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10 - 48 10.75 CALCULATION OF HEIGHT 10.77 LOCATIONAL REGULATIONS. (1) REGULATIONS. (1) Auxiliary signs for service Billboards may not be located within 300 feet of station prices may not be installed higher than 8 existing on-premise advertising signs. feet above ground level. (2) Off-premise signs may not be installed within (2) For billboard signs, the height will be the limits of any curve. measured from the elevation of the centerline of (3) Crop signs shall be located within 50' of the the adjacent road to the top of the sign. crop identified. (3) For directory signs, the height will be (4) Directory signs may not be located within measured from the elevation of the centerline of 300 feet of existing on-premise advertising signs. the adjacent road to the top of the sign. (5) No sign may block or interfere with the (4) For electronic signs, the height of the sign visibility for ingress or egress of a driveway. All shall be determined by the manner of installation signs, except auxiliary signs, that are adjacent to of the sign, i. e., according to whether the sign is driveway ingress or egress, shall provide a of the ground,wall, projecting or pylon type. minimum of 6 feet of clearance between ground (5) For ground mounted signs, except level and the bottom edge of the sign. billboards, directory or pylon signs, the height (6) No sign may be located within a permanently shall be measured from ground level beneath the protected green space area. sign to the top edge of the sign. (7) Home occupation signs shall be mounted on (6) For a projecting sign, the height shall be the residence in which the occupation is located. measured from ground level to the top of sign. (8) Limited family business signs shall be The bottom edge of such sign shall be located a mounted on the building in which the business is minimum of eight feet from ground level directly located. under the sign. (9) On premise advertising signs for commercial (7) For a pylon sign, the height will be businesses may not be located farther than 200 feet measured from the elevation of the centerline of from the primary building of the business the adjacent road to the top of the sign. advertised. Each primary building housing a (8) For a wall sign, the height shall be separate unaffiliated business on a parcel is measured from the base of the building below allowed to have the total related signs as permitted the sign to the top of the sign face. The top of by this ordinance, e. g., each building in a the sign may not be higher than the building on condominium plat and each leased or rented which it is mounted. building in a complex shall be entitled to the total [ History: 10.75 rep. & recr., Sub. 2 to O.A. 6, number of signs. Businesses located in one 1989-90, pub. 09/21/90. ] building must share the total signs allocated to the building. 10.76 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. (1) (10) Projecting signs may not be located directly Illumination of signs must be designed so that over a public or private street, drive, or parking - the lighting element is shielded from view from area. any adjacent residence and from vehicular (11) Ground and pylon signs may not be located traffic. Neon and fiber-optic lighting and less than 5 feet from a rear lot line. electronic signs are exempt from this regulation. (12) No sign shall be located within a road (2) No sign shall use any word, phrase, right-of-way. _ symbol, shape, form, or character in such (13) No sign shall be installed on a roof. manner as to interfere with moving traffic, [ History: 10.77 rep. & recr., Sub. 2 to O.A. 6, including signs which incorporate typical 1989-90, pub. 09/21/90.] street-type or traffic control-type sign designs and colors. No sign may be installed at any location 10.78 INTERSECTION REGULATIONS. (1) A where by reason of its position, wording, billboard whose bottom edge is less than 8 feet illumination, size, shape, or color it may above the centerline elevation of adjacent roads obstruct, impair, obscure, interfere with the view shall maintain a minimum distance from road of, or be confused with, any official traffic intersections as follows: control sign, signal or device. [ History: 10.76 rep. & recr., Sub. 2 to O.A. 6, Road Speed Required Distance 1989-90, pub. 09/21/90. ] rev. 103194