layout: default title: “826.10 SIGNS PERMITTED IN ARCHITECTURAL SIGN DISTRICTS.”—

(a) Only the following functional classes of signs are permitted on a parcel, subject to the regulations stated below and elsewhere in this chapter:

(1) Advertising signs.

(2) Real estate signs not exceeding nine square feet in message area each, limited to one sign for each street frontage.

(3) New business signs.

(4) Domestic advertising signs.

(5) One Business Hours sign.

(6) Signs listed under Sections 826.06.

(b) Advertising Signs. Advertising signs in architectural sign districts shall relate only to the business(s) being conducted on the parcel on which the sign is located.

(d) Limitations on Wall Signs.

(1) Wall signs shall not be painted directly on a building or wall.

(2) Wall signs shall not exceed one-half the height of the surface to which they are attached, or eight feet, whichever is greater.

(3) Wall signs shall not extend more than four inches beyond the surface to which they are attached.

(e) Limitations on Ground Signs.

(1) Only one ground sign is permitted on a parcel.

(2) The maximum sign height is six feet.

(3) A minimum setback of eight feet is required.

(f) Limitations on Projecting Signs.

(1) Projecting signs shall not exceed a sign height of twelve feet.

(2) Projecting signs shall not overhang the City right-of-way except over a pedestrian sidewalk, and then only to a maximum of three feet.

(g) Window Signs. Window signs may not obstruct more than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate transparent window area facing street frontage, of any building on the parcel.

(h) Illumination. Signs may not be internally illuminated.

(Ord. 96-38. Passed 7-11-96.)

(i) Architectural Review. No permanent sign associated with a protected property in an architectural sign district shall be permitted unless it has first been issued a certificate of appropriateness by the City Architectural Review Board (ARB), pursuant to Chapter 1229.08. In determining whether to grant approval, the ARB shall consider the following:

(1) Is the sign appropriate in scale to the building with which it is associated?

(2) Is the sign appropriate in design to the architectural style or period of the building with which it is associated?

(3) Are the colors selected for the sign compatible with the building with which it is associated?

(4) Is the sign located so as to reasonably minimize adverse aesthetic effects on the architectural design of the building with which it is associated?

Application for a certificate of appropriateness from the ARB shall be made to the City Building Inspection Department simultaneously with, or prior to, the application for the sign permit. Applications shall be on a form prescribed by the City, accompanied by a dimensioned scale drawing or dimensioned photograph of the sign indicating its typographic style, graphics, colors, supporting structure and other visual detail. Such applications shall bear no fee.

(Ord. 02-55. Passed 11-7-02.)