§ 166-86. Surface area of signs.

Except in the Vieux Carré Entertainment District (see section 166-92), the surface area of any sign shall be in direct proportion to the amount of front footage of each store, shop or bona fide business and shall be as follows:

(1)

For single-faced or painted wall signs, attached flat against the wall, there shall be allowed 30 square inches of sign surface area to each foot of lot frontage.

(2)

For double-faced signs, suspended by brackets or arms perpendicularly from the wall of a building there shall be allowed 60 square inches of sign surface area to each running foot of lot frontage. The area of such a double-faced sign shall be taken to mean the sum of the areas of each face.

(3)

In no case shall the area of any one single-faced or painted wall sign exceed eight square feet, the maximum allowable size for such a sign.

(4)

In no case shall the area of any one single-faced or painted wall sign be less than two square feet, unless by special permission of the Vieux Carré Commission.

(5)

In no case shall the area of any one double-faced sign exceed a total for both sides of 16 square feet, the maximum allowable size for such sign.

(6)

In no case shall the area of any one double-faced sign be less than four square feet, unless by special permission of the commission.

(7)

In the case where two or more businesses are conducted on the premises of a single ownership having a front footage of 25 feet or less, the allowable sign area shall be increased by one and one-half times except in a specialty urban marketplace.

(Code 1956, § 65-27; M.C.S., Ord. No. 18,389, § 1, 8-21-97)