Columbia Sign standards ordinance (§ 29-4.8)

(a) Purpose. The purposes of these sign regulations are:

(1) To allow the effective use of signs as a means of communication in the city;

(2) To maintain and enhance the city's ability to attract sources of economic development and growth;

(3) To improve pedestrian and traffic safety;

(4) To minimize possible adverse effects of signs on nearby property;

(5) To bring all signs into compliance with adopted regulations;

(6) To enable the fair and consistent enforcement of these sign regulations;

(7) To maintain and enhance the appearance of the community; and

(8) To comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding the First Amendment and free speech.

(b) Applicability.

(1) The standards of this section 29-4.8 apply to the erection of any sign of any type within the city, unless specifically exempted or excluded by a provision of this Code. In addition to the provisions of this section 29-4.8, all properties must comply with any sign regulations contained in any use-specific standard in section 29-3.3 applicable to the property. In the event of a conflict between the standards of this section 29-4.8 and the sign standards in any approved PD district, the standards in the approved PD district shall apply.

(2) Any sign authorized to be displayed by this Code may contain any non-commercial message.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of the City Code, the standards of this section relating to noncommercial signs shall in all instances be construed to operate in a content neutral manner. Any description of the type of message or content of any non-commercial sign authorized by this section shall not be construed to be a prescription of or limitation on the type of non-commercial message or content that can be displayed, rather, any such description shall be construed as merely illustrative of the type of non-commercial sign that potentially may be deployed.

(c) Prohibited signs.

(1) No sign shall be erected in such a manner that it will or reasonably may be expected to interfere with, obstruct, confuse, distract or mislead traffic, or be considered obscene or a nuisance to the general public.

(2) No person, except a public officer or an employee in the performance of a public duty, shall fasten any sign or notice of any kind on any curbstone, lamppost, street or sidewalk surface, pole, bridge or tree upon a public street, except for any banner attached to a city street light standard for which an attachment permit has been issued. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, advertisements and announcements of buildings or land for sale or rent, garage sales, private picnics and election campaign posters. This prohibition is not to be construed as prohibiting signs or notices indicating danger or aids to service or safety, or subdivision identification signs, to be erected with written permission from the director.

(3) No signs painted on buildings, walls or fences shall be allowed.

(4) No wind signs shall be allowed.

(5)

No freestanding, on-premises commercial sign, including the supporting structures, shall be allowed to remain on any property more than six (6) months after the business or uses advertised on the sign have been discontinued.

(6) No sign shall be erected or maintained in a location or in such a manner that any portion of the sign will be within ten (10) feet, measured either horizontally, vertically or at any intermediate angle, of any electric power line wire carrying a voltage in excess of two hundred forty (240) volts, nor shall any sign be within ten (10) feet of a vertical line extended upward from such an electric power line wire.

(7) No portable signs shall be allowed, except for sandwich board signs in the M-DT district.

(8) No animated signs shall be allowed.

(9) No off-premise signs or billboards shall be allowed, except as provided in section 29-4.8(e)(2).

(10) No commercial signs shall be allowed except as provided for in this section 29-4.8.

(11) No commercial flags shall be allowed except that a business may display one flag no larger than forty

(40) square feet which bears the symbol or trademark or name of the business. No further advertising shall be permitted on such flags.

(12) No digital signs shall be allowed.

(d) Regulations based on use and area.

(1) Residential use signs.

(i) Table 4.8-1 sets forth signs standards for identification and sale, rental, or lease signs permitted for certain residential uses and land areas.

Table 4.8-1: Residential Use Signs - Identification (ID) & Sale/Rent

Single- or Two-family Multiple-Family Manufactured Home Land

Type ID Sale/Rent ID Sale/Rent ID Sale/Lease

Maximum 1/each street frontage See section 29-4.8(e) 1/lot Number

Maximum Area 7.5 sq. ft. 7.5 sq. ft. 15 sq. ft. 7.5 sq. ft. Lots greater than 1 acre: 12 sq.

ft./acre; 32 sq. ft. (max.) Lots less than 1 acre: 12 sq. ft.

Location On premises

Other

(ii) Identification of subdivision or neighborhood area. Identification signs for subdivisions and residential areas are regulated by section 29-4.8(f)(1). This type of sign may be situated on private property adjacent to the entrance or, by special permission of the council, may be located on

median strips that divide public streets leading into the named subdivision area. If the sign is permitted to be located in the public right-of-way, the design and location of the sign shall first be approved by the director and the following criteria shall be met:

(A) Minimum setback at an intersection shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

(B) Minimum width of an island on which a sign is to be located shall be eight (8) feet.

(C) Location on the island or median strip shall be along the centerline of the median parallel to the entrance street.

(D) Signs shall be designed and located so as not to interfere with the visibility of traffic at any location.

(iii) Table 4.8-2 sets forth standards for various general sign types allowed on all residential lots.

Table 4.8-2: Residential Use Signs - Other

Open House/Model Solicitation Garage Sale Real Estate Sales Office Home (Temporary)

Type Advertise open house Prohibit solicitors, Advertise garage sale Identify a temporary real

peddlers, hawkers, conducted on premises estate sales office itinerant merchants, or transient vendors from entering private property

Maximum Number 3/property 1/property 1/each street abutting the 1/property

premises

Maximum Area 4 sq. ft./sign 1 sq. ft. 4 sq. ft./sign 6 sq. ft.

Maximum Height 4 ft.

Location On or Off premises On premises On premises On premises

Other Signs shall be permitted Signs are only permitted

48 hours prior to the time during the time of the sale the house is open for viewing and removed one hour after closure of viewing time.

(2) Business use signs outside the M-DT district and within urban general west building form standard. The following standards apply to all signs that are related to a use that is not a residential use or an industrial use, as shown in Table 29-3.1 (Permitted Use Table) and that is not located in the M-DT district (section 29-4.2).

(i) Table 4.8-3 sets forth standards for wall, projecting, and roof signs for all business uses outside the M-DT district including businesses within the urban general west building form standard, with the exception of shopping centers, office buildings, theaters, automobile service stations, hotels and motels.

(ii) Table 4.8-4 sets forth standards for sale or lease, identification, and directional signs for all business uses outside of the M-DT district including businesses within the urban general west building form standard.

Table 4.8-3: Business Use Signs Outside M-DT including Urban General West Building Form Standard by Number & Type

Wall Projecting Roof Freestanding

Sign Combinations Each property may have 2 of the 4 signs in this table, but a business may not to have both a freestanding and a roof

sign

Number Any combination of wall, 1 1 1 for each adjacent street

canopy, or awning signs, R-O-W, per the regulations not to exceed the in section 29-4.8(e) maximum surface area

Maximum Area • See section 29-4.8(f)(2) 2 sq. ft./linear ft. of

• 1 rear entrance sign; 10 building frontage sq. ft. max. size

Location On premises • On premises Roof of a 1- or 2-story

• Not to exceed 8 ft. in building projection from the building wall on each wall facing a street • If a 1-story building, the sign may extend 10 ft.

above the roof line or parapet of the building

Other Sign shall not extend Sign shall not extend

above the roof line or beyond the highest point parapet of the building, of the roof on which it is except for a one-story located building

Table 4.8-4: Business Use Signs - Sale/Lease, etc.

Sale or Lease Development Directional Identification

Building Land

Type Advertises office or Advertises land for sale or Identifies a commercial

commercial space for sale, rent development, except for rent, or lease shopping centers (see Table 4.10-5)

Maximum Number 1 1 1 1

Maximum Area 12 sq. ft. • Greater than one acre: 32 sq. ft. 32 sq. ft.

12 sq. ft./acre; 32 sq. ft.

(max) • Less than one acre: 12 sq. ft./acre (max.)

Maximum Height 6 ft. 3 ft. (measured from the

grade immediately below the sign)

Location On premises On premises On premises, at each

automotive entrance and exit of any business, in any development, except ATMs regulated under section 29-4.8(12)

(iii) As an alternative to the signs permitted in subsections (i) through (ii) above, Table 4.8-5 sets forth standards for signs permitted if the property is a shopping center:

Table 4.8-5: Shopping Center Signs

Shopping Center Each Separate Business Businesses with a Rear or Side Entrance

Wall Canopy, Awning Roof

Maximum 1 freestanding master sign/adjacent 1 wall or awning Number street ROW sign/entrance

Maximum • 64 sq. ft./acre • Wall facing a street: See section 29- All signs located 10 sq. ft./ Surface Area • 288 sq. ft. or ½ sq. ft. in area/linear ft. 4.8(f)(2) above any one entrance

of adjacent street ROW the sign is • Wall facing main shopping center wall: 4 sq. oriented toward, whichever is greater parking area: 64 sq. ft. ft./linear ft. of wall length occupied by the business

Maximum Height 30 ft.

Location Adjacent street ROW On premises On premises and

located above a wall

Other If adjacent street is an arterial street A roof sign shall

designated for collector street not extend provisions then the freestanding sign beyond the must comply with section 29-4.8(e) highest point of the roof on which it is located

(3) Signs in M-DT district excluding urban general west building form standard. The M-DT district (section 29-4.2) is intended to be attractive, historic and pedestrian friendly. Accordingly, signs should be smaller in scale and fewer in number. This will enhance the attractiveness of the area, reduce visual clutter, increase property values and encourage tourism and other business.

(i) Applicability. This section regulates signs within the M-DT district excluding the urban general west building form standard and with the exception of theaters, which are subject to section 29- 4.8(e)(10).

(ii) General standards.

(A) Table 4.8-6 sets forth standards for business signs permitted at different building levels within the M-DT excluding buildings within the urban general west building form standard.

Table 4.8-6: M-DT Business Signs by Building Level, excluding the Urban General West Building Form Standard[1]

Awning Projecting Wall Window

Aggregate Size 15% of the wall space of one building elevation. All signs identified in this Table and Table 4.10-7, except for Building Limitation Directories and Identification Signs, contribute to this aggregate amount.

Lower Level

Maximum Number 1/elevation

Maximum Area 18 sq. ft. 8 sq. ft. 24 sq. ft. 18 sq. ft.

Placement • Shall not project • No higher than the bottom of a second level

more than 3 ft. from window face of wall

• Bottom of sign must be at least 8 ft.

from ground

• Top of sign must be no more than 12 ft. from ground

Street Level [2]

Maximum Number 2/elevation

Maximum Area 32 sq. ft. 8 sq. ft. 32 sq. ft. 32 sq. ft.

Placement See lower level • Below the bottom of the second level

standards above window on multi-story buildings

Second Level

Maximum Number 1/elevation

Maximum Area 18 sq. ft. 8 sq. ft. • Street Level: 24 sq. ft. 18 sq. ft.

• Second Level: 18 sq. ft.

Placement • Street Level: No higher than the bottom of a

second level window

• Second Level: No higher than the bottom of a third story window

Upper Level (Third level and above)

Maximum Number 1/elevation

Maximum Area 18 sq. ft. Not allowed Not allowed 18 sq. ft.

Other • If now higher level windows exist, placement Signs spread

may be 40 inches above finished floor level across multiple (max.) windows will be counted as 1 sign

[1] Single-use Building: A business that occupies an entire building with a frontage equal to or greater than 48 ft. may choose to install only 1 sign per elevation. In that case, the maximum size of the single sign is the lesser of 64% of the wall space of 1 elevation, provided all other criteria are met. Wall sign placement is not restricted to below the second story window sill.

[2] Large Businesses: Street level tenants with 48 feet or more of frontage and located in multiple-tenant buildings may choose to install only 1 sign per elevation as an alternative to any 2 sign types. In that case, the maximum size of the single sign is the lesser of 48 sq. ft. or 15% of the wall space of 1 elevation, provided all other criteria are met. Wall signs must be placed no higher than the bottom of the second story window sill.

(B) Table 4.8-7 sets forth standards for other business signs permitted in the M-DT district.

Table 4.8-7: Other M-DT excluding Urban General West Building Form Standard - Business Signs

Building Directories Building Mobile Directional Signs Adjacent to Identification Providence Road

Aggregate Size 15 % of the wall space of one building elevation. Limitation All signs identified in this table, except building directories and

identification signs, and Table 4.8-6 contribute to this aggregate amount.

Maximum Number 1/Building Entrance 1/Building 1/street level 1/automotive Signs on any building

entrance entrance and exit elevations adjacent to Providence Road, Maximum Area 6 sq. ft. 18 sq. ft. 8 sq. ft. 8 sq. ft. except for city-owned

property or vacant Maximum Height 3 ft. (measured from property greater

grade immediately than 150 ft. in depth below sign) between the building elevation and the Location • On the sidewalk road ROW are

directly in front of subject to the sign the business; regulations outside • Provided that a of the M-DT district straight, in section 29-4.8. unobstructed pathway at least 60 inches wide is maintained on the sidewalk.

Other Shall not be attached

to any property not owned by the business owner to whom the sign is permitted.

(4) Industrial use signs.

(i) Freestanding signs. One freestanding sign may be allowed per adjacent street right-of-way and further regulated by section 29-4.8(f)(1).

(ii) Wall signs. In addition to the freestanding sign permitted above, each business shall be allowed on-premises wall, canopy and awning signs not to exceed the maximum surface area allowed under section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(iii) Sale or lease of land. For lots of one acre or larger, one on-premises sign not exceeding twelve

(12) square feet in sign surface area per acre, with a maximum sign surface area of thirty-two (32) square feet, is allowed to advertise land for sale or rent. For lots of less than one acre in size, one sign of not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in signs area is allowed.

(iv) Sale or lease of building. One on-premises sign, not exceeding thirty-six (36) square feet in sign surface area, shall be allowed to advertise the sale, lease or rent of industrial space.

(v) Industrial parks. In industrial parks, one industrial park master sign, shall be allowed for each adjacent street right-of-way, in accordance with section 29-4.8(f)(1).

(e) Regulations based on type of sign.

(1) Banners.

(i) Downtown community improvement district. The downtown community improvement district may attach banners to city street light standards located on public rights-of-way, or within public utility easements, adjacent to public rights-of-way, within an area defined in the petition approved by Ordinance No. 20866. Attachment of the banners shall be done under the following conditions:

(A) The message conveyed relates to cultural, civic or other city-wide activities.

(B) The downtown community improvement district, after executing an attachment agreement with the city, shall have the exclusive right to install banners on city street light standards in the above-described area. The attachment agreement shall set out requirements for the design of attachment brackets and installation, removal, maintenance, and responsibility for such attachment brackets and banners. Said requirements shall be set out in banner regulations promulgated by the city manager and reviewed annually and approved by the council.

(C) Banners shall conform to design specifications established by the downtown community improvement district.

(ii) College, university, or hospital. A college, university or hospital may attach banners to city street light standards located on public rights-of-way, or within public utility easements, adjacent to the campus of the college, university or hospital. Attachment of the banners shall be done under the following conditions:

(A) The banners shall be limited to identifying the name of the college, university or hospital or conveying a message related to cultural, civic or city-wide activities.

(B) The college, university or hospital, after executing an attachment agreement with the city, shall have the exclusive right to install banners on the city street light standards described in the agreement. The attachment agreement shall set out requirements for the design of attachment brackets and installation, removal, maintenance, and responsibility for such attachment brackets and banners.

(iii) Library. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section 29-4.8, a public library may display banners subject to the following conditions:

(A) Attachment to city street light standards. Upon entering into an attachment agreement with the city, a public library may attach banners to city street light standards located on public rights-of-way, or within public utility easements, adjacent to the library premises, including library parking lots. The library, after executing the attachment agreement with the city, shall have the exclusive right to install banners on the city street light standards described in the

agreement. The attachment agreement shall set out requirements for the design of attachment brackets and installation, removal, maintenance and responsibility for such attachment brackets and banners.

(B) Attachment to library light standards and sign poles. A public library may attach banners to library light standards and to library sign poles.

(C) Parking lot sign poles. Each library parking lot shall be allowed up to four (4) banner sign poles for each adjacent street right-of-way. The banners on the poles shall be the same height as the banners on the library light standards in the lot. The poles shall be located at least four

(4) feet from the street right-of-way.

(D) Banner content. The banners shall be limited to identifying the name of the library or library facility or conveying a message related to a cultural, civic or city-wide activity. No banner can carry a political or nonsecular message.

(E) Banner number and size. There is no limit on the number of banners, however, banners shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet in sign surface area per side or a total of thirty-two (32) square feet per banner.

(F) Banners other than for library identification. If a banner is for a purpose other than identifying the library or library facility, the banner shall not remain in place for more than thirty (30) days.

(2) Billboards.

(i) Locations. Billboards shall be allowed in areas zoned M-N, M-C, M-DT, or a PD district permitting commercial uses, M-BP, or IG, provided that the location is within sixty (60) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of:

(A) Any interstate (I-70); or

(B) Any freeway (U.S. 63); or

(C) Any other highways where the city is mandated by law to allow billboards.

(ii) Regulations. All billboards shall comply with the following regulations:

(A) Billboards shall be oriented toward traffic on the interstate, freeway or highway.

(B) No billboard along any interstate shall be erected closer than two thousand (2,000) feet from another billboard. No billboard along any freeway shall be erected closer than four thousand (4,000) feet from another billboard. No billboard along any highway shall be erected closer than one thousand (1,000) feet from another billboard.

(C) No billboard shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet from any area zoned R-1, R-2, R-MF, R-MH, A, a PD district that allows residential uses, or any equivalent county zoning.

(D) No billboard shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet from any residential structure.

(E) No billboard shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet from any religious institution, elementary/secondary school, or public park, playground or golf course.

(F) No billboard shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet from any historical site or historical district so designated by the federal, state or city government.

(G) No billboard shall be erected closer than one hundred (100) feet from any on-premises freestanding sign.

(H) No billboard shall be erected within five hundred (500) feet of an interchange or intersection at grade. The five hundred (500) feet shall be measured from the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main traveled way.

(I) The maximum height of a billboard along any interstate is forty-five (45) feet. The maximum height of a billboard along any freeway is thirty (30) feet. The maximum height of a billboard along any highway is twelve (12) feet.

(J) The maximum surface area of a billboard along any interstate is two hundred eighty-eight

(288) square feet. The maximum surface of a billboard along any freeway is one hundred twenty-eight (128) square feet. The maximum surface area of a billboard along any highway is seventy-two (72) square feet.

(K) Billboards shall have only one sign surface area except that billboards may have two (2) sign surface areas if the surface areas are oriented in opposite directions. No V-shaped billboards are allowed.

(L) External lighting of billboards, such as floodlights, thin line and gooseneck reflectors are permitted, provided the light source is directed upon the face of the sign and is effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed toward any residential structure or into any portion of the main traveled way of the interstate, freeway, or highway, and the lights are not of such intensity so as to interfere with the residential use of property or to cause glare, impair the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle, or otherwise interfere with a driver's operation of a motor vehicle.

(M) No billboard shall have wind-actuated elements or any material that glistens or sparkles.

(N) No billboard shall be erected closer than five hundred (500) feet from a city greenspace access easement, greenspace conservation easement or greenspace trail easement.

(O) No billboard shall have any revolving, moving, flashing, blinking or animated characteristics.

(P) No billboard shall have any electronic, digital, tri-vision or other changeable copy display.

(3) Civic signs. One on-premises freestanding sign shall be allowed for any religious institution or governmental entity per street block in accordance with section 29-4.8(f)(1). One on-premises illuminated wall sign for each street frontage shall be allowed in accordance with section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(4) Construction signs. One on-premises unilluminated construction sign, a wall or freestanding sign, which may indicate the names of architects, engineers, builders, contractors, owners and financial institutions shall be allowed at the site of construction, provided such signs shall be erected only

after the issuance of a city building permit and removed upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the City. The maximum height shall be eight (8) feet and the maximum size shall be sixty-four (64) square feet.

(5) Hotel signs. Motels and hotels shall be allowed the following signs:

(i) Wall signs. Motels and hotels shall be allowed on-premises wall, canopy and awning signs on each wall facing a street, with the sign surface area not to exceed the maximum surface area allowed under section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(ii) Projecting sign. Except in the central business district, one on-premises projecting sign not to exceed eight (8) feet in projection from the building wall shall be allowed on each wall facing a street. In the case of a one-story building, such signs may extend ten (10) feet above the roof line or parapet of the building. In all other cases such signs shall not extend above the roof line or parapet of the building.

(iii) Freestanding signs. One on-premise freestanding sign in accordance with section 29-4.8(f) (except that only one shall be allowed).

(iv) Supplemental signs. Supplemental signs, not to exceed three (3) for each street frontage, may be used to advertise additional facilities and services (restaurant, bar, night club, etc.) available at the motel or hotel. Such supplemental signs shall be wall signs and shall have a maximum sign surface area of one hundred (100) square feet per street frontage.

(v) Marquee Signs. Hotels with an entrance marquee shall be permitted one marquee sign with a maximum sign surface area not to exceed two (2) square feet per linear foot of frontage for the marquee.

(6) Light vehicle service and repair signs. Light vehicle service and repair establishments shall be allowed a total of three (3) of the following four (4) signs:

(i) One freestanding sign, indicating the name, emblem or symbol of the company, in accordance with section 29-4.8(f)(1).

(ii) One on-premises freestanding sign, indicating services available, in accordance with section 29- 4.8(f)(1).

(iii) On-premises wall, canopy and awning signs not exceeding the maximum surface area allowed under section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(iv) One on-premises roof sign not exceeding two (2) square feet in sign surface area per linear foot of building frontage. No roof sign shall extend beyond the highest point of the roof upon which it is located.

(7) Noncommercial signs. Except as otherwise allowed or restricted in this section 29-4.8, noncommercial signs are subject to the following restrictions:

(i) They shall be ground or wall signs, except when placed in a location where other types of signs are allowed.

(ii)

They shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet in sign surface area per premises; provided that any noncommercial sign may have a sign surface area as large as that of any allowable sign in the same location.

(iii) They shall not exceed a maximum height of ten (10) feet; provided that any noncommercial sign may be as high as any allowable sign in the same location.

(iv) The area and height limitations of this section 29-4.8(e)(7) shall not apply to any noncommercial message placed on a structure that has existed as a nonconforming billboard.

(v) Any structure that may be lawfully used for an on-premises commercial sign may be used for a noncommercial sign.

(vi) The restrictions of this subsection shall not apply to banners on the campus of any college, university or hospital.

(8) Parking lot signs. On-premises wall or freestanding signs designating the conditions of use or identity of an automobile parking area and not less than eighteen (18) inches by twenty-four (24) inches in dimension, nor greater than thirty-two (32) square feet in sign surface area, shall be allowed. Freestanding signs shall not be more than eight (8) feet in height, and shall be set back a minimum of ten (10) feet from the property line.

(9) Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) signs.

(i) Directional signs. One on-premises sign, not exceeding eight (8) square feet in sign surface area, and not exceeding three (3) feet in height as measured from the grade immediately below the sign, shall be allowed at each automotive entrance and exit to the ATM.

(ii) Stand-alone signs. A stand-alone automatic teller machine shall be allowed a total of seventy-five

(75) square feet of wall or canopy sign surface area. The sign surface area shall be determined as the area of the basic geometric shape that encloses the message. Sign area for an automated teller machine located within the footprint of an occupied building shall be considered as part of the permitted wall sign surface area for the occupied building.

(10) Theater signs. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section 29-4.8, theaters and drive-in theaters shall be allowed any two (2) of the following five (5) types of signs:

(i) One marquee sign not to exceed two (2) square feet for every linear foot of building frontage.

(ii) One wall sign not to exceed the maximum surface area allowed under section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(iii) One freestanding sign with a maximum of two hundred eighty-eight (288) square feet in area and thirty (30) feet in height. However, no sign shall be greater in area than thirty-two (32) square feet for each screen in the theater, plus thirty-two (32) square feet.

(iv) Each establishment of one or two (2) stories may be allowed one on-premises roof sign for each wall facing a street. The maximum sign surface area shall be determined at the rate of two (2) square feet per linear foot of building frontage. No roof signs shall exceed the highest point of the roofs upon which they are located.

(v) One awning sign not to exceed the maximum surface area allowed under section 29-4.8(f)(2).

(11) Temporary signs. Temporary signs may be allowed subject to the following conditions:

(i) A permit in accordance with section 29-6.4(f) shall be required.

(ii) Such signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size or four (4) feet in height.

(iii) The sign setback requirements of this chapter shall apply.

(iv) No person shall be allowed to display a temporary sign or signs on a parcel of land for more than fourteen (14) days in a calendar year.

(12) Time and temperature signs. Time and temperature signs with a maximum sign surface area of thirty

(30) square feet may be placed in any commercial or industrially zoned district, subject to all other restrictions on signs in the commercial or industrially zoned district in which they are placed.

(f) Area, height and placement standards.

(1) Freestanding signs.

(i) Freestanding signs shall be regulated by the standards in Table 4.8-8 as modified by the provisions of subsection (ii) or (iii), below, and by other regulation of this subsection.

Table 4.8-8: Freestanding Sign Regulations

Street Class R-1, R-2, and A-1 R-MF and R-MH M-OF M-N, M-C, M-BP I-G

Local residential For buildings For buildings 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6

originally designed originally designed ft. max. ht. ft. max. ht. ft. max. ht. and constructed for and constructed for residential residential occupancy; only 1 occupancy; only 1 sign per site. 16 sq. sign per site. 16 sq.

ft. max. area, 4 ft. ft. max. area, 4 ft.

max. ht. Must be a max. ht. Must be a monument sign. monument sign.

All other buildings: All other buildings:

32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 ft. max. ht. Must be a ft. max. ht. Must be a monument sign. monument sign.

Collector or For buildings For buildings 48 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area, local originally designed originally designed 10 ft. max. ft. 12 ft. max. ht. 12 ft. max. ht. nonresidential and constructed for and constructed for

residential residential occupancy; only one occupancy; only one sign per site. 16 sq. sign per site. 16 sq.

ft. max. area, 4 ft. ft. max. area, 4 ft.

max. ht. Must be a max. ht. Must be a monument sign. monument sign.

All other buildings: All other buildings:

32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 ft. max. ht. Must be a ft. max. ht. Must be a monument or pylon monument or pylon sign sign

Arterial 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 64 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area,

ft. max. ht. (Must be ft. max. ht. (Must be 12 ft. max. ht. 12 ft. max. ht., for 12 ft. max. ht., for a monument or a monument or each 1.25 ft. setback, each 1.25 ft. setback, pylon sign) pylon sign) add 3.55 sq. ft./128 add 3.55 sq. ft./128 max. and 1 ft. ht. to max. and 1 ft. ht. to 30 ft. max. 30 ft. max.

Expressway 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 64 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area, 64 sq. ft. max. area,

ft. max. ht. ft. max. ht. 12 ft. max. ht. 12 ft. max. ht., for 12 ft. max. ht., for each 1.25 ft. setback, each 1.25 ft. setback, add 3.55 sq. ft./128 add 3.55 sq. ft./128 max. and 1 ft. ht. to max. and 1 ft. ht. to 30 ft. max. 30 ft. max.

Interstate freeway 32 sq. ft. max. area, 6 128 sq. ft. max. area, 128 sq. ft. max. area, 128 sq. ft. max. area, 128 sq. ft. max. area,

ft. max. ft. 12 ft. max. ht. 30 ft. max. ht. 30 ft. max. ht., for 30 ft. max. ht., for each 2.00 ft. setback, each 2.00 ft. setback, add 10.65 sq. ft./288 add 10.65 sq. ft./288 max. and 1 ft. ht. to max. and 1 ft. ht. to 45 ft. max. 45 ft. max.

(ii) Notwithstanding the existing street classifications, the area, height and placement of freestanding signs on property adjacent to the following arterial streets, because of their proximity to existing or planned residential neighborhoods and environmentally sensitive areas, shall be regulated by the collector street provisions of the Table 4.8-8.

(A) Stadium Boulevard (State Rt. E) north of Interstate 70.

(B) Creasy Springs Road.

(C) Paris Road south of Business Loop 70.

(D) Waco Road.

(E) Mexico Gravel Road/Brown Station Road.

(F) Ballenger Lane.

(G) Clark Lane, east of Olympic Boulevard.

(H) Broadway, east of Tenth Street and west of Sixth Street.

(I) New Haven Road.

(J) Old 63.

(K) College Avenue.

(L) Rangeline Street from Rogers Street to Business Loop 70.

(M) Providence Road between Stewart Road and Stadium Boulevard; and, north of Bear Creek.

(N) Nifong Boulevard, west of Monterey Drive and east of Buttonwood Drive.

(O) Forum Boulevard.

(P) West Boulevard.

(Q) Scott Boulevard.

(R) Chapel Hill Road.

(S) Sinclair Street.

(T) Old Plank Road.

(U) Vandiver Driver, east of Parker Street.

(iii) The area, height and placement of freestanding signs on property adjacent to the following collector and local, non-residential streets, because they serve established business areas or are near an interstate or expressway, shall be regulated by the arterial street provisions of the Table 4.8-8:

(A) I-70 Drive Northwest from Stadium Boulevard to Garden Drive.

(B) I-70 Drive Southwest.

(C) I-70 Drive Southeast.

(D) West Worley Street from eight hundred (800) ft. east of Bernadette Drive to one thousand five hundred (1,500) ft. west of Stadium Boulevard.

(E) West Ash Street from eight hundred (800) ft. east of Bernadette Drive to one thousand five hundred (1,500) ft. west of Stadium Boulevard.

(F) Bernadette Drive from Stadium Boulevard to West Worley Street.

(G) Fairview Road between Bernadette Drive and Bernadette Place.

(H) Bernadette Place.

(I) Knipp Street.

(J) Hutchens Drive.

(K) Beverly Drive.

(L) Green Meadows Road from Providence Outer Roadway to one hundred fifty (150) feet west of Green Meadows Way.

(M) Parkade Boulevard from Business Loop 70 to Interstate 70.

(N) Garth Avenue from Business Loop 70 to Interstate 70.

(O) Indiana Avenue.

(P) Grand Avenue from Business Loop 70 to Dakota Avenue.

(Q) Colorado Avenue.

(R) Dakota Avenue.

(S) Illinois Avenue.

(T) Nebraska Avenue.

(U) 7th Street from Business Loop 70 to Interstate 70.

(V) Commerce Court.

(W) Hathman Place.

(X) Bowling Street, south of Business Loop 70.

(Y) Belmont Street.

(Z) Peach Tree Drive.

(iv) The interstate and freeway category in Table 4.8-8 shall apply only to property within one hundred (100) feet of the right-of-way of Interstate 70 and U.S. 63 and property, either in whole or in part, within one thousand (1,000) feet of the mid-point of the intersections with Interstate 70 and U.S. 63.

(v) Street classifications are defined by the Major Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Columbia and the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Columbia.

(vi) Freestanding signs located on interior lots shall be set back from each side lot line a distance equal to twenty-five (25) percent of the lot width. On corner lots, the side setback shall be equal to twenty-five (25) percent of the lot width and applied only to the side lot line not adjacent to a street right-of-way.

(vii) Freestanding signs shall, at a minimum, be set back ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line, except that freestanding signs located on through lots shall be set back from the right-of-way lines no more than one-half (½) the lot depth. Freestanding signs located on corner lots abutting three (3) or more street rights-of-way shall be set back from the front and rear lot lines no more than one-half (½) the lot depth.

(viii) Where increased sign area and height are allowed by reason of increased setback, the setback shall be measured from the point of minimum setback.

(ix)

In any PD district that allows non-residential uses, freestanding sign area, height, placement and number shall be subject to review and approval of development plans or final development plans. Specific regulations shall be recommended to and approved by the council as part of a development plan or final development plan, or in the case of minor revisions, by the commission or the director changes to specific sign regulations within a development plan shall only be approved through compliance with zoning ordinance procedures for review and approval of development plans and final development plans and changes to them.

(x) Within M-DT district (section 29-4.2), signage shall be regulated by the provisions of section 29- 4.8(d)(3).

(xi) Freestanding sign regulations for R-1, R-2, R-MF and R-MH districts found in Table 4.8-8 shall only be applicable to signs for identification of manufactured home parks and subdivisions or neighborhood areas regulated under section 29-4.1029-4.7. Any non-residential uses allowed in the A, R-1, R-2, and R-MF districts shall be allowed freestanding signage in accordance with Table 4.8-8.

(2) On-premises wall, canopy and awning signs.

(i) On-premises wall, canopy and awning signs shall be regulated by the following Table 4.8-9 of sign regulations in accordance with the more detailed regulations of this section:

Table 4.8-9: On Premise Wall, Canopy, and Awning Signs

Street Class R-1, R-2, and A-1 R-MF and R-MH M-OF M-N, M-C, M-DT, M-BP I-G

Local Residential 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. area 32 sq. ft. max.

area area area area

Collector or Local 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. 48 sq. ft. max. 64 sq. ft. max. area; except that if the 64 sq. ft. max. Non-Residential area area area business does not have a freestanding area; for each

sign, for each 1.25 feet of setback, add 1.25 setback add 3.55 sq. ft. to a 128 sq. ft. max 3.55 sq. ft. to a 128 sq. ft. max. area

Arterial 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. 64 sq. ft. max. 64 sq. ft. max. area; for each 1.25 ft. 64 sq. ft. max.

area area area setback, add 3.55 sq. ft. to a 192 sq. ft. area; for each max. area 1.25 ft. setback, add 3.55 sq. ft. to a 192 sq. ft. max. area

Expressway 32 sq. ft. max. 32 sq. ft. max. 64 sq. ft. max. 64 sq. ft. max. area; for each 1.25 ft. 64 sq. ft. max.

area area area setback, add 3.55 sq. ft. to a 256 sq. ft. area; for each max. area 1.25 ft. setback, add 3.55 sq. ft. to a 256 sq. ft. max. area

Interstate 32 sq. ft. max. 128 sq. ft. max. 128 sq. ft. max. 128 sq. ft. max. area; for each 2.00 ft. 128 sq. ft. max. Freeway area area area setback, add 10.65 sq. ft./288 max. area; for each

2.00 ft. setback, add 10.65 sq. ft./288 max.

(ii) Arterial streets listed in section 29-4.8(f)(1) shall be regulated by the collector street provisions of Table 4.8-9.

(iii) Collector and local, non-residential streets listed in section 29-4.8(f)(1) shall be regulated by the arterial street provisions of Table 4.8-9.

(iv) The interstate and freeway category in Table 4.9-9 shall apply only to property within one hundred (100) feet of the right-of-way of Interstate 70 and U.S. 63 and property, either in whole or in part, within one thousand (1,000) feet of the midpoint of the intersections with Interstate 70 and U.S. 63.

(v) Street classifications are defined by the Major Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Columbia and the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Columbia.

(vi) Where increased sign area is allowed by reason of increased setback, the setback shall be measured from a point thirty-five (35) feet from the curb or, if there is no curb, then thirty-five

(35) feet from the edge of the pavement.

(vii) The surface area of any wall sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) percent of the area of the wall or twenty (20) percent of the area of the wall if the business does not have a freestanding sign.

(viii) In any PD district that allows nonresidential uses, on-premises wall, canopy and awning sign surface area shall be subject to review and approval of development plans or final development plans. Specific regulations shall be recommended to and approved by the council as part of a development plan or final development plan, or in the case of minor revisions, by the commission or director. Changes to specific sign regulations within a development plan shall only be approved through compliance with zoning ordinance procedures for review and approval of development plans and final development plans and changes to them.

(ix) When an establishment has frontage on more than one street, the sign surface area for wall, canopy and awning signs shall be determined separately for each street.