A building complex shall be considered as a single entity, without regard to whether it consists of more than one lot or parcel. Each building complex may erect and maintain signage provided that such sign criteria shall be approved through a planned sign permit program pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 17.08 of this title and provided a sign permit pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 17.08 of this title is first obtained. Building complex signs shall be permitted as set forth in this article.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008)
A. 
Number. To identify the building complex and/or its tenants in the building complex, each building complex is permitted:
1. 
One on-site freestanding sign if the project frontage does not exceed 1,000 lineal feet;
2. 
One on-site freestanding sign per street with a primary entrance to the complex if the project frontage exceeds 1,000 lineal feet; and
3. 
One additional on-site freestanding sign is permitted for every 1,000 lineal feet of frontage or portion thereof in excess of 2,000 lineal feet.
B. 
Location and Design.
1. 
No freestanding sign over three feet high shall be erected or maintained within the clear vision triangle;
2. 
Freestanding signs shall not be erected or maintained any closer than three feet to any building;
3. 
Freestanding signs shall maintain a setback, measured from the part of the sign that is closest to the nearest property line of the parcel on which it is placed, equal to at least one-half the height of the sign;
4. 
If more than one on-site freestanding sign is proposed, each sign shall have the same design; and
5. 
The colors and materials of the sign(s) base and or casing/housing shall be compatible with the colors and materials of the building complex.
C. 
Height.
1. 
The maximum height for freestanding signs shall be 15 feet.
D. 
Area.
1. 
The maximum area of each sign excluding the base and/or embellishments shall be 100 square feet; the maximum area of each sign including the base and/or embellishments shall be 150 square feet.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008)
A. 
Number.
1. 
Major tenants are permitted an unlimited number of wall signs;
2. 
Freestanding pad buildings with one tenant are permitted three wall signs, provided each sign is located on a different side of the building and faces a public entrance, a public street or a parking lot;
3. 
Freestanding pad buildings with two or more tenants are permitted two wall signs per in-line tenant and three wall signs per corner tenant, provided the signs for each tenant are located on a different side of the building and face a public entrance, a public street or a parking lot. Provided however, no sign shall be permitted on any façade facing a property line shared with residential land uses; and
4. 
Uses that are neither major tenants nor freestanding pad buildings are permitted one wall sign; provided however, a use on a corner of the building is permitted two wall signs, provided each sign is located on a different side of the building and faces a public entrance, a public street, or a parking lot.
B. 
Location and Design.
1. 
Wall signs may be:
a. 
Attached flat against or pinned away (peg mounted or similar) from a building wall, but shall not extend or protrude more than one foot from the wall, except for projecting signs as provided in Section 17.06.180,
b. 
Attached to the façade of a building, but shall not extend above the upper edge of the façade, and
c. 
Painted on or attached to a canopy or awning;
2. 
Sign casing/housing shall be compatible with the architecture of the building and should not cover or interrupt major architectural features, including such features as doors, windows, tile embellishments and reveal lines;
3. 
Signs placed between window spandrels, on fasciae, on sloping roofs, or on awnings shall not exceed two-thirds of the height of the area to which the sign is attached and must be centrally positioned;
4. 
Wall signs shall be centered vertically on the spandrel, fascia, or awning;
5. 
The size of the letters and the spacing shall be balanced for the tenants within the building complex providing minimum and maximum letter heights;
6. 
Signs throughout the building complex shall be consistent in appearance; and
7. 
Exposed raceways shall not be permitted. However, raceways will be permitted only when the raceway is an integral component of the graphic design of the sign.
C. 
Area.
1. 
With the exception of office buildings, the combined area for wall signs shall not exceed 20% of the front tenant space façade up to a maximum of 200 square feet per tenant. Office buildings containing one or more tenants are permitted unlimited wall signs, provided that the cumulative total of wall sign area does not exceed 20% of the building façade up to a maximum of 200 square feet per building, or as otherwise provided for corporate centers as identified in Section 17.06.255.
2. 
For buildings 100,000 square feet and larger directly abutting a freeway, the combined area of all wall signs for a building shall not exceed 20% of the building façade up to a maximum of 300 square feet per building.
3. 
The length of wall signs shall not exceed 70% of the length of the tenant space façade or building façade if a tenant occupies more than one tenant space in a building complex.
(Ord. 4648 § 2, 2008; Ord. 6731, 10/4/2023)