§ 14.12. Uniform shopping center signage (Rev. 10/10/2007; Ord. [No.] 23-2000).

The following sign regulations have been established with respect to shopping centers, as described in section 14.3 of this article.

A.

Sign required. Each tenant shall erect an illuminated sign on the canopy fascia in front of its premises to identify the tenant doing business on the premises.

B.

Permit and approval. All signs shall be approved in writing by the department of fire, rescue and inspectional services before fabrication. The tenant shall cause its sign company to submit a permit application and detailed drawings to the department of fire, rescue and inspectional services. No sign shall be erected except in accordance with the drawing bearing the village's final approval.

C.

Content limitation. Signs shall not be used for advertising other than that which is implicit in "identifying the tenant". No "brand names" shall be used except when a brand name coincides with the name of the tenant's store. Subject to the discretionary written approval of the village planning and zoning director, advertising symbols or logotypes may be used in the identification of the name of the tenant's store.

D.

Width. The horizontal centerline of the proposed single or two-line sign shall be located at the midpoint distance between the top and bottom of the fascia. Maximum sign frontage shall be sixty (60) percent of leased frontage with sign centered on that leased frontage. The primary fascia height, meaning that which is dominant for the length of the existing shopping centers are:

1.

Grenoble Shopping Center on 183rd (six-foot fascia on main tenant area);

2.

Fountainbleau, the farthest west center on 183rd (five-foot-zero inch fascia);

3.

French Village at Kedzie and 183rd (six-foot-ten inch fascia);

4.

Hazel Crest Center, southeast corner of 175th and Kedzie (six-foot-nine inch fascia);

5.

Crossings located, northeast corner of Kedzie and 175th (five-foot fascia);

6.

West side of Kedzie and 174th (five-foot-four inches);

7.

Higgins Plaza at 17000 block of Dixie Highway (five-foot fascia); and

8.

Crossroads Pointe on 171 ^st Dixie Highway (five-foot-zero [inch] for larger units; four-foot-zero [inch] for smaller units).

E.

Height. Maximum height of lettering for the existing shopping centers shall not exceed sixty (60) per cent of the listed height. Any fascia larger than the stated height requires the recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, and approval by the village board of trustees. Minimum height of individual letters shall not be less than one (1) foot, zero (0) inches. No more than two (2) lines vertically shall be employed. Should the two-line style be utilized, all lettering styles shall be the same. All letters must be the same color within each tenant's sign. Tenant may use upper and lowercase letters.

F.

Mounting. Signs shall be surface-mounted with individual, translucent, plastic-faced, illuminated letters. Sides of letters are to be opaque. There shall be no neon or fluorescent tubes or incandescent bulbs exposed to view. Flashing signs employing exposed raceways will not be permitted.

G.

Projection. The projection of sign letters from the fascia surface to the outside face of the letter shall not exceed seven (7) inches.

H.

Illumination. Each sign or individual letter shall be illuminated and powered only by remote transformers located behind the building fascia panel. The tenant's electrical work shall include a power wiring, final hook-up and a seven-day timing device to control the fascia signage so that hours of illumination can be determined in accordance with the overall shopping center's policy.

I.

Sign removal. Upon vacating its premises, each tenant is responsible for removing its sign or sign letters and repairing the building fascia to its condition prior to that tenant's sign installation. The shopping center owner incurs this responsibility when removal or repair is not performed by the tenant.

J.

Door signs.

1.

Door sign content shall be limited to the business name only.

2.

Door signs shall be composed of one (1) uniform height, color, and font, as established by the shopping center owner.

3.

Door signs shall be in uppercase in one (1) style as established by the shopping center owner.

4.

Door lettering shall consist of a maximum of two (2) horizontal lines.

K.

Miscellaneous.

1.

Window signs of paper or similar materials shall be allowed, provided that such signs are to be used to notify the public of special sales or current prices and further provided that such signs do not take up more than fifty (50) per cent of the total window area.

2.

Under-canopy signs will be permitted not to exceed six (6) to eight (8) inches in height, with uniformity of height, font and color established by the property owner.

3.

The shopping center owner shall establish a store-hour display format for use by all tenants.

4.

In a unified shopping center, in single ownership or control, one (1) additional sign may be erected. The sign shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in area, nor display more than the name and location of the shopping center; such sign shall be set back at least one-half (½) the required yard depth distance from each abutting street and its bottom edge shall be at least eight (8) feet above the level of the ground, and its overall height shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet above the curb level.