§ 14-28. Free-standing signs, pole or ground.
(a)
Each free-standing building shall be allowed one (1) free-standing sign.
(b)
Any multiple-tenant building, strip shopping center, mall or shopping center shall be required to utilize a multiple-tenant sign.
(c)
Any projecting or overhanging portion of a free-standing sign must be a minimum of ten (10) feet above any walkway and sixteen (16) feet above driveways and traffic areas.
(d)
A free-standing sign shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet in area.
(e)
Multiple-tenant signs.
(1)
Any multiple-tenant building, strip shopping center, mall or shopping center shall be required to utilize a multiple-tenant sign for its tenants.
(2)
In no case shall be multiple-tenant sign area exceed three hundred (300) square feet along Interstate 45 and two hundred (200) square feet along other roads.
(3)
If the multiple-tenant sign is also used as an identification sign, the size may be increased to three hundred (360) square feet along Interstate 45 and two hundred sixty (260) square feet along other roads.
(4)
Multiple-tenant and identification signs may not be separate on the same frontage.
(f)
Monument signs.
(1)
In no case shall be monument sign obstruct view of traffic at automobile window height.
(2)
The setback of fifteen (15) feet shall not apply to monument signs; however, the monument sign shall not be located in the right-of-way or within eight (8) feet of the curb. The monument sign shall also not be located in an area where a sidewalk would be place.
(3)
Only one (1) monument sign per each street frontage is allowed.
(g)
Identification signs.
(1)
Multiple-tenant and identification signs may not be separate on the same frontage.
(2)
The maximum area for identification signs shall not exceed three hundred (300) square feet along I-45 and two hundred (200) square feet along all other roads.
(3)
If the sign is also used as a multiple-tenant sign for the site, the size may be increased to three hundred sixty (360) square feet along I-45 and two hundred sixty (260) square feet along other roads.
(h)
Subdivision development signs. These signs shall be removed from the site at developer's expense upon seventy five (75) percent occupancy of the subdivision.
(i)
Apartment signs.
(1)
The maximum area for apartment signs shall be eighty (80) square feet.
(2)
An apartment complex shall be limited to one (1) identification sign for each street frontage.
(j)
Institutional signs.
(1)
On site-an institution shall be limited to one (1) sign per each street frontage.
(2)
Off site-an institution shall have no more than two (2) off-site signs, limited to sixteen (16) square feet each.
(Ord. No. 07-11-05, § 2(28), 12-3-07)