Fulton Wall signs ordinance (§ 92-64)

Wall signs are subject to the following restrictions:

(1) Except as provided herein, no wall sign or signs shall be allowed to exceed 100 square feet for any single building, store or occupied unit.

(2) Any commercial building or occupied unit shall be permitted a wall sign having an area equal to 20 percent of the area of the front wall of the building or portion of the building occupied.

(3) A sign not to exceed 300 square feet may be placed on a building the front wall of which is not less than 300 feet to the right-of-way line of a public street or to the limits of any other street or roadway.

(4) Any building occupied by a single tenant and having a front wall area of over 2,000 square feet adjoining a public street may have a wall sign with a sign area not in excess of ten percent of the area of the front wall of such building, provided however, that the area of a wall sign shall not exceed 300 square feet.

(5) A building on a corner lot may have signs on each street side of such building, and the area of each wall adjoining a public street shall be computed separately to determine the size of the sign which may be erected on each wall.

(6) All wall signs shall be made of noncombustible materials. Moldings and cappings may be made of wood.

(7) All wall signs shall be safely and securely attached to a building.

(8) No wall sign shall project beyond or above the face of the surface to which it is attached.

(9) No wall sign shall be erected so as to cover the doors or windows of any building, or otherwise prevent free ingress and egress to or from any window, door or fire escape of any building.

(10) No wall sign shall extend more than 12 inches from the surface to which it is attached.