Division 26. Sign Ordinance.

Section 26.29. ROR Residential/Office/Retail 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 ROR Residential/Office/ Retail District. The permanent signs described below require a sign permit.

(a) Subdivision monument identification signs. For each platted subdivision or neighborhood entrance within any ROR Residential/Office/Retail District, one subdivision monument identification sign not exceeding six feet in height and twenty-four square feet in sign area shall be allowed.

(b) Freestanding monument signs. For each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within the ROR Residential/Office/Retail 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 10 feet in height.

(2) Maximum size. The monument sign shall not exceed 40 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.

(c) Freestanding pole signs. In lieu of one freestanding monument sign, each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within the ROR Residential/Office/ Retail 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 20 feet in height.

(2) Maximum size. The pole sign shall not exceed 1 square feet in sign area for each linear foot of street frontage, subject to a maximum sign area of no more than 40 square feet.

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

(d) Attached signs. For each parcel with a lawful non-residential use within the ROR Residential/Office/Retail District, attached signs shall be allowed. Attached signs shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1) Maximum number. Up to three attached signs having a combined sign area not exceeding the maximum permitted in paragraph (d)(2) 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 have a sign area that exceeds 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.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) above, lawful non-residential uses located above the first floor may have one wall or canopy sign on the second floor with the specific approval of the City Manager.