§ 2112. Signs.

Section 2112.1. Permitted signs.

Signs within this district shall be limited to indirectly illuminated monument signs not exceeding 10 feet in height or 32 square feet of display area.

For planned industrial parks, one indirectly illuminated monument sign may be located at the primary entrance of the park.

Section 2112.2. Prohibited signs.

The following signs are prohibited within this district:

• Billboards.

• Pole signs.

• Signs designated in Chapter 66, section 66-7 and 66-32 of the Code of Banks County, Georgia.

Except as provided for in this section, all signs within this district shall be subject to the sign regulations established in Chapter 66 of the Code of Banks County, Georgia.

Section 2112.3. Definitions.

Billboard: A free-standing or attached outdoor advertising structure promoting any business, product, service, industry, activity or use other than that located on the property on which the sign is placed.

Directly illuminated sign: Any sign designed to give forth artificial light directly (or through transparent or translucent material) from a source of light within such sign including, but not limited to, neon and exposed lamp signs.

Freestanding sign: A sign securely affixed to a substantial support structure of columns, uprights or braces which is permanently attached to the ground and wholly independent of any building for support

Indirectly illuminated sign: Any sign illuminated by an external light directed primarily toward such sign and so shielded that no direct rays from the light are visible elsewhere than on the lot where such illumination occurs. If not effectively so shielded, such sign shall be deemed to be a directly illuminated sign.

Monument sign: A freestanding sign with a permanently affixed structural base of brick, masonry, stucco or stone, which base shall be of the same width as, or greater width than, the display area of the sign; the term excludes freestanding signs supported by poles.

Pole sign: Any sign erected on one or more uprights supported from the ground, the height of which is greater than eight feet, and which is not a part of any building or structure, other than a structure erected solely for the purpose of supporting the sign. The overall total height of a pole sign shall not exceed 25 feet above ground level. A pole sign may include an accessory sign or changeable copy panel, the areas of which shall be included in the total area of the pole sign.

(Ord. No. 2007-35, § 1, 12-11-2007)