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Edited sign ordinance for Dane County. Only the applicable parts are listed. Last revision date is 1/31/2016. (2) The purpose of this subchapter is to regulate signs for all properties within the jurisdiction of this ordinance and to ensure the public safety, preservation of scenic beauty and the implementation of the desired overall character of the community and its constituent zoning districts. (47) Wall sign shall mean a sign mounted on and parallel to a building wall or other vertical building surface. 4 (40) Signable wall area shall mean the designated area of the wall of a building, up to the roof line, which is free of windows and doors or major architectural detail. Sign Size (23)Wall signs shall have,a maximum size of 100 square feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is 35 miles per hour or less, 200 square feet where the maximum permissible speed on the adjacent highway is between 36 and 45 miles per hour, inclusive, and 300 square feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per hour. Such a sign shall be erected to a height not to exceed 20 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is 35 miles per hour or less, 35 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is between 36 and 45 miles per hour, inclusive, and 50 feet where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per hour, except that for buildings six stories or more in height, a wall sign may also be located within 20 feet of the top of the building facade. There shall be no more than two such signs per building, except that a building on a zoning lot with two road frontages is allowed a maximum of three wall signs and except that a building on a zoning lot with more than two road frontages is allowed a maximum of four wall signs. The maximum size and height of signs on zoning lots with two or more road frontages shall be determined by reference to the nearest adjacent road which is not within the right-of-way of another road. Regardless that more than two wall signs are allowed on a building, in no event shall there be more than two wall signs on any one side of the building. Wall signs shall be located only on the building containing the business advertised on the sign. (6) The total sign copy area of all on premise signs related to a business shall not exceed the maximum permitted sign copy area Sign copy area shall be measured in the following manner:The copy area of signs which have a face, border or trim shall consist of the entire surface area of the sign on which copy could be placed. Copy area of a sign whose message is applied to a background which provides no face, border or trim shall be the area of the smallest rectangle which can encompass all words, letters, figures, emblems and other elements of the sign message.