§ 1427-35. Sign Standards for the O Districts.

Signs in the O District must comply with the following:

(a)

Maximum Building Sign Area. (See § 1427-21)

(1)

OL District : 0.75 square feet for every linear foot of building frontage per establishment.

(2)

OG District : 1.5 square feet for every linear foot of building frontage per establishment.

(3)

Changeable Copy Signs are permitted in the OG District. They may be constructed as ground, wall, marquee, or canopy signs and are subject to all other size regulations for the particular sign type selected. Only one changeable copy sign per site is permitted. A Changeable Copy Sign may not be changed or rearranged at less than a ten second interval and may not include streaming, animating, or flashing text or images.

(b)

Maximum Ground Sign Area. (See § 1427-21)

(1)

OL District : 0.375 square feet for every linear foot of lot frontage on a street per site.

(2)

OG District : 0.75 square feet for every linear foot of lot frontage on a street per site.

For Signs in the OL District the following regulations apply:

OL District	Ground Signs	Window Signs	Projecting Signs	Wall Signs	Marquee Signs	Awning or Canopy Signs
Permitted Signs	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, if no marquee sign	Yes, if no wall sign	Yes
Max. # of Signs	See § 1427-25	Unlimited	N/A	1 per street frontage per establishment	1 per street frontage per establishment	1 per establishment
Max. Sign Area	36 sq. ft. per sign face	See § 1427-29	N/A	36 sq. ft.	36 sq. ft.	36 sq. ft.
Max. # of Sign Faces Permitted	2	1	N/A	1	1	1
Max. Sign Height	6 ft.	See § 1427-29	N/A	See § 1427-23	Not more than 2 ft. above marquee	N/A
Max. Sign Width	6 ft.	Horizontal limits of the window	N/A	Horizontal limits of the establishment	Horizontal limits of the marquee	Horizontal limits of the awning or canopy
Min. Setback from any lot line	3 ft.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Permitted Illumination	External only	External only	N/A	External only	External only	External only

 

For Signs in the OG District the following regulations apply:

OG District	Ground Signs	Window Signs	Projecting Signs	Wall Signs	Marquee Signs	Awning or Canopy Signs
Permitted Signs	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Max. # of Signs	See § 1427-25	Unlimited	N/A	1 per street frontage per establishment	1 per street frontage per establishment	1 per establishment
Max. Sign Area	See § 1427-35	See § 1427-29	N/A	72 sq. ft.	72 sq. ft.	72 sq. ft.
Max. # of Sign Faces Permitted	2	1	N/A	1	1	1
Max. Sign Height	10 ft.	See § 1427-29	N/A		Not more than 2 ft. above marquee	N/A
Max. Sign Width	10 ft.	Horizontal limits of the window	N/A	Horizontal limits of the establishment	Horizontal limits of the marquee	Horizontal limits of the awning or canopy
Min. Setback from any lot line	3 ft. or one-half the height of the sign, whichever is greater	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Permitted Illumination	External or Internal	External only	N/A	External or Internal	External or Internal	External or Internal

 

(Ordained by Ord. No. 303-2006, § 1(Exh. A), eff. Nov. 25, 2006; a. Ord. No. 141-2008, § 1, eff. May 23, 2008; a. Ord. No. 393-2008, eff. Dec. 19, 2008)