Sec. 98-5.9

Access to the common area shall be provided either by an abutting street or easement. Such easement shall be not less than 30 feet wide.

The City Council may by Conditional Use Permit approve alternatives to the common area requirements of this Sec. 98-5.8 based upon exceptional design or recreational amenities that best satisfy the intent and purpose of this Chapter.

No more than 50 percent of any area otherwise containing obvious development challenges, including the presence of the regulated 100-year floodplain, open water, jurisdictional wetlands, a slope greater than or equal to 25 percent grade or geological hazards may be considered to comply with the common area requirement.

No lot within the subdivision should be further than a ¼-mile radius from the required common area.

At least 60 percent of the required common area shall be contiguous.

At least 25 percent of the common area shall be improved.

The minimum width for any required common area shall be 50 feet.

Common area shall be accepted and owned by one of the following entities: Land Conservancy or Land Trust, Homeowners' Association, Private Landowner.

The common area must be protected in perpetuity by a binding legal instrument that is recorded in the official records of the clerk of the Circuit Court.

All development shall comply with the requirements of the Construction Standards.

In addition to the requirements of paragraph B.2, above, areas used for general outdoor storage shall be screened from view from the public right-of-way, public vehicular use areas, or adjacent residential development pursuant to Sec. 98-5.4.8.F.

No outdoor storage shall be allowed in front or street side yards or within 15 feet of any public right-of-way, whichever is greater. No outdoor storage shall be permitted within required vehicular use areas. Outdoor storage may be located to the side of a building, provided it is not located within the required side yard (setback). Any rear yard may be used for outdoor storage purposes.

Such display shall not be permitted to block windows, entrances or exits, and shall not impair the ability of pedestrians to use the sidewalks.

Outdoor display shall be allowed adjacent to a principal building wall and extending to a distance no greater than ten feet from the wall.

A maximum of three colors plus either black or white are allowed in a single common plan, provided that Federal and State registered trademarks may be employed in addition to the specified colors.

The common signage plan shall consist of five elements, in addition to other restrictions imposed by the applicant: Location, Materials and Illumination, Size, Letter Style, Colors.

A maximum of one free-standing sign shall be permitted for the complex per street frontage. Such sign shall not exceed 100 square feet.

A maximum of one free-standing sign shall be permitted for the complex per street frontage.

A common signage plan is a plan for all signs associated with a complex, consisting of several buildings, businesses or uses in a single development. The signage plan shall include all signs within the complex, including out parcels.

Individual shops and businesses in complexes may have wall signs and sandwich signs only.

Wall signs allowed for individually licensed shops and businesses in a complex shall not exceed the lesser of 15 percent of the area of the wall in question or 400 square feet.

Wall signs for a building whose setback exceeds 250 feet may not exceed the lesser of 25 percent of the area of the wall in question or 440 square feet.

Wall signs allowed for individually licensed shops and businesses in a complex shall not exceed the lesser of 15 percent of the area of the wall in question or 400 square feet.

Wall signs for a building whose setback exceeds 250 feet may not exceed the lesser of 25 percent of the area of the wall in question or 440 square feet.

plus additional sign for each additional street frontage unless otherwise specified.

Any licensed business or nonresidential use may have no more than two permitted signs per major street frontage, plus additional sign for each additional street frontage unless otherwise specified.

The following signs are prohibited within the City of Waynesboro: Any sign other than a governmental sign affixed to, hung, placed or painted on any fence, cliff, tree, public utility pole, radio or television or similar tower. Off premises advertising on public and private property, except for sandwich board signs as allowed by Sec. 98-5.6.6. Roof sign or signs erected, constructed, and maintained above the roof of the building. Signs within or across a public right-of-way. Any sign attached to, rather than printed on, an awning which is not a marquee. Any flashing or moving sign. Any sign which imitates an official traffic sign or signal, or conflicts with traffic safety needs due to its location, coloring, movement, shape or illumination.

No sign of any kind shall be attached to a standpipe or fire escape.

Upon proper application, and after following the process described in Sec. 98-7.6, et seq., the City Council may grant a conditional use permit authorizing a sign which would otherwise be prohibited.

Signs shall be constructed of permanent materials and permanently affixed to the ground or building, except for temporary signs.

Flags may be illuminated by spot lights.

Signs may be illuminated from within or from an external source, but such illumination shall be in a manner which avoids glare or reflection which in any way interferes with pedestrian, vehicular or bicycle traffic safety.

In the case of indirect lighting, the beam width shall not be wider than that reasonably needed to light the sign and aimed to minimize glare and light trespass.

Internally illuminated signs shall be required to have an opaque background and translucent copy.

Within 200 feet of off-site residential zones or uses, only internally illuminated signs that allow only the sign characters and logos to emit light or signs that are illuminated by means of a light that shines on the face of the sign shall be allowed.

Signs shall not be illuminated by a string of lights placed around the sign.

Signs shall be maintained in good condition at all times and shall be kept free of cracked or peeling paint, holes, missing or damaged sign panels or supports, and weeds, grass or vegetation that obscures the view of the sign message.

No sign shall be located in such a manner as to obstruct free or clear vision, or cause hazards for vehicular, bicycle or pedestrian traffic by reason of location, shape, illumination, color, or height. In addition, no sign shall be erected, replaced or relocated so as to: Prevent free ingress or egress from a required door, window or fire escape; or Obstruct the light or ventilation required by the provisions of this Chapter or other City ordinances from any window.

Signs may not overhang or project in a public right-of-way except for signs on buildings abutting the public right-of-way and located in such proximity as to render compliance with this section impossible.

The following signs shall be allowed in all districts and are not counted toward the applicable limits on the number or area of signs allowed. No sign permit shall be required. No signs allowed under this subsection may be illuminated.