layout: default title: “826.08 SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL SIGN DISTRICTS.”—
(a) Only the following functional classes of signs are permitted on a parcel, subject to the limitations stated below and elsewhere in this chapter:
(1) Advertising signs.
(2) Real estate signs. The sum of the message areas of all real estate signs shall not exceed thirty-two square feet for each side of the parcel with street frontage.
(3) Real estate open house signs.
(4) New business signs.
(5) Vending machine signs.
(6) Signs listed under Sections 826.06.
(b) Advertising Signs. Advertising signs shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Allowable message area. The allowable message area is calculated as follows:
A. Where the principal building has a floor area of 10,000 square feet or less, fifteen square feet for each 1,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of floor area of the principal building.
B. Where the principal building is over 10,000 square feet, 150 square feet for the first 10,000 square feet, plus five square feet for each additional 1,000 square feet of floor area over the first 10,000 square feet.
C. Where the name of the premises, such as that of a multiple occupancy industrial building, is distinct from that of any occupant, additional allowable message area may be used for the sole purpose of stating the name of the premises. The additional allowable message area is fifty square feet for a development of one acre or less, plus twenty square feet for each additional acre or fraction thereof. (Ord. 96-38. Passed 7-11-96.)
(c) Limitations on Wall Signs. Only one wall sign per occupant space shall be permitted, unless the parcel has no ground sign. In that event, one wall sign in addition to those otherwise permitted on the parcel shall be allowed, provided that all advertising signs on the parcel remain within the allowable message area. Wall signs shall be separated by a minimum of five feet. (Ord. 00-55. Passed 10-19-00.)
(d) Limitations on Ground Signs. Only one ground sign is permitted on each side of the parcel with street frontage.
(1) Ground signs shall maintain a minimum setback of twenty-five feet, and shall not exceed twenty feet in height.
(2) The maximum message area at the twenty-five foot setback is 100 square feet. Signs larger than 100 square feet will be required to maintain an additional one foot setback for each eight square feet, or fraction thereof, that the message area is increased.
(e) Window Signs. Window signs shall not obscure more than tent percent (10%) of the window area facing street frontage, of any building on the parcel.
(Ord. 96-38. Passed 7-11-96.)
(f) Special event signs as defined in Section 826.03(a)(54), provided the following requirements are met:
(1) Only one permit shall be required for all special event signs erected within the City by a particular person or entity related to a particular special event. The permit shall indicate the name of the person or entity sponsoring the event; the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person responsible for the maintenance and removal of the signs; a list of addresses indicating the proposed locations of the signs; and the dates beginning and ending the period of approval.
(2) No more than two (2) special events may be advertised with special event signs during any calendar year. There shall be a minimum thirty (30) day separation between the periods of display of signs related to different events.
(3) No more than five (5) special event signs may be erected within the community under a single permit. This number may consist of the following at a maximum:
A. One (1) on-premise special event sign having a sign area not to exceed fifteen (15) square feet.
B. Four (4) off-premises special event signs having a sign area not to exceed nine (9) square feet.
(4) No sign shall be placed in any public right-of-way or public access easement or within eight (8) feet of any such right-of-way or easement. No sign may be located so as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) and eight (8) feet above the centerline grades of intersecting streets or driveways, measured thirty (30) feet from the intersection of such streets and driveways, or in any other location which creates a hazard, in the opinion of the City Engineer.
(5) No sign shall be located on other public lands without the permission of the public agency having ownership of such lands.
(6) No sign may be affixed to a tree or other plant material, utility pole, public bench, street light or other object, other than a building.
(7) No sign shall be constructed of materials which are not substantial enough to resist wind damage and undue weathering during the period of display.
(8) No sign shall exceed six (6) feet in height.
(9) No sign shall be erected earlier than ten (10) calendar days prior to the event nor remain more than forty-eight (48) hours after the close of the event.
(10) No more than one (1) special event sign may be erected on a parcel.
(Ord. 02-2. Passed 1-3-02.)