§ 85-8. Sign inventory.

(a)

Inventory required . No permit shall be issued for an individual sign unless a sign inventory for the site upon which the sign is to be erected has been submitted to and approved by the Community Development Department as conforming with this ordinance. No sign shall be erected on any site unless it is shown on an approved sign inventory.

(b)

Submittal requirements . A sign inventory submitted for approval shall include the following:

(1)

An inventory of all existing signs on the applicable site, including locations and sizes.

(2)

An accurate site plan, drawn to scale, showing the proposed location of each freestanding sign and the location of all buildings and driveways on the parcel.

(3)

An accurate elevation of each building wall intended to accommodate a sign, including window signs, showing the location, dimensions, and height of each sign above grade level.

(4)

An illustration depicting each proposed sign, its size and proportions, color scheme, construction material and type of illumination.

(c)

Amendment . A sign inventory may be amended by filing a new sign inventory which conforms to all of the requirements of this chapter.

(d)

Binding effect . Upon approval of a sign inventory, no sign shall be erected, placed, painted, attached or maintained, except as shown on such inventory and a violation of the approved inventory may be enforced in the same manner as any provision of this ordinance. In the case of a conflict between the provisions of the sign inventory and any other provision of this chapter, the ordinance shall control.

SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS

Sign	Use	Area		Height	Number	Location
		Surface area	Area bonus
Freestanding	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional, recreational (Except not allowed in the "Downtown" area shown on Appendix C, see below)	32 square feet	Where permitted, a monument sign 16 additional square feet is allowed.	12 feet or the height of the principal building, whichever is less	Street frontage per parcel: 0'—200': 1 sign 201'—399': 2 signs 400' or more: 3 signs per parcel	Set back minimum of 10 feet from any property line   (Not allowed in the "Downtown" area shown on Appendix C)
	Multiple family residential	12 square feet	N/A	6 feet	1 per street frontage per parcel
Wall and awning	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional, recreational	Except in Downtown Bay City, business front width feet x 4 feet or 75 square feet, whichever is less but not more than 15% of wall area     In Downtown Bay City (Appendix C), maximum of 10% of wall area but not more than 250 square feet total exterior signage for entire parcel	For a dark or opaque background: 15 additional square feet   If no freestanding sign: an additional 15 square feet	18 feet or one foot below the second-floor window trim	N/A
	Multiple family residential	12 square feet	N/A	18 feet or one foot below the second-floor window trim	1 sign per parcel	First floor of building wall
Projecting/Suspended	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional, recreational	16 square feet
Window	Commercial, office industrial, institutional and recreational	30% of each window area is authorized without a sign permit.
Portable	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional and recreational	6 square feet with no dimension greater than 3 feet	N/A	Maximum 4 feet	1. One sign per business front 2. If no business front, one per parcel.	1. On private property within 10 feet of building face. 2. If no building face, 10 feet from any property line.
Electronic message center	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional, and recreational	Up to 50% of the sign face area of any permitted permanent freestanding or wall sign and up to 100% of the sign face area of a marquee sign may incorporate an electronic message center.	N/A	Based on most similar sign type	1 per street frontage	Based on most similar sign type.
Monument	Commercial, office, industrial, institutional, and recreational	48 square feet	N/A	Maximum 8 feet	1 per street frontage	Two feet from a front and ten feet from side lot line.

 

For commercial, industrial, multiple family dwellings, recreational or institutional users in a predominantly residential block.

(Ord. No. 2017-11 , § 2, 7-17-17)