§ 4-119. Signs for institutional uses.

The following signs shall be allowed for schools, religious institutions and other institutional uses lawfully located in the institution zoning district or in a residential district, or in the FP-1 or MH-1 zoning districts:

(a)

Detached sign. Each such use may have one (1) detached freestanding sign, not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area or eight (8) feet in height. The freestanding sign may include reader board signs, not to exceed thirty (30) per cent of the sign area. Such signs may be illuminated and may not be located closer than ten (10) feet from the pavement edge or edge of a street, nor closer than twenty-five (25) feet from any property used exclusively for residential purposes.

(b)

Wall signs. Each such use shall also be allowed one (1) wall sign for each public entrance to the institutional use; such wall signs shall not exceed six (6) square feet each and shall not be separately illuminated.

(c)

Flags. Each such use shall be allowed to display flags, subject to the following standards:

(1)

No flag at such a use shall bear any commercial message;

(2)

The maximum number of flagpoles on one (1) site shall be three (3);

(3)

The maximum height of a flagpole shall be thirty-five (35) feet;

(4)

The largest dimension of a single flag shall not exceed one-third ( 1/3 ) of the height of the flagpole; if there are two (2) flags on a pole, the total height of the two (2) flags shall not exceed one-third ( 1/3 ) of the height of the flagpole.

(Ord. No. 09-1123, 11-23-2009)