§ 20-30. Business park overlay district sign regulations.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of the business park overlay district is to provide uniform regulations for a joint City of Cartersville-Bartow County industrial/business park, a portion of which is located in each jurisdiction. To provide consistency for property owners and future uses, and to benefit the public health, safety and welfare, the city and county have adopted identical regulations as follows. The business park overlay district, where applied via amendment to the official zoning maps of the participating government, shall control over inconsistent regulations contained in other ordinances and the Code of Ordinances of each jurisdiction, whether or not the provisions herein are stronger or weaker restrictions. Additionally, the standards and requirements of this section shall take precedence over city-wide standards and requirements within the boundaries of said overlay district.

(b)

Sign regulations. The following signs are permitted:

(1)

Entrance signs. Two (2) monument-style brick or masonry entrance sign at each entrance to the business park. Maximum area of each sign one hundred (100) square feet. Entrance signs may only be single-sided, unless only one (1) is erected at an entrance, in which case it can be double-sided. Entrance signs only permitted at the entrance to the planned center. Entrance signs must be setback from the right-of-way a distance equal to their height plus one (1) foot for safety reasons, and cannot block traffic sight lines. Maximum height is ten (10) feet.

(2)

Ground signs. One (1) monument-style brick or masonry sign for each individual building in the park. Maximum area of each sign sixty (60) square feet. Maximum height six (6) feet. The sign may be double-sided. One (1) additional monument-style brick or masonry sign of no more than sixty (60) square feet and six (6) feet in height shall be permitted if the building has more than one (1) access point.

(3)

Wall signs. Total area of all signs is not to exceed ten (10) percent of the gross floor area of the building. No more than four (4) wall signs per business are permitted and no single wall sign shall exceed two hundred fifty (250) square feet.

(4)

Window signs. Total signage per business not to exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the area of windows facing road frontage.

(Ord. No. 26-12, 5-3-12)