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A wall sign means a sign painted on or affixed to a building face, parallel to and not extending more than 12 inches from the surface. Wall signs shall be attached only to flat, opaque wall surfaces. No wall sign shall be erected or maintained to extend more than one-half of its height above the top of the exterior wall to which it is attached, otherwise it is considered a Roof Sign.
TYPE A:
A type A wall sign is one with a display area that does not have a background that is designed as an integral part of the sign.
Only individual letters or symbols may be internally illuminated.
This type of sign includes, but is not limited to: individual raised letters attached to the wall; letters or symbols cut from an opaque panel such as metal; pin-set letters where individual letters are back-lit; non-illuminated pin-set letters; carved entablature-type signs; other general individual-letter, non-illuminated signs.
TYPE B:
A type B wall sign is one with a display area that has a background that is designed as a integral part of the sign. This type of sign is typically a plastic-panel-faced box sign. A permanent banner sign with a display area that is parallel to the building façade is also included in this category. Other types of wall signs which do not have the characteristics of a type A sign, including but not limited to board signs and painted-on wall signs, are included in this category.
TYPE A IMAGES
Individual letters with a back-lit halo glow.
Flat plate with pushed-through letters
Routed metal letters. Only letters are illuminated at night by internal source.
Individual letters. Mounted directly on wall/sign band.
Individual letters. Mounted on base that matches color of wall/facade.
Custom artisan individual letter sign
TYPE B IMAGES
Plastic faced, internally illuminated sign
Internally illuminated plastic face box sign. Corporate logo considered sign.
Painted Wall Sign (size received Board of Zoning Appeals approvals).
HEIGHT:
The height of a sign shall be determined by measuring the distance between the highest point of the actual sign face and the finished grade directly below it. Sign height shall be measured in feet.
DISPLAY AREA:
The display area of a sign shall be measured as the area, in square feet, of the smallest rectilinear polygon, with a maximum of 8 sides that describes the portion of the sign which encloses all lettering, wording design, or symbols together with any internally or externally-illuminated background that is designed as an integral part of the sign. The following rules shall also be used:
a) Where a sign has multiple display surfaces and any 2 of these display surfaces are parallel and face in opposite directions, only one of the parallel display surfaces shall be included when calculating display area.
b) For an internally-illuminated awning sign, the display area shall be calculated as the height of the awning multiplied by its width.
c) The area of temporary signs shall not be included in computation of allowable area for permanent signage. Only one of the parallel display surfaces shall be included in calculations.
ALLOWANCES PER ZONING DISTRICT:
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As demonstrated in the LB2 Zoning diagram below, most zoning districts allow larger Type "A" signs than Type B signs.
Internally illuminated box sign.
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