13 Motion to approve an ordinance amending Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards, of the Code of Ord.

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(1) A sign permit shall not be issued to install or display an IDS until a certificate of occupancy has been issued for the business. A business can display only one IDS at a time. In the case of multiple businesses or tenants located on a single lot, the owner of the property on which the multiple tenancy is located must provide written approval for each IDS application to ensure that all tenants receive an equal opportunity to obtain a permit for an IDS since the number of times an IDS can be displayed is limited. An IDS shall be permitted in addition to the allowable signage. (2) An IDS shall not be located in required parking places or in driveways that provide access to parking spaces or fire lanes, nor shall any IDS or its securing devices encroach into a right-of-way. IDSs are only permitted within a nonresidential zoning district. (3) An IDS shall be secured directly to, and not suspended or floating from, the ground. An IDS shall not be placed on a roof, canopy, parking garage, or awning, or suspended or floating from any building or garage without a variance. The maximum height of an IDS shall not exceed 30 feet. One banner may be applied to an IDS. A banner applied to an IDS shall not count toward the allotted number of banners during a caleridar year. The maximum area of a banner applied to an IDS shall not exceed 48 square feet. An IDS shall not be installed within 200 feet from another IDS measured in a straight line in any direction. Cloud buster balloons, blimps, wind devices or any similar type of apparatuses are not an IDS. (4) Inflatable device signs in place and maintained in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance prior to the effective date of this section shall be treated as non-conforming signs and shall become subject to this section only upon their removal. Sec. 28-10.2. A-frame signs. (a) A-frame signs are permitted in the Downtown Historic District and within nonresidential areas, planned developments, or in neighborhood service zoning. A-frame signs must be located a minimum of three feet from any curb of any adjacent street, must be placed on a sidewalk or adjacent to a sidewalk, must provide an unobstructed pedestrian clearance of at least four feet in width, shall not be placed in any manner to interfere with vehicular traffic or cause a hazard, shall not be placed in any median, and shall not be placed within a utility or right- of-way easement. (b) The maximum area of an A-frame sign is 12 square feet per side or twenty- four (24) square feet total. The maximum height of an A-frame sign shall be four Page 15 of 36 W 00010,9