§ 24-106. Standards for specific types of signs.

A.

Freeway Signs. Freeway signs shall be permitted only if all of the following criteria are met:

1.

The sign is located on the same parcel as the business being advertised;

2.

The sign is located on a parcel that is located a maximum distance of eight hundred (800) feet from the centerline of State Route 99 and/or State Route 70 at its closest point; and

3.

The sign advertises a business that provides a service primarily for the freeway-motoring public, such as gas, food, or lodging.

B.

Awning Signs. Awning signs that are suspended beneath an awning shall provide at least eight (8) feet of clearance above the ground, shall not extend more than five (5) feet into the public right-of-way, and shall provide a minimum two (2) foot horizontal clearance from the street curb face. See Figure 24-106-1 (Awning Signs).

C.

Projecting Signs. Projecting signs shall provide at least eight (8) feet of clearance above the ground, shall not extend more than five (5) feet into the public right-of-way, and shall provide a minimum two (2) foot horizontal clearance from the street curb face. See Figure 24-106-2 (Projecting Signs).

FIGURE 24-106-1 AWNING SIGNS

FIGURE 24-106-2 PROJECTING SIGNS

D.

Window Signs. Window signs shall not cover more than twenty-five (25) percent of any window. If a window has multiple panes, the window's total area shall be measured as the framed area of all panes.

E.

Off-Site Signs, Digital. Off-site digital signs shall be permitted only if all of the following criteria are met:

1.

All digital display faces must be oriented primarily for viewing from the adjacent roadway.

2.

The sign may only present a series of still images, each of which is displayed for at least eight (8) seconds. The still images may not move or present the appearance of motion and may not use flashing, scintillating, blinking, or traveling lights or any other means not providing constant illumination. Transition between one (1) still image and the next shall not include any interval of black or blank screen time.

3.

The light emitted from the sign shall not be of an intensity or brilliance as to cause direct illumination of an adjacent residential area, impair the vision of any driver, or interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle. The following standards for lighting are required for all digital off-site signs:

a.

The sign shall contain an automatic dimmer and a photo cell sensor to adjust the luminance intensity or brilliance in accordance with these standards.

b.

The sign shall not operate at an intensity or brilliance that will exceed three-tenths (0.3) footcandles above ambient light (as measured using a footcandle meter at a distance of two hundred fifty (250) feet from the sign face).

c.

The sign shall not operate at an intensity or brilliance that will exceed one-tenth (0.1) footcandles above ambient light as measured using a footcandle meter in any adjacent residential zone.

(Ord. No. 4062, § 1, 9-10-13; Ord. No. 4091, § 1, 1-27-15)