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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 40-22, 40-61.2, 40-61.7 AND TABLES 40-61.1-1 AND 40-61.1-2 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO CANOPY SIGNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 40-22 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended by adding thereto definition, "Sign, canopy," to read as follows: the Section 40-22. Definitions. Sign, canopy. Any sign that is part of or is attached an awning, canopyf or other fabric, plastic or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window or outdoor service area. A marquee is not a canopy. to 2. That Section 40-61.2 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended by adding thereto Condition (14) to read as follows: Section 40-61.2. Sign conditions supplement to tables 40-61.1-1 and 40-61.1-2. (14) Canopy signs. The advertising display area shall be confined to the vertical surface of any canopy or awning and shall consist only of the name and/or logo of the business or institution sewn, painted, stenciled or otherwise placed on the surface. Canopy signs for certain institutional uses are permitted in all zoning districts subject to Section 40-61.7. 3. That Section 40-61.7 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: Section 40-61.7. Signs for institutions. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 40-61.4(b), a religious, educational or other public or quasi-public institution in any zoning district shall be entitled to a certificate of compliance for one institutional sign, or bulletin board for each separate street frontage, provided that each such sign must be located on the same zone lot with the institution and provided further that the sign shall not have an advertising display area of more than eighteen (18) square feet or a height of more than six (6) feet. Such signs shall be illuminated only by the reflector method. Such signs shall be set back from each property line by a distance at least equal to the height of the sign. In districts allowing larger or taller on-pr~misDs signs for business, such institutions shall comply with the district regulations.