§ 315-50. Signage.

(A)

Generally. Signage shall meet all the requirements of article 505, Sign Regulations, based on the underlying zoning district and use, except as provided in this section. In the event of conflict between this section and article 505, this section shall prevail.

(1)

In the event a commercial use is designed to front both the hotels and Griffin Road or Stirling Road, article 505 may be applied to allow individual signage on both sides of the commercial building.

(B)

Shared district monument sign. The properties within the Hotel Overlay District shall provide one (1) shared district monument sign, subject to the requirements of the underlying sign regulations as modified in this section:

(1)

The shared district monument sign shall be located on a property adjacent to Griffin Road or Stirling Road, as applicable, and shall be substituted for a monument sign which would otherwise be permitted on that property. This does not preclude the placement of additional signage, identifying the Griffin Road or Stirling Road property only, if additional signage would be otherwise permitted under the sign regulations of article 505.

(2)

The shared district monument sign shall meet the requirements of subsection 505-140(C) (Principal arterial design standards) except that the shared district monument sign is permitted to be seventy-eight (78) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height.

(3)

The city commission may approve a larger monument sign than that permitted in this section if it determines that the additional area is necessary to legibly identify all the shared overlay district uses on the sign.

(4)

The location, design, and size of the shared district monument sign shall be approved at the time application for the Hotel Overlay District is made.

(5)

Only hotels and tourist supportive services, as defined in section 315-30(A)(2), may have signage on the shared district monument sign.

(C)

Shared district pole sign. If any property within the Hotel Overlay District is located within one thousand (1,000) feet of Interstate 95, a single pole sign shall be permitted in the district, which pole sign shall be a shared district pole sign.

(1)

The shared district pole sign shall identify every use within the designated Hotel Overlay District which:

(a)

Has greater than sixty thousand (60,000) square feet of enclosed area under roof;

(b)

Has no other existing pole sign identification within the Hotel Overlay District; and

(c)

Is a hotel or a tourist supportive service as defined in section 315-30(A)(2).

(2)

The shared district pole sign shall not exceed a height of fifty (50) feet or twenty-five (25) feet above the height of the elevation of the abutting interstate highway, whichever is less, and fifty (50) square feet in area per eligible advertised use.

(3)

No use shall be advertised on more than one (1) pole sign within the overlay district.

(4)

The city commission may approve a maximum size or height of this pole sign larger than that permitted in this section, if it determines that the additional area or height is necessary to legibly identify all the eligible shared overlay district uses on the sign.

(5)

No new pole signs except a single shared district pole sign as permitted above shall be permitted within the overlay district.

(6)

Legal pole signs existing at the date of designation as a Hotel Overlay District shall become nonconforming signs with regard to the requirements of this overlay district, and shall be subject to the nonconforming sign provisions of section 505-180, unless one (1) such sign is modified and utilized as the sole shared pole sign for the overlay district.

(7)

A shared district pole sign may be a digital sign in accordance with the requirements of subsection 505-140(B).

(Ord. No. 2010-20, § 2(Exh. A), 9-14-10; Ord. No. 2010-025, § 5, 11-23-10; Ord. No. 2013-001, § 4, 2-26-13)