Navarre City Zoning Code
§ 151.15
SIGNS.
(A) Conformity required. Signs shall be designed, erected, altered, reconstructed, moved, or maintained in whole or in part in conformity with the provisions of this section.
(B) Definition. As used in this section, "SIGN" means a structure or any part thereof, or any device attached to or painted directly or indirectly on a structure or a parcel of land, which displays or includes any letter, model, banner, pennant, insignia, devices or other presentation to direct attention to a person, institution, organization, activity, place, object, product, or business.
(C) Classification of signs. For the purposes of this chapter, signs shall be classified as being either accessory to the main building or use of the land or a main use of the land in the district in which such signs are located.
(1) As accessory uses. Signs as an accessory use are located on the same premises as the main use of that premises, directing attention to a business commodity or service sold or offered on the premises, and are permitted as accessory uses in the district in which they are located, subject to such regulations as are herein provided.
(2) As main uses. Signs as a main use function to attract attention to a business, commodity, or service sold or offered in locations other than on the premises on which they are located and shall be classified as a main use and permitted in the business and industrial districts, subject to such regulations as are herein provided.
(D) Permitted signs, accessory or main use. Signs shall be permitted in each use district and regulated as to type, size, and location in conformity with the following:
(E) Unless otherwise stated, all maximum size of sign use numbers in the table accompanying this section are square feet.
(F) General sign locations. Signs and their supporting structures shall not project over public ways nor shall they extend over the maximum height requirement for the district in which they are located. Signs shall not be erected so as to obstruct street sight lines, traffic control lights, signs at street intersections, street sight lines, or signals at railroad crossings. Signs visible from the sight lines along a street shall not contain an arrow or words such as "stop," "go," "slow," and the like, or otherwi5e resemble highway traffic signs.
(G) Illumination of signs. Light sources to illuminate signs shall be reflected and shielded and shall not be of excessive brightness, cause glare hazardous to pedestrians or automobile drivers, or be objectionable to adjacent residential districts. The colors red or green, either in direct illumination or reflection, shall not be used where they may interfere with the sight lines of a traffic signal.
(Ord. 895, passed 2-18-64; Am. Ord. 5-2016, passed 7-18-16) Penalty, see § 151.99