The regulations contained in this section shall apply to all signs and all use districts.
(a) Development Permits For Signs. No sign shall be erected, altered or relocated without a Development Permit pursuant to Section 1131.04, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(1) Signs shall be displayed on private property only with the written permission of the property owner. Signs shall be displayed on public property only with written permission of the City Manager or other government agency owning or managing such property.
(2) The following operations shall not be considered as altering a sign and do not require a permit:
A. Changing the advertising copy or message on an approved sign.
B. Painting, repainting, cleaning, replacing lamps and other normal maintenance and repair of a sign or sign structure.
(3) Any sign that does not require a Development Permit shall still conform to any other applicable requirements of this chapter.
(b) Types of Signs. These sign regulations classify signs as either temporary signs or permanent signs.
(c) Sign Spacing. Sign placement on a lot shall meet the following spacing requirements.
(1) Sign placement on a lot shall not obscure the view of adjacent signs from the right-of-way or cause visual clutter. The following minimum spacing standards shall apply:
Sign Form | Minimum Sign Spacing |
Permanent Freestanding Signs | 50 ft. |
Temporary Freestanding Signs | 5 ft. |
Permanent Projecting Signs | 20 ft. |
(Ord. 09-20. Passed 6-22-09.)
(2) Sign separation from residential land uses. No sign in a business or industrial district shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any lot located in any residential district. No sign containing an electronic message board or video component shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any lot in any residential district. When adjacent across a street, the street right of way may be included as part of the required separation.
(Ord. 11-54. Passed 12-19-11.)
(3) Where required spacing would deny a sign for a lot of the specified sign form and size to which it is entitled under this chapter, minimum spacing shall be the greatest distance that conforms to other City regulations and that allows the sign, as determined by the Zoning Inspector.
(d) Sight Triangle. A Site Triangle is the triangular area formed by the right-of-way lines of streets and/or railroads and/or boundaries of internal access driveways between their at-grade intersection, and two points at the distances specified in the table below from such intersection along each such line, and a straight line connecting these two points. No solid object greater than one (1) foot diameter shall obstruct the vision of a motor vehicle across the site triangle to a height of eight (8) feet from grade. These restrictions take precedence over any other requirements of this Code with which they may conflict.
Site Triangle Distance | |
Between Intersections Of: | In Feet |
Street & street | 20 |
Street & railroad | 20 |
Street & alley | 10 |
Street & Single- and two-family driveways | 5 |
Street & all other driveways | 10 |
Driveway & internal access drive | 10 |
(e) Design Guidelines. Parties proposing to display new or remodeled signs are encouraged but not required to conform to the Design Guidelines in Section 1160.07.
(f) Franchises. Franchises are subject to the same signage standards as other commercial uses, and where building features convey corporate identity, the area of the features shall be considered signage.