Division 26. Sign Ordinance.

Section 26.32. CG-2 Commercial District.

In addition to the permanent and temporary signs and sign-types that are allowed pursuant to Section 26.26, the following permanent signs are also allowed within the CG-2 Commercial District. The permanent signs described below require a sign permit.

(a) Freestanding monument signs. For each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within any CG-2 Commercial District, one freestanding monument sign shall be allowed. The freestanding monument sign shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1) Maximum height. The monument sign shall not exceed 35 feet in height.

(2) Maximum size. The monument sign shall not exceed 135 square feet in sign area.

However, in the event that the parcel is greater than one acre in size and has two street frontages, two freestanding monument signs shall be allowed, but each freestanding monument sign shall be subject to the maximum height and maximum size criteria described above.

(b) Freestanding pole signs. In lieu of one freestanding monument sign, each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within the CG-2 Commercial District is allowed one freestanding pole sign. The freestanding pole sign shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1) Maximum height. The pole sign shall not exceed 35 feet in height.

(2) Maximum size. The pole sign shall not exceed 1 square feet in sign area for every each foot of street frontage, subject to a maximum sign area of no more than 135 square feet.

(3) Setback. The pole sign shall be set back at least ten feet from the property line.

(c) Attached signs. For each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within the CG-2 Commercial District, attached signs shall be allowed. Attached signs shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1) Maximum number. Only one attached sign shall be allowed; however, in the event the parcel contains a multi-tenant development, each individual business use may have one attached sign.

(2) Maximum size. An attached sign shall not exceed a sign face area equal to one square foot for each linear foot of building frontage.

(3) Height restrictions. An attached sign may not appear above the first floor of a building.

(d) Attached menu display signs. For each parcel within the CG-2 Commercial District with (a) a restaurant without drive-through service or (b) with a transient lodging facility that has restaurant facilities open to the general public, one attached menu display sign shall be allowed. An attached menu display sign shall be a wall sign not exceeding 12 square feet in sign area. An attached menu display sign shall be in addition to the freestanding and attached signage otherwise allowed pursuant to the other provisions of this division.

(e) Theater signs. For each parcel with a theater within the CG-2 Commercial District, one attached theater sign shall be allowed. An attached theater sign shall be a wall sign not exceeding fifteen square feet in sign area for each auditorium within the theater. An attached theater sign shall be in addition to the freestanding and attached signage otherwise allowed pursuant to the other provisions of this division.

(f) Waterside identification signs. For each parcel within the CG-2 Commercial District with a residential complex, business property or shopping center theater that can only be viewed from a navigable waterway, one waterside identification sign shall be allowed. A waterside identification sign may be either a free-standing sign or an attached sign. A waterside identification sign shall not exceed eight feet in height and shall not exceed twenty square feet in sign area. A waterside identification sign shall be in addition to the freestanding and attached signage otherwise allowed pursuant to the other provisions of this division.