§ 152.131A. MASTER AND COMMON SIGN PLANS REQUIRED.

(A) No permit shall be issued for an individual sign requiring a permit unless and until a master signage plan or a common signage plan for the zone lot on which the sign will be erected has been submitted to the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Zoning Administrator as conforming with this section.

(B) Procedures. A master or common signage plan shall be included in any development plan, site plan, planned unit development plan, or other official plan required by the city for the proposed development and shall be processed simultaneously with such other plan.

(C) Amendment. A master or common signage plan may be amended by filing a new master or common signage plan that conforms with all requirements of the ordinance then in effect.

(D) Existing signs not conforming to common signage plan. If any new or amended common signage plan is filed for a property on which existing signs are located, it shall include a schedule for bringing into conformance, within three years, all signs not conforming to the proposed amended plan or to the requirements of this ordinance in effect on the date of submission.

(E) Master signage plan. For any zone lot on which the owner proposes to erect one or more signs requiring a permit, unless such zone lot is included in a common signage plan, the owner shall submit to the Zoning Administrator a master signage plan containing the following:

(1) An accurate plot plan of the zone lot, at such scale as the Zoning Administrator may reasonably require;

(2) Location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, and landscaped areas on such zone lot;

(3) Computation of the maximum total sign area, the maximum area for individual signs, the height of signs and the number of freestanding signs allowed on the zone lot(s) included in the plan under this subchapter; and

(4) An accurate indication on the plot plan of the proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, whether requiring a permit or not, except that incidental signs need not be shown.

(F) Common signage plan.

(1) If the owners of two or more contiguous (disregarding intervening streets and alleys) zone lots or the owner of a single lot with more than one building (not including any accessory building) file with the Zoning Administrator for such zone lots a common signage plan conforming with the provisions of this section, a 25% increase in the maximum total sign area shall be allowed for each included zone lot. This bonus shall be allocated within each zone lot as the owner(s) elects.

(2) The common signage plan shall contain all of the information required for a master signage plan and shall also specify standards for consistency among all signs on the zone lots affected by the plan with regard to: color scheme, lettering or graphic style, lighting, location of each sign on the buildings, material, and sign proportions.

(Ord. 188, passed 4-11-13)