§ 14.13. Commercial uses.

For all commercial uses, only the following signs are hereby permitted and then only if accessory and incidental to a permitted or special use and are in compliance with the provisions set forth elsewhere in this and other ordinances of the Village of Hazel Crest.

A.

B-1—Local business district.

1.

All signs permitted in the residential districts.

2.

Wall signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.5 of this appendix.

3.

Ground signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.6 of this appendix.

4.

Freestanding signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.4 of this appendix.

5.

In a unified shopping center in single ownership or control one (1) additional sign may be erected for it; the sign shall not exceed sixty (60) 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; its overall height shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet above the curb level.

6.

Marquees and/or awnings are permitted provided they shall have headroom of not less than ten (10) feet.

7.

Signs shall be affixed flat against building walls and not project therefrom more than twenty-four (24) inches.

8.

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.

9.

Directory signs indicating the names of the occupants of a complex, provided no advertising material is included.

10.

Real estate signs provided that not more than one (1) such sign be allowed per five-acre parcel or more, up to a maximum of sixty-four (64) square feet.

B.

B-2—Service business district.

1.

All signs permitted in the residential districts.

2.

Wall signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.5 of this appendix.

3.

Ground signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.6 of this appendix.

4.

Freestanding signs as regulated in article XIV, section 14.4L.4 of this appendix.

5.

In a unified shopping center in single ownership or control, one (1) additional sign may be erected for it; 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.

6.

Marquees and/or awnings are permitted provided they shall have headroom of not less than ten (10) feet.

7.

Signs shall be affixed flat against building walls and not project therefrom more than twenty-four (24) inches.

8.

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.

9.

Directory signs indicating the names of the occupants of a complex, provided no advertising material is included.

10.

Price signs at automobile service stations or other establishments engaged in the retail sales of gasoline. One (1) such sign is permitted for each frontage on a public street, provided it does not exceed eight (8) square feet in area. Any such sign shall be affixed to a permitted freestanding identification sign, to a canopy support in the vicinity of the gasoline pumps, or flat-mounted against the wall of a building.

11.

Real estate signs provided that not more than one (1) such sign be allowed per five-acre parcel or more, up to a maximum of sixty-four (64) square feet.