10-4-610: GROUND SIGNS:
   A.   General: Notwithstanding the provisions of the definition of "area of sign", section 10-4-104 of this chapter, pole or ground signs shall not exceed fifty five (55) square feet in area. Such signs shall be restricted to the street that the business or building represented by such sign has as its main entrance or address. Not more than one pole or ground sign shall be maintained on any one site area, unless such site area is abutted by more than one of the streets designated in this section, in which case one such sign may be maintained on each street frontage. A pole or ground sign with more than one face shall be considered as a single sign.
   B.   Height: The maximum height of any portion of a pole or ground sign, including its supporting member or members, shall be twenty feet (20'). Pole or ground signs shall also conform to the requirements for business identifications signs and building identification signs where such requirements are applicable.
   C.   General Restrictions: In addition to the provisions of subsection A of this section, the following restrictions shall apply:
      1.   No pole or ground sign shall be erected except on commercially zoned sites along La Cienega Boulevard, Robertson Boulevard, Doheny Drive, Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Sunset Boulevard. This restriction shall not apply to courtyards, gas stations, or parking facilities.
      2.   Visual interference, such as awnings, marquees, or street trees which interfere with the view of the site of a building or business, shall not be grounds to qualify a building or business for a ground or pole sign.
   D.   Sign Accommodation: Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in this section, the architectural commission may grant a sign accommodation pursuant to article 9 of this chapter to allow a ground sign to be located on streets other than those set forth in subsection C of this section.
   E.   Combining Directories: Such ground signs as permitted under subsections 10-4-604D4 and 10-4-608B of this article, for business directories and courtyard directories, may be combined within a single sign structure provided the total sign area does not exceed fifty five (55) square feet. (Ord. 80-O-1775, eff. 12-5-1980; amd. Ord. 93-O-2181, eff. 11-19-1993; Ord. 96-O-2268, eff. 10-18-1996)