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For all signs within the commercial and industrial zoning districts the following regulations shall apply. Additionally, any complex of two or more organizations or any single building development in excess of 5,000 square feet (gross floor area) may submit a comprehensive sign plan and any single building development in excess of 25,000 square feet shall be required to submit a comprehensive sign plan to be reviewed and approved through an administrative use permit.

A. Total Signage.

1. The combination of all of the below types and styles of allowed signage shall be included in calculating the total aggregate sign area, except where specifically excluded or otherwise exempted by this chapter. For corner buildings or developments only the main entrance frontage shall be measured when determining the allowable signage.

2. The combined total aggregate sign area of all signs for any one organization in commercial, mixed-use, office and industrial zoning districts shall not exceed 100 square feet.

B. Wall or Building Signage.

1. The sign area for any one organization or individual tenant shall not exceed one and one-half square feet for each two linear feet of street or store frontage with the maximum not to exceed 32 square feet.

2. Single buildings/organizations with less than 25,000 square feet (gross floor area) are allowed one wall or building sign per organization.

3. Single buildings/organizations with two street frontages are allowed one wall sign per street frontage.

4. Signage shall not extend horizontally a distance greater than 50 percent of the width of the building wall on which it is displayed.

C. Freestanding or Monument Signage.

1. One freestanding identification sign shall be permitted per development, per street frontage.

2. The sign shall not exceed six feet in height.

3. For a single tenant building the sign area shall not exceed one and one-half square feet for each two lineal feet of street frontage with the maximum not to exceed 32 square feet.

4. If street frontage is not available then the allowable sign area may be based on the lineal feet of store frontage at a ratio of one square foot of signage for each five linear feet of store frontage.

5. For multiple building developments or commercial centers: One sign may be permitted on any lot with 100 feet of street frontage and one additional freestanding sign for every 300 feet of street frontage over 100 feet for the entire development. The individual buildings within the development and/or the PAD sites within the commercial center shall not be considered as separate developments. The minimum distance between two signs on the same street frontage shall be 300 feet. Each sign may be eight feet high and a maximum of 48 square feet in area. One-half of the monument sign area may be a changeable message sign, subject to administrative approval.

6. Up to one-half of the allowed freestanding monument sign area for a reader panel may be digital.

D. Driveway and Drive-Through Signs.

1. One sign per complex entrance may be used when useful to identify the location of various buildings, offices, or organizations within a complex. A directory sign may be internally illuminated, externally illuminated, or nonilluminated and have a maximum area of six square feet, and a maximum height of six feet, and shall not be included in calculating the total aggregate area for signage allowed on a parcel or lot or for a particular organization.

2. One driveway or drive-through sign may be used for each entrance and exit to or from a parking area or drive-through lane provided that the sign is limited to three square feet in area and four feet in height. A driveway or drive-through sign may be double faced.

3. Each drive-through lane and/or drive-in restaurant may be permitted one sign without a call box and one sign with a call box. These boards may be freestanding or wall-mounted and shall be located not less than 45 feet from the street property line.

4. The front of the board shall not be visible from the public street. Call boxes shall be oriented away from adjacent residential uses or screened in a manner to diffuse the sound emitted from the call box beyond the drive-through lane.

5. Maximum sign area per drive-through area shall not exceed 48 square feet and shall not be included in calculating the total aggregate area for signage allowed on a parcel or lot or for a particular organization.

6. The sign shall not exceed six feet in height.

7. Signs with call boxes fronting roadways shall be screened with a decorative wall and/or landscaping.

E. Window and Interior Display Signage.

1. The total aggregate area of all window and interior display signs shall not exceed 50 percent of the total area of the windows through which they are visible.

F. Flags.

1. Flagpoles shall not exceed 50 feet in height, measured from the top of grade to top of pole.

2. United States and state of Arizona flags shall be maintained with flag etiquette.

3. A maximum of three poles per site will be permitted.

G. Awning Signs.

1. A maximum of 25 percent of the front face area of the awning may be used for signage.

2. Signage shall be specific to the tenant.

H. Under Canopy Signs and Projecting Signs.

1. One under canopy sign or projecting sign which is designed and oriented primarily for the aid of pedestrians may be allowed per primary organization and shall be located immediately adjacent to the organization it identifies.

2. Shall have an eight-foot minimum clearance between the bottom of the sign and the sidewalk.

3. Projecting and under canopy signs shall not project less than six inches nor more than three feet from the building wall or building face.

4. Under canopy signs shall have a maximum area of three square feet.

5. Projecting signs for each ground-floor organization, on a street, shall not exceed one square foot for each linear street frontage of organization, up to a maximum of 15 square feet.

6. Sign shall be specific to the primary tenant.

7. A wall or fascia sign is not permitted if a projecting sign is used to identify the organization on the same wall.

I. Gasoline Service Station Signs.

1. One freestanding sign per street frontage on which the service station has frontage; but not including freeway or interstate frontage.

2. Maximum sign area shall not exceed 12 square feet.

3. Maximum sign height for a freestanding sign shall not exceed six feet.

4. One canopy sign per street frontage.

5. Maximum sign area of canopy sign shall not exceed 12 square feet per sign.

6. Price sign cannot be located on the canopy or building. [Res. 22-12; Ord. 22-03 § 2; Ord. 14-12 § 1; Res. 14-36 § 409.09.]