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(3) <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />(5) <br /> <br />(6) <br /> <br />(7) <br /> <br />(8) <br /> <br />(9) <br /> <br />FREESTANDING SIGNS shall be allowed in the districts indicated, subject <br />to the height limits indicated. Freestanding signs shall be setback a minimum <br />seven (7) feet from the front propertyline. Theminimum sign setback from <br />interstate highways and expressways designated by city council shall be one <br />hundred (100) feet. Freestanding signs on property adjoining property <br />which is included in any RS, RT, RM or Historic District shall be set back <br />from the property line adjoining such residential property by a distance at <br />least equal to the height of the sign. There shall not be more than one (1) <br />freestanding sign per zone lot or, if the zone lot has frontage on more than <br />one public street, one additional freestanding sign shall be allowed for each <br />such street in excess of one. One freestanding sign may contain advertising <br />messages for any number of businesses. <br /> <br />HISTORIC OR MEMORIAL MARKERS include: (a) memorial signs or tablets <br />indicating the names of buildings and/or date of erection, when cut into a <br />masonry surface or made of bronze or other non-combustible material; (b) <br /> <br />any historic marker approved by the City of <br />not be Hluminated and shall not exceed four <br /> <br />INCIDENTAL SIGNS shall not exceed two (2) <br />Shall not be illuminated. If freestanding, st <br />(4) feet in height. Incidental signs include ~' <br />traffic information and signs identifying c <br />restrooms and other generic information nc <br />non-commercial message. Such signs if frees <br /> <br />~rtsmouth. Such markers shall <br />l) square feet in surface area. <br /> <br />;quare feet in area. Such signs <br />ch signs shall not exceed four <br />~gns with parking and on-site <br />~trances, public telephones, <br />: including an advertising or <br />.anding shall be set back from <br /> <br />the property line by a distance equal to the Leight of the sign; there shah <br />be no setback for such signs if attached to a building or fence. Such signs <br />shah not be included in the "maximum adver~sing area" computation. <br /> <br />MARQUEE SIGNS shall maintain a minimum vertical distance between the <br />bottom, of the sign and the grade at the righ~-of-way line of eight (8) feet. <br /> PLATES may include the name of the building, the names°fthes Which <br />occupant (s), the address and the hours of o~ eration for any busine' <br />is operated o~l the premises. Name plates sl lall not exceed two (2) square <br />feet in area and may be lighted by a single <br /> <br />NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS shall be permittec <br />same restrictions, permit requirements, con <br />would apply to a commercial sign similarly <br />signs. <br /> <br />acandescent bulb. <br /> <br />in each district, subject to the <br />[itions and other standards as <br />ituated, including real estate <br /> <br /> ~ed. The maximum advertising <br />.wo (672) square feet'in M-l, <br />ed (300) square feet in C-2 <br /> <br />OFF-PREMISES SIGNS shall be only single-f <br />display area shall be six hundred seventy- <br />M-1-R and M-2 Districts and three bund: <br />Districts. Off-premises signs shall be set ba k at least twenty-five (25) feet <br />from the right-of-way of any pubhc street a~%d s~x hundred sixty (660) feet <br />from any expressway designated by city council. Such signs shall be set <br />back fifteen (15) feet from any ether property line, or, if the property line <br />adjoins property zoned RS, RM or RT, by a distance at least equal to the <br />height of the sign. The maximum height of any off-premises sign shall be <br /> <br />90 <br /> <br /> <br />
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