101-715 - Location of signs

LAST AMENDED
6/28/2004

If more than one #commercial# establishment is located on the same floor of a #building#, the #signs# #accessory# to all such
establishments, except for projecting #signs# that comply with the provisions of Section 101-131 (Permitted projection), shall be
of equal height and mounted or painted on a common #sign# board. All #signs# or common #sign# boards shall be located as
follows:

(a)    if #accessory# to #uses# on the ground floor of a #building#, the #sign# or common #sign# board shall be located within a
         band extending the full length of the #street wall#, which band shall have a lower limit of eight feet above the ground
         floor and an upper limit coincident with the bottom of the lowest window sill on the second floor, but in no event more
         than 16 feet above #curb level#;

(b)    if #accessory# to #uses# on the upper floor of a #building#, the #sign# or common #sign# board shall be located between
        the highest window lintel of the floor on which the #use# is located and the lowest window sill of the floor above, but in
        no case more than 25 feet above #curb level#;

(c)    no #sign# may be located so as to obscure any cornice, except that a non-#illuminated sign# may be attached to a cornice if
        such #sign# consists of individual letters, emblems or figures mounted on open metal mesh attached to the cornice and
        finished to match the cornice, provided that the cornice remains visible; and

(d)    no #sign# or common #sign# board shall extend above the parapet wall or roof of the #building# on which it is displayed.