§ 64.246. High Rise Building Identification Signs.

The primary purpose of high rise building identification signs are to brand or identify the building on which the sign is placed. Except in the AC-3A/T zoning district, high rise building identification signs are prohibited within 1,000 feet of any R-1 or R-2 zoning district unless approved by conditional use permit. All high rise building identification signs must conform to the following regulations:

(a)

Up to two high rise building identification signs are allowed per building. If two such signs are installed, they must be placed on two separate sides of the building and both must be identical in size, color, shape, design, material, and copy, except in the AC-3A/T zoning district where such signs may be different in size, color, shape, design, material, and copy if the signs occupy two separate sides of the building so that the signs are never visible together from a single vantage point.

(b)

Such signs shall be placed upon the wall or parapet near the top of the principal building and not on any parking garage or other subordinate structure.

(c)

Such signs may not extend above the roof line of any building except when placed upon a parapet, in which case the sign may not extend above the parapet wall.

(d)

All high rise building identification signs must be on-site signs. If circumstances change, so that a sign is no longer an on-site sign, then the sign is hereby made unlawful and must be removed.

(e)

No more than one-half of the allowable high rise building identification sign allocation may be used on any one side of a building.

(f)

If illuminated at night, the text within a high rise building identification sign must be lit with white, though a single logo element of the sign may be lit with colored light. All lighting must be internal back-lighting.

(g)

Variances from this section are prohibited.

Method of Calculating High Rise Building Identification Sign Area. Except in the Downtown Special Sign District, buildings with high rise building identification signs are allowed half the maximum allowable copy area for all signs below 30' above ground level as such maximum allowable copy area is calculated pursuant to section 64.201. The maximum copy area for high rise building identification signs is five square feet for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of the principal building, provided, however, that in no event may the total sign area for high rise building identification signs exceed 800 square feet per building.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25101; Ord. of 2-21-1994, Doc. #27277; Ord. No. 2013-20, § 1, 5-6-2013, Doc. #1305061206; Ord. No. 2014-62, § 1, 12-8-2014, Doc. #1412081203)