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(1) A business in the RFS zone may erect the following signs; provided that one freestanding sign for business identification may be permitted in place of the sign permitted in SCC 30.27.050(1)(a) or (1)(b):

(a) One wall-mounted sign identifying the business conducted therein may be permitted. The sign must be solely supported by the attachment and the uppermost portion shall not extend more than five feet higher than the building at its highest point, subject further to the overall height regulation of this zone. Such sign may be an attached, single-faced sign or a back-to-back, double-faced sign and shall have a surface area not to exceed 150 square feet per face; and

(b) One additional business identification sign, having a surface area not in excess of 50 square feet, may be permitted when attached flat to one wall of the building, but not to extend above the exterior wall top plate line to which attached.

(2) An application for a freestanding sign pursuant to SCC 30.27.050(1) shall be a Type 1 permit application subject to the following conditions:

(a) Where permitted, the uppermost portion of the freestanding sign shall be a height not greater than 35 feet above the ground as measured from the average finished grade at the front face of the principal building;

(b) Such freestanding sign shall be located no farther than 100 feet from the principal building; and

(c) Freestanding, single-faced identification signs, or back-to-back, double-faced identification signs, shall have a surface area not to exceed 150 square feet per face. A V-shaped, double-faced sign with an interior angle of 60 degrees or less shall have a total surface area not to exceed 150 square feet. All other sign configurations shall have a surface area not to exceed 300 square feet, with no single face to exceed 100 square feet.

(3) Advertising displays or signs may be permitted subject to the following limitations:

(a) Such signs shall not identify the business, but shall be limited to advertising the product and/or service offered;

(b) The total surface area of all such signs shall not exceed 50 square feet, and no single surface area shall exceed 25 square feet;

(c) No business shall divide its display into more than four single sign faces or display surfaces;

(d) In no case shall the top of any display surface be more than seven feet above the ground as measured from the sign base; and

(e) No advertising sign shall be located as to be readable primarily from a limited access highway.

(4) Signs may be illuminated, but no rotating sign, flashing beacon, or variable intensity light shall be permitted. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Ord. 20-080, Dec. 16, 2020, Eff date Jan. 9, 2021).