(a) All Signs. Each hospital trailblazer sign shall consist of a rectangular metal panel twenty-four (24) inches in width, displaying a white “H” on a blue background in a twenty-four (24) inches square copy area, placed at the top of the sign. The sign shall also display a directional arrow or arrows. All elements of the sign shall be displayed on a single panel, bordered in a white frame. Each sign shall be designed in accordance with the applicable illustration in Section 511.12. Each hospital may be identified with either a Standard sign or an Identification Sign, as described in divisions (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) Standard Signs. The Standard Sign shall be designed according to division (b) of Section 511.02. The sign panel shall be twenty-four (24) inches in width and a total of thirty-three (33) inches in height, including a nine (9) inch high band for display of the directional arrow.
(c) Identification Signs. The Identification Sign shall display the name or names of each qualifying hospital permitted to be displayed at the subject location, in accordance with the General Location Standards set forth in Section 511.05. Each hospital name shall be displayed in white letters at least three (3) inches in height, in a copy area which is a maximum of fifteen (15) inches in height. A white directional arrow shall be placed under each hospital name. For signs displaying the names of two (2) or more hospitals, the hospitals shall be listed in descending order with respect to the distance of each hospital, with the closest hospital listed first. The distance of each hospital’s emergency entrance shall be displayed in fractions of a mile, in white numerals and letters placed to the left of the directional arrow. No more than three (3) hospital names shall be displayed on a single sign unless a special design accommodating more than three names has been approved by the City Planning Director for a location at which the standards of this chapter permit identification of more than three (3) hospitals.
(Ord. No. 374-96. Passed 6-10-96, eff. 7-20-96)