§ 28-22. Monument signs—Business districts

Monument signs are permitted in business zoning districts as follows:

(a) Number of monument signs:

(1) Only one monument sign of any type may be erected on any site's thoroughfare frontage, not to exceed two signs per site.

(a) Signs not exceeding 16 square feet and not exceeding six feet in height are allowed for an activity providing engine fuel sales which advertise prices of fuel on premises. No activity shall have more than one such sign per street front. In no case shall such sign be monument.

(b) Setback:

(1) Freestanding signs of a sign area of 50 square feet or less may be located as near as five feet to the public right-of-way.

(2) No part of a freestanding sign shall be closer than 25 feet measured radially to another freestanding sign on an adjacent sign site, nor shall any part of a freestanding sign on the same site be closer than 100 feet radially to another freestanding sign on that same sign site.

(c) Size, height and building materials:

(1) No freestanding sign shall exceed 50 square feet in sign area or seven feet in height except as herein provided.

(2) Freestanding signs may incorporate embellishments or cut-outs; provided, that they shall not exceed 20 percent of the area of the sign face and that they shall not extend beyond the sign face a distance exceeding 18 inches as measured horizontally.

(3) Every monument sign shall be required to have a minimum one-half-foot masonry base, measured from grade level to the bottom of the sign area. Every monument sign shall be required to have a minimum six-inch masonry border on each side of the sign area. A minimum six-inch masonry cap is allowed above the sign area, however, it is not required. If, the masonry cap option is not chosen, the maximum height of the sign structure shall be limited to seven feet. All monument signs will require engineer sealed drawings.

Building materials and colors utilized for construction of monument bases, side borders, caps, and sign frames shall be constructed of the same materials found on the main building on the lot, unless otherwise approved by the city council.

If the proposed sign is to be constructed on a lot with an existing building which does not contain a masonry façade, the materials used for the monument base, side borders and cap, must be stone or brick.

(d) Off-premises signs. Off-premises signs are prohibited.

(Ord. No. 09-05-797, § 2, 5-18-2009; Ord. No. 13-02-947, § 8, 2-19-2013)