§ 28-6-5. Master Signage Plan.

A permit shall not be issued for an individual sign requiring a permit unless and until a Master Signage Plan for the lot on which the sign will be erected has been submitted. A sign permit shall not be issued if the Master Signage Plan reveals that the total existing sign area on a lot, or the total existing sign area for an individual principal use on a lot is in excess of the sign area standards contained in this ordinance. If the total existing sign area on a lot or for an individual principal use on a lot is reduced so as to comply with the sign area standards, then additional sign permits may be issued, provided that the lot or the individual principal use on a lot remains in compliance with the sign area standards at all times. Where a Master Signage Plan is included in the approval of a development pursuant to the Site Plan Review Regulations in accordance with Section 28-9-4(b), Site Plan Review, of this ordinance, any subsequent proposed change in the design of signs, or any subsequent proposed increase in the number or size of signs shall be subject to review and approval in the same manner as the original Master Signage Plan. A Master Signage Plan may be phased where the development for which the Plan is submitted is to be phased. Subsequent phases of a Master Signage Plan shall be subject to review and approval in the same manner as the original phase of the Master Signage Plan. The Master Signage Plan shall contain the following:

(a)

An accurate plan of the lot, to scale, showing the location of buildings, parking lots, driveways, and landscaped areas;

(b)

Photographs or architectural elevations of existing buildings, and elevations of any proposed buildings;

(c)

An accurate indication on the plan, photographs, and architectural elevations of the location of all existing signs;

(d)

A photograph and description of each existing sign including type, size, colors, copy, height above ground, materials, and method of illumination; and

(e)

An accurate indication on the plan, photographs, and architectural elevations of the location of proposed or future signs for which applications for permits will be submitted, and a description and depiction of the type, size, colors, copy, height above ground, materials, and method of illumination.