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1 10.7(9) — 10.74(5) area unless such structure or bracing is made a rotating, or other moving signs shall be part of the sign's message. permitted. (9) The copy area of back-to-back signs shall (22) Plantings or structures that exceed 30 be computed using the copy area of only one inches in height are prohibited beneath ground side. The side used shall be the larger of the and pylon signs. two sides. (23) Sign trim is permitted on all signs and may (10) The following illustrations demonstrate be installed around the outside of the sign copy how sign copy area shall be determined. area. The square foot area of the trim shall not be greater than 25% of the permitted copy area See Appendix of the sign. page 10-102 (24) No sign, temporary or otherwise, shall be affixed to a tree or utility pole, fence or fence (11) Crop signs are permitted only while the pole, or be painted on a stone. crop is being grown and for no more than 30 (25) Private property protection signs are not days after harvest. regulated by this section. (12) Directional signs are not permitted in [History: 10.73 rep. & recr., Sub.2 to OA 6, 1989-90,pub. residential districts except for use by an 09/21/90; (25) cr., OA 24, 1998-99, pub. 04/21/99; (9) am., apartment building or complex. OA 46,2009-10,pub.03/03/10.] (13) Distance measurements shall be 10.74 SPECIFIC REGULATIONS FOR measured along the pertinent right-of-way lines VARIOUS TYPES OF SIGNS. Signs of various when determining separation between signs or types shall be installed according to the distance from intersections. regulations set forth below: (14) Double deck signs are not permitted. (1) Agriculture signs shall have a maximum size (15) Electronic signs may be used only to of 32 square feet and be erected to a height not advertise activities conducted or goods and to exceed 8 feet. Such signs shall be located not services available on the property on which the less than .25 miles from other signs and not signs are located or to present public service more than 1 mile from the site advertised on the information. Electronic signs may not display a sign. message for less than one-half of a second and (2) Apartment signs shall have a maximum size may not repeat a message at intervals of less of 32 square feet and be erected to a height not than 2 seconds. A traveling message may not to exceed 8 feet. Such signs shall be located on travel slower than 16 light columns per second the site advertised on the sign. Not more than nor faster than 32 light columns per second. one such sign is permitted for an apartment (16) Farm signs are limited to on-premise signs complex. identifying a farm by its name or by the farmer's (3) Auxiliary signs shall have a maximum size of name and may contain additional historical 5 square feet and be erected to a height not to information such as date of founding or century exceed 4 feet, with a total copy area not to farm designation or name or logo of the sign exceed 50 square feet. Such signs shall be sponsor. located on the site advertised on the sign. (17) Flashing or rotating lights on signs are not (4) Crop signs shall have a maximum size of 3 permitted. square feet and be erected to a height not to (18) A garage sale sign may be displayed 7 exceed 10 feet. Such signs shall be located not days prior to the date of the sale and must be less than 50 feet from the site advertised on the removed no later than the day following the sign, and there shall not be more than one such event. The sign must be located on the sign per row of crop. premises of the garage sale. (5) Ground on-premise signs shall have a (19) Graphic signs are not permitted. maximum size of 32 square feet where the (20) Logos may contain only the emblem or speed limit on the adjacent highway is 35 miles name of the business located on the same per hour or less, 64 square feet where the property or, on farm and crop signs, the name or maximum permissible speed on the adjacent emblem of the business sponsoring the signs. highway is between 36 and 45 miles per hour, Logos may not be larger than 25% of the sign and 96 square feet where the speed limit on the copy area and shall be included within said copy adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per area. hour. Such a sign may be erected to a height (21) Except for time and temperature signs and not to exceed 12 feet where the speed limit on electronic signs, no fluttering, undulating, Page 10-74 rev. 013116