§ 64.504. B2—B3 business and IT industrial districts.  


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  • (a)

    Business and identification signs:

    (1)

    The sum of the gross surface display area in square feet of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed two (2) times the lineal feet of lot frontage or seventy-five (75) square feet, whichever is greater.

    (2)

    Only one (1) freestanding sign per lot is permitted in a required yard. A freestanding sign projecting into a public right-of-way beyond eighteen (18) inches may not exceed fifteen (15) square feet in display area.

    (3)

    One (1) projecting sign per entrance on a street frontage is permitted. Any sign which projects into a public right-of-way beyond eighteen (18) inches shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in display area.

    (4)

    The height of signs shall be subject to the conditions specified in section 64.503(a)(4).

    (5)

    In the B2 district, dynamic displays shall be monochromatic if located within one hundred (100) feet of a residential use, measured from the sign to the nearest residential property line, shall not scroll or change their displays faster than every twenty (20) minutes, and shall be turned off between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or after business hours, whichever is later, except that interior window signs six (6) square feet or less in area with only text providing only open/closed information may have more than one (1) color.

    (b)

    Temporary signs:

    (1)

    For new developments, one (1) real estate development sign not exceeding a total of one hundred (100) square feet in area on the lot of the new development. Such signs shall not be located within any required yard.

    (2)

    For all uses, real estate signs not exceeding at total of twelve (12) square feet in area.

    (3)

    For all uses, one (1) sign not exceeding a total of one hundred (100) square feet in area identifying an engineer, architect or contractor engaged in, or product used in, the construction of a building.

    (4)

    Temporary signs shall be permitted as follows:

    a.

    Banners, pennants and stringers.

    b.

    Freestanding and wall signs, the total area not to exceed a total of thirty-two (32) square feet.

    c.

    Such signs shall be permitted three (3) nonconsecutive times per calendar year for a period of not more than thirty (30) days per time or once per year for ninety (90) days.

    (5)

    Temporary window signs shall cover no more than thirty (30) percent of the window area, including windows in doors, between four (4) and seven (7) feet above grade and shall not block the view from a public right-of-way into the clerk or cashier station.

    (6)

    No sign shall project higher than thirty-seven and one-half (37½) feet above grade.

    (c)

    Portable signs. Portable signs are permitted and subject to the conditions specified in section 64.503(c).

(C.F. No. 07-39, § 3, 2-21-07; C.F. No. 09-1015, § 1, 12-9-09; Ord. No. 11-32, § 1, 12-14-11; Ord 13-22, § 4, 8-21-13; Ord 14-37, § 1, 11-12-14)