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The following criteria shall control the computation of sign area and sign height:

A. Area of Individual Signs (Single Face). The area of a sign face, which is also the area of a wall sign or other sign with only one face, shall be computed by means of the smallest measurable polygon that will encompass the extreme limits of the writing, representation, emblem, color, logo, or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display, or used to differentiate the sign from the background or structure against which it is placed. If a sign is composed of individual letters or symbols with no added decoration, the total sign area shall be calculated by measuring the area of each individual letter and/or symbol; the combined areas shall be the total sign area.

B. Area of Multifaced Signs. The sign area for a sign with more than one face shall be computed by adding together the area of a single sign face pursuant to subsection A of this section. When sign faces are placed back to back or in a way that only one face can be viewed from any point, and when such sign faces are part of the same structure and are not more than two feet apart, the total sign area shall be computed by measuring one of the faces if they are all of equal area or the largest face if they are of unequal area.

C. Structural Support Area. The area of a sign does not include any supporting framework, bracing or other support, whether or not it has been architecturally treated, provided said support does not exceed twenty-five percent of the allowable sign area for a pylon sign, and fifty percent of the allowable sign area for a monument sign. If the support area exceeds these percentages, any excess shall be computed as part of the total sign area.

D. Sign Height. The height of a sign shall be computed as the distance from the base of the sign including any of its structural support, at grade as defined in this title, to the top of the highest component of the sign. (Ord. 3586 § 2, 1994)