Ord #215 - 3rd Ser/Repealing and Replacing Signs

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Sec. 78-1479. - Changeable Message Sign. No more than thirty-five (35)percent of the actual sign area of a permitted sign in a non- residential district shall be capable of displaying changing messages. The remainder of the sign area shall not have the capability to change messages even if not used. Sec. 78-1480. -Allocation of Permanent Signs on Multi-Tenant Development Sites. In multi-tenant buildings or sites, the permitted sign area and sign types, except for freestanding signs, may be installed by each individual business establishment that has exclusive use of some portion of the street or otherwise primary level of the building and direct access to the outside. Tenants located on the street or otherwise primary level in a center with a common mall or atrium shall be considered to have direct access to the outside for the purpose of this section. The management and ownership of any business establishment proposing to install signage must be separate and distinct from the management and ownership of any other establishment in the same building or on the same building lot. (1) Multi-tenant buildings and properties sign allocation. Signage for establishments occupying a multi-tenant building or site but not located on the street or primary level of the building must be provided from the allocation of sign area and type to the occupants of the street or primary level of the building as determined by the property owner. (2) Freestanding signs on multi-tenant buildings and properties. For freestanding signs, a multi-tenant parcel shall be considered one parcel and freestanding signs shall be permitted in accordance with Section 78-1478 Table 1. In the case of multiple tenant sites, the permitted freestanding sign area shall be allocated by the property owner among its tenants. Sec. 78-1481.-Temporary On-premise Signs. All temporary signs shall require an approved sign permit prior to placing the sign and shall conform to the following: (1) Temporary sign permit length. Temporary signs, including portable signs, streamers, pennants,banners, inflatables, or other similar objects with a commercial message may be displayed on(4) occasions per calendar year with a maximum of ten (10)days for each occasion. The four(4) occasions may be used consecutively with one permit. Temporary sign permits are nontransferable to other properties or establishments on the same property. (2) Single occupant parcels. a. No more than one permitted temporary sign shall be permitted at any given time. The area of the temporary signage shall not exceed one half of Page 12