Section 12.03
Ground mounted or freestanding sign in all business and commercial district shall be regulated as follows:
For each lot or parcel, one ground-mounted or freestanding sign may be permitted with a gross display area of one (I) square foot for each two (2) feet of frontage up to a maximum of sixty (60) square feet in total area.
Up to Fifty (50) percent of gross surface area may be a changeable copy sign.
All ground-mounted and freestanding signs shall be setback at least ten (10) feet from all property lines.
If a lot contains more than six hundred (600) feet of frontage on a public road, a second sign meeting the criteria above may be erected. No freestanding sign or ground- mounted sign shall be located no closer than one hundred (100) feet to another sign along the same right-of-way.
The top of a ground-mounted or free-standing sign shall not be more than fifteen (15) feet above grade level.
In addition to a free-standing or ground-mounted sign for each lot, each business establishment may have one wall sign:
not to exceed ten (10) percent of its wall area facing the front lot line, up to a maximum of sixty (60) square feet.
If no freestanding or ground mounted sign is present, then two (2) wall mounted signs may be permitted. (To illustrate the requirement, a building with a 12' x 30' wall (360 sq. ft.) facing the front lot line and containing one tenant would get one wall sign up to 36 square feet.)
If at the discretion of the owner/applicant, up to eighteen (18) square feet on the allotted wall sign space may be used for a projecting sign, provided that the bottom of the sign is at least ten (10) feet above grade and the sign does not project more than
five (5) feet from the side of the building, or more than one (1) foot above the roof of the building. d. A building mounted sign that projects from the face of the building shall. have a minimum clearance of the (10) feet above grade.
Maximum brightness levels for illuminated signs shall not exceed 5,000 nits when measured from the sign's face at its maximum brightness during daylight hours and 500 nits when measured from the sign's face at its maximum brightness between dusk and dawn. For purposes of this Ordinance, the term “nits” shall describe a metric unit of luminance defined as candela per square meter (cd/m), based on the candela, the modern metric unit of luminous intensity, and the square meter.
Instruments which use technology to display or project digital messages onto windows or walls of buildings shall be considered an electronic message board and shall be subject to all provisions of this Ordinance.