A. A Common Signage Plan applies to two different development scenarios:
1. Multi-Tenant Center or One Lot with Multiple Buildings (required); and
2. Multiple Adjacent Lots (optional).
B. Multi-Tenant Center or One Lot with Multiple Buildings.
1. For the purposes of this section, "multiple buildings on one lot" does not include accessory buildings.
2. Common Signage Plan shall contain the following information:
a. An accurate plot plan of the lot(s) at a minimum 1" =20' scale, or as approved by the City;
b. The location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, landscaped areas on such lot, and any other information as required by the City;
c. Calculation of the maximum total sign area, the maximum area for individual signs, the maximum height of signs and the maximum number of Freestanding Signs allowed on the lot under this Subsection;
d. An accurate indication on the plan of the proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, regardless of whether a permit is required; and
e. An accurate depiction of the sign structure and materials, specifying standards for consistency among all signs on the lot(s) affected by the plan with regard to color scheme, lettering or graphic style, lighting, location of each sign on the buildings, materials, and sign proportions.
3. No more than one (1) Freestanding Sign shall be allowed for each street on which the lot has frontage.
a. These signs must provide for shared or common usage of such signs.
b. Lots having more than three hundred (300) feet of street frontage on a single street may have one (1) Freestanding Sign per two hundred (200) feet of frontage beyond three hundred (300) feet.
4. If the signage in the plan meets all requirements listed above, then a twenty (20) percent increase in the maximum sign area shall be allowed for each sign, excluding Freestanding Signs.
C. Multiple Adjacent Lots.
1. Common Signage Plans are encouraged but not required for adjacent lots.
2. In addition to the requirements for a Common Signage Plan, the Applicant must also submit the following information intended to ensure consistency among signs:
a. Color scheme.
b. Lettering or graphic style.
c. Lighting.
d. Location of each sign on the building.
e. Material.
f. Sign proportions.
D. Existing Signs Not Conforming to Common Signage Plan.
1. 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 all signs into compliance with this Subsection within three (3) years from the date of approval of the plan or amended plan.
2. Common Signage Plan may contain such other restrictions as the owners of the lots may reasonably determine.
E. Consent. The Common Signage Plan shall be established by all owners or their authorized agents in such form as the Director of Planning may require.
F. Procedures. A 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. The Director of Planning may review the Common Signage Plan and approve it provided it meets all requirements of this Subsection. Otherwise he may approve it with conditions; or may deny the plan.
1. Amendment. A Common Signage Plan may be amended by filing a new Common Signage Plan that conforms with all requirements of this Subsection.
2. Binding Effect. After approval of a Common Signage Plan, no sign shall be erected, placed, painted, or maintained, except in compliance with such plan, and such plan may be enforced in the same way as any provision of the Subsection. In case of any conflict between the provisions of such a plan and any other requirement of this Subsection, this Subsection shall control.
