sign encroaches upon any public right-of-way, the setback of the leading edge of said sign shall be utilized.

3.

A side yard setback of ten feet shall be required from any residentially zoned district.

4.

When installed entirely within private property a projecting sign shall clear the established grade at the sign location by at least eight feet.

5.

No portion of a projecting sign shall extend above the wall or fascia to which it is attached.

6.

A projecting sign may extend over the right-of-way of a street, regardless of the building location relative to the right-of-way line, subject to the provisions of C.C. 3377.09, Right-of-way encroachments.

B.

Projecting Signs for Ground Floor Activities. Where a building contains two or more ground floor uses or activities which abut a fronting street, each ground floor use or activity shall utilize no more than one projecting sign, subject to the following conditions:

1.

Such individual projecting signs shall be allowed only in lieu of a projecting sign or ground sign serving the entire use or building, and shall be subject to the provisions of C.C. 3377.18(A).

2.

The maximum allowable graphic area for each such projecting sign shall be calculated by dividing the allowable graphic area for a single projecting sign serving the entire ground floor by the total number of ground floor tenant spaces along that frontage.

3.

Individual projecting signs serving each use or tenant shall be of uniform size and shall be installed on, or directly above, the portion of the wall enclosing said use or tenant and at a uniform height above grade.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 5 (part).)