§ 16-589. Signs permitted in the B-1 and B-2 business districts.

Within the business districts as shown on the zoning map, only the following types of signs shall be permitted:

(1)

One permanent, freestanding or projecting identification sign is permitted for each premises. One such sign is permitted for each frontage on a public street. Any such freestanding or projecting sign shall not exceed 30 feet in height or 32 square feet in sign area per side.

(2)

Permanent wall signs shall be permitted for each separate business establishment provided the total allowable wall sign area for all signs shall not exceed one-half square foot for each lineal foot of road frontage facing a public street. Wall signs shall in no case project higher than the eave of the building or 30 feet, whichever is lower.

(3)

One identification sign per business establishment may be suspended from or attached to the underside of a canopy or marquee, provided such sign does not exceed six square feet in area and maintains a clear distance of at least 7½ feet between the sidewalk and the bottom of the sign.

(4)

In addition to the identification signs described in subsections (1) through (3) of this section, any business located along a shoreline may erect one sign no larger than 32 square feet on the shoreline side of the business designating the business. Such sign must be attached to an existing structure such as the principal building, a pier or other permanent structure.

(5)

No part of any freestanding sign in the B-1 district shall be located in any public right-of-way or 15 feet from any other property line. No part of any freestanding sign in the B-2 district shall be closer than 2½ feet from a street right-of-way or 15 feet from any other property line.

(6)

Temporary signs, as permitted in section 16-590 and sandwich boards. Sandwich boards shall not exceed eight square feet in size per side and five feet in height, shall not be placed within the right-of-way of a state or municipal highway, shall be located on the property of the business advertised, and shall only be displayed during business hours of the business advertised.

(7)

If the lot on which a sign is to be located is zoned other than residential, but it is immediately adjacent to a lot zoned for residential use, then a distance of at least 20 feet shall intervene between any part of such sign and the adjacent lot line of the property in the residential district.

(Ord. No. 95-008, § 15.6, 12-13-1995; Ord. No. 97-003, § 2, 8-13-1997)