§ 3377.20. Permanent on-premises wall and window signs.

This section contains the general provisions for regulating permanent on-premises wall and window signs serving institutional, commercial or manufacturing uses. Where a lot is developed with a single use or activity, regardless of size, wall and/or window signs shall be allowed based on the characteristics of the entire use. Permanent on-premises wall and window signs are also subject to the provisions of C.C. 3377.21 to C.C. 3377.25, inclusive.

The following provisions shall apply to all wall and window signs allowed by this chapter:

A.

In order to qualify for a wall and/or window sign to be installed on the subject building, the use or activity to be served by the sign must occupy a portion of said building. Said sign shall be displayed only on a wall, or that portion of a wall, enclosing said use or activity.

B.

Permanent wall signs serving individual uses or activities shall be displayed only on a wall enclosing the ground and first (or first and second) floor levels of the building. However, an allowable permanent wall sign which serves to identify the entire use or building may be displayed on any part of said wall or facade including its parapet.

C.

Along each facade of a building, in addition to allowable window signs and/or under-canopy signs, each individual use or activity shall utilize no more than one of the following types of wall signs: Direct-mounted wall sign, awning sign, or canopy sign.

D.

The aggregate graphic area of wall signs on each facade shall not exceed the allowable graphic area as determined by this Graphics Code.

E.

Where a use or activity qualifies for a wall sign facing an abutting street, and provided said use or tenant is not also served by a ground sign or projecting sign directed to the same street, some or all of the allowable graphic area for wall signs may be utilized on the adjacent side walls enclosing the same use or activity.

F.

A wall sign shall not extend across, cover, or interfere with the functioning of major architectural features such as, but not limited to, windows and doors.

G.

A wall sign shall not extend beyond the perimeter of the wall to which it is attached, except as part of an approved awning or canopy.

H.

Only the primary face of a wall sign shall be used to display any sign copy. The primary face is that plane which is closest to parallel to the wall to which it is attached.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 5 (part); Ord. No. 0170-2014, § 8, 7-28-2014)