Fulton Directory signs ordinance (§ 92-51)

All directory signs and properties displaying directory signs are subject to the following restrictions:

(1) Only office buildings and shopping centers are allowed to display a directory sign.

(2) Where a single parcel of land contains multiple office buildings, shopping centers, or combinations thereof, each may have a directory sign provided there is a minimum of 500 linear feet of roadway frontage between each sign.

(3) Shopping centers and office buildings containing less than 30,000 square feet of gross floor area may have a directory sign containing a total of 200 square feet.

Shopping centers and office buildings containing 30,000—50,000 square feet of gross floor area may have a directory sign containing a total of 300 square feet.

Shopping centers and office buildings containing 50,000 square feet or more of gross floor area may have a directory sign containing a total of 400 square feet.

The distribution of space on any such sign will be as follows:

a. A maximum of 50 percent of such sign may contain the name of the shopping center or the office building. The remaining sign area shall be divided equally between the units of the center or the building.

b. In the event of subsequent division or combination of units within a shopping center or other building, each unit shall be allowed a maximum sign area proportional to that unit's percentage of the gross square footage of the shopping center or other building.

(4) A directory sign not meeting the provisions for wall signs may be erected on one or more posts, provided such sign:

a. Has a maximum height of 25 feet above the ground level below the sign;

b. Has a minimum height of ten feet above the mean ground level below the sign;

c. Is not within ten feet of any property line;

d. Is constructed in a front yard as defined in the zoning ordinance;

e. Is built of noncombustible materials;

f. Is illuminated only internally.

(5) No shopping center or office building shall have any ground or post sign other than a directory sign.