Great Falls |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 17. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE |
Chapter 60. SIGN CODE |
Article 4. ON-PREMISE SIGNS |
§ 17.60.4.015. Neighborhood commercial, Central business periphery, Mixed use, Public lands and institutional and Parks and open space districts.
The following on-premise signs are authorized for approved commercial uses in neighborhood commercial zoning district (C-1), central business periphery zoning district (C-5), mixed use zoning district (M-1), public lands and institutional zoning district (PLI) and parks and open space zoning district (POS), subject to issuance of a sign permit.
Maximum sign allocation for each commercial premise under this section equals the standard wall signage allocation plus two hundred (200) square feet maximum freestanding signage. If the premise houses multiple tenants, the owner is responsible for allocating signage amongst the separate tenants/businesses.
A.
Wall signs. (See Exhibit 60-1, Exhibit 60-5 and Exhibit 60-11 of this chapter.)
1.
A maximum of ten (10) percent of each frontage building wall, excluding service delivery areas and parapets, may be covered with wall signage.
2.
Maximum projection - excluding awnings: twenty-four (24) inches.
3.
Wall signs may be placed no higher than six (6) inches below the top of the wall or parapet.
4.
Wall signs may not obstruct required windows and/or required exits.
B.
Freestanding signs including pole signs, monument signs and low-profile signs. (See Exhibit 60-7 and Exhibit 60-9 of this chapter.)
1.
One (1) freestanding sign per premise street frontage.
2.
A maximum area of one (1) square foot per linear foot of premise frontage facing one (1) street or avenue is allowed. A maximum of two hundred (200) square feet of total freestanding signage per premise is allowed.
3.
Height limit is fifteen (15) feet above finished grade of the lot.
4.
Freestanding signs must be located entirely on private property.
5.
Signs may not project over public property.
6.
When a freestanding sign structure is installed, the base of the sign must be landscaped. If the freestanding sign is located within a vehicular use area, the landscaped area must be designed to protect sign base supports from vehicular incursion. Support protection examples include bollards, stones or curbing that are integrated with the landscaping. Landscaping may contain trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennial or annual flowers, turf and organic or inorganic mulches. Living plant materials must cover at least seventy-five (75) percent of the landscaped area.
7.
A twenty (20) percent increase in maximum freestanding sign area is granted when signage is entirely low-profile. (See Exhibit 60-5 of this chapter.)
8.
If a premise is subsequently subdivided after a freestanding sign allocation has been established for the premise, the subsequently created parcels shall share the freestanding sign allocation; shall share the same freestanding sign pole or monument; and, the owner/subdivider is responsible for allocating the freestanding signage amongst the separately created parcels at the time of each sale or lease.
(Ord. 3139, 2016)