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 Appendix I. ZONING
 Article X. SIGN REGULATIONS

  § 6.0. Signs permitted in the MXD District.  

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  • Each retail or service business may have one (1) building wall sign or one (1) projecting sign per exterior wall of the tenant space or establishment, except that such signs are not permitted on a rear building wall unless the business has a customer entrance in the rear of the tenant space or establishment that enters directly to pedestrian oriented open space or a parking area. Each retail or service business may also have one awning sign on the front building facade, if the tenant space or establishment fronts the street.

    Each office or institution may have one (1) building wall sign or one awning sign on the front building wall of the tenant space or establishment

    Internally illuminated signs and free standing signs are prohibited.

    The copy area of each building wall sign for retail and service businesses shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the signable area of the front building wall of the Tenant space or establishment. The copy area of each building wall sign for offices, institutions and similar uses shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the signable area of the front building wall of the tenant space or establishment.

    Signable area is defined as a continuous portion of the front building facade unbroken by doors or windows, that is specifically designed to accommodate a sign, and which shall not extend above the window sill of the story above unless the establishment to which it pertains is located above the first floor.

    The copy area of a canopy sign shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the canopy area. Only cut-out letters and/or symbols may be attached to, painted, stenciled, or otherwise placed on a canopy.

    Projecting signs shall clear sidewalks by at least eight (8) feet. They shall project not more than four (4) feet from the building wall or one-third of the sidewalk width, whichever is less. They shall be pinned away from the wall at least six (6) inches and shall project from the wall at an angle of ninety (90) degrees. Angular projection at the corner of a building is prohibited. Projecting signs shall not extend vertically above the window sill of the second story.

(Ord. No. 04-2013, § 6, 4-5-04)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 04-2013, § 6, adopted April 5, 2004, added a new section 6.0 and renumbered former sections 6.0—11.0 as new sections 7.0—12.0.