(i) Number of Signs Allowed. Only one freestanding or monument sign per property shall be allowed, unless the property has more than one frontage. For properties having more than one frontage, no more than two freestanding or monument signs will be allowed.

(ii) Letter/Figure Attachment. All letters, figures, characters, or representations in cut-out or irregular form, maintained in conjunction with, attached to, or superimposed upon any sign, shall be safely and securely built or attached to the sign structure, except for readerboard signs, when lettering is designed to be temporary.

(iii) Landscaping. All landscaping shall utilize shrubs, flowers, other plantings, and/or other features such as decorative concrete, wood or brick bases, planter boxes, benches, or ornaments expressing the sign theme, but not containing advertising copy. Landscape improvements shall be installed and inspected in six months. All freestanding and monument signs shall include at a minimum one-half square foot of landscaping for each square foot of sign face (as measured from one side).

(iv) Maintenance. Freestanding and monument signs and their surrounding premises shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary, and inoffensive condition, and free and clear of all obnoxious substances, rubbish, and weeds.

(v) Construction Standards.

(vi) Base Materials. Monument bases and frames shall be constructed of a durable material, such as concrete blocks, wood, or brick, or other material as permitted by the community development director.

(i) Heights.

(ii) Setbacks.

(iii) Area Limitations.

(iv) Space Between Sign and Ground and Other Signs and Structures. Freestanding signs shall have an open space not less than two feet between the baseline of the sign and the ground level. This open space may be filled in with a platform or decorative latticework that does not close off more than one-half of the square footage of the open space. No freestanding sign shall be closer than two feet to any other sign, building, or structure.

(i) Height, Location, and Size Requirements.

(ii) Design Incentives. The community development director may approve an increase in sign face size up to a total of 60 square feet (per side) and up to a total of eight feet in height for signs utilizing the following design mitigation:

(i) Limitation on Placement Area. No wall sign shall cover wholly or partially any wall opening, nor project beyond the edges of the wall to which it is attached. No wall sign shall exceed 125 square feet in area.

(ii) Projection Above Sidewalk. No wall sign shall be permitted to project more than 16 inches beyond the building line. If a wall sign projects more than six inches from the wall it must be attached to the wall at a height of at least eight and one-half feet above the sidewalk or ground.

(i) Supports and Attachment. Wall signs shall be safely and securely attached to the building wall by means of metal anchors, bolts, or expansion screws of not less than three-eighths-inch diameter, embedded into the wall at least five inches.

(i) All projecting and blade signs, including frames, braces and supports, shall be two-faced.

(ii) Signs shall be designed by a structural engineer when the building official determines that engineering is required to meet wind pressure and dead load standards in SMC 17.110.050(8) and/or building code requirements.

(iii) Illumination.

(iv) Glass Lettering Requirements. The lettering or advertising designs to be illuminated may be composed of glass. Any glass forming a part of any sign shall be safety glass or plate glass at least one-quarter-inch thick, and in case any single piece or pane of glass has an area exceeding three square feet, it shall be wired glass. One section, not exceeding three square feet in area, constructed of wire glass or safety glass shall be permitted on each side of a sign.

(v) Movable Parts to Be Secured. Any movable part of a sign such as the cover of a service opening shall be securely fastened by chains or hinges.

(vi) Thickness Limitation. The distance measured between the principal faces of any sign shall not exceed 18 inches.

(vii) Bracing, Anchorage, and Supports. Bracing, anchorage and supports of signs shall conform to the requirements of SMC 17.110.050(8), Wind Pressure and Dead Load Requirements.

(i) Projecting signs shall be placed at least eight feet above the sidewalk or walkway over which they are extended, and no more than two feet from the face of the wall to which attached, measuring from the point of the sign nearest the wall, unless modified as provided in subsection (4)(b)(iv) of this section.

(ii) Blade signs shall be hung a minimum of eight feet above the sidewalk or walkway with no more than one foot from the soffit or other architectural feature from which they are hung unless modified as provided in subsection (4)(b)(iv) of this section.

(iii) Blade and projecting sign shall be at least one foot away from the curbline and at least 15 feet above any driveway, alley, or thoroughfare over which it is erected.

(iv) Upon written request, the height clearance requirement for projecting and blade signs over sidewalks or walkways may be reduced by the community development director or designee to 84 inches if all the following findings are made:

(i) Area Limitations. Signs shall be limited in area as follows:

(ii) Number of Signs.

(i) Indemnification and Hold Harmless. Owners of projecting and blade signs that extend, hang and/or project over city public right-of-way shall assume and are responsible for liability for damage resulting from their construction, placement, and/or use. Prior to issuance of a sign permit, the applicant shall execute and deliver to the city, upon a form supplied by the city, a written agreement to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the city and its officers, elected officials, employees and agents from any and all claims, actions, or damages of any persons and/or entities by reason of or related to the construction, placement and/or use of the sign.

(ii) Public Liability Insurance.