14.25.010 Determining area of signs.
(a) Multifaced Signs. Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of all faces should be included in determining the area of the sign; except where two such faces are placed back-to-back and form no more than a 90-degree angle, the area of the sign shall be taken as the area of either face if the two faces are of equal area or as the area of the larger face if the two faces are of an unequal area.
(b) Wall Signs. The area shall be determined within a single continuous perimeter composed of any straight line geometric figure which encloses the extreme limits of the advertising message. If a sign is composed of individual letters or symbols using the wall as the background (signs without backing) with no added decoration, the total sign area shall be calculated by measuring the area within the perimeter of one geometric figure encompassing all letters or symbols. The combined area of the individual figures shall be considered the total sign area and shall be contained in a geometric figure. [Code 1999 § 19-6-1].