§ 18-3-309. Signs in commercial and industrial districts for uses other than dwellings and business complexes.

(a) Scope. This section applies to signs in commercial and industrial districts for uses other than dwelling and business complexes.

(b) Freestanding signs. An establishment may have one freestanding sign at each road frontage. The area of the sign may not exceed the lesser of 250 square feet or one square foot for each one foot of road frontage, except that the area of the sign for a movie theater may not exceed 450 square feet. The height of the sign may not exceed 30 feet. An automobile gasoline station may have one additional freestanding sign at each road frontage, and the area of the sign may not exceed 60 square feet or a height of 10 feet.

(c) Identification signs. An establishment may have:

(1) identification signs on not more than three facades, so long as the combined area of the signs does not exceed 12% of the area of each facade and the area of all signs does not exceed 400 square feet;

(2) one identification sign at each service entry, so long as the area of each sign does not exceed four square feet;

(3) one identification sign for each secondary business in a structure that contains one principal use, so long as the area of all identification signs on the structure does not exceed 400 square feet; and

(4) one identification sign on a canopy over a group of gas pumps at an automobile gasoline station, so long as the area of the sign does not exceed 12 square feet.

(d) Directional signs. An establishment may have directional signs as necessary. Each sign may not exceed six square feet in area or a height of five feet.

(e) Service windows. An establishment with a ticket, drive-through, or ordering window may have no more than two signs, freestanding or identification, that relate to the business operation or services provided at the window. The area of each sign may not exceed 32 square feet. The height of a freestanding sign may not exceed six feet.

(Bill No. 78-05)