§ 17.16.251. Standing accessory signs.

Standing signs that are strictly accessory signs erected, constructed, placed, altered, converted or otherwise changed may be allowed by right in the PDD1, PDD2, GB, GBI, CB, HB, TED, LI and IP districts and only by special permit in the residential RC, RC1, RC2 and NB districts by the city council in conformance with the regulations set forth in Section 17.36.042 of this title, except as specifically changed by this section:

A.

The topmost height of any standing accessory sign in the RC, RC1, RC2 and NB districts shall not exceed fifteen feet.

B.

No portion of the standing accessory sign shall be within five feet of a public walkway, ten feet of a public roadway or twenty feet of a residential structure.

C.

The standing accessory sign shall be constructed to shield all residential units, contained within the lot upon which the sign is affixed, from light emitting directly from the sign. The building inspector shall be required to inspect the sign in question and to certify in writing to the city council that the proper shielding from direct lighting has been constructed, before a special permit can be issued.

D.

No standing accessory sign in a residential RC, RC1, RC2 or NB district will be illuminated between the hours of two a.m. and seven a.m.

E.

No standing accessory sign in the residential RC, RC1 and RC2 districts shall contain any moving, flashing or animated lights or visible moving or movable parts.

Further, standing accessory signs within the GB, CB, PDD2, TED, LI, IP, HB, and PDD1 districts which exceed a height of twenty feet and a sign area of forty square feet may only be allowed by special permit in conformance with the regulation set forth in Section 17.36.042 and the following minimum criteria:

1.

The standing accessory sign shall not be illuminated beyond eleven p.m. where such sign abuts a residential area;

2.

There shall be appropriate landscaping around the base of the sign;

3.

A standing accessory sign shall not be fixed to the roof;

4.

A standing accessory sign shall be located at the furthest point away from abutting residential property.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for a development within the PDD1 district, standing accessory signs and standing accessory multi-use signs at each vehicular entrance to such development shall be permitted as of right, provided that no sign shall be larger than five hundred square feet in area and provided further that all such signs shall be subject to approval of the site plan review committee.

(C.O.97-105 § 23; C.O. 91-62 § 2 (part); C.O. 83-508A § 3)

(C.O. 13-279/CZ-13-06, § 10, 12-9-2013