Permanent signs shall be permitted within the various use districts subject to the following conditions:
(a) The type, number, size and area of permitted signs shall be controlled as set forth in Table 1250.32(a) "Permanent Signs".
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Agricult ure | Retail Business Districts | Office Service & Special Districts | Industrial | Multi- Family | Single Family | ||||
District | A-1 | C-1 & C-2 | C-3 & C-4 | C-3 & C-4 | OS, PBP, INS, CO, UVO | I-1 & I-2 | I-1 & I-2 | R-5 & RM | R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 |
Freestanding/Ground Sign | |||||||||
Maximum Height | 10' | 6' | If 10' | If 20' | 6' | If 10' | If 25' | 6' | Not Allowed |
Maximum Size | 24 SF | 24 SF | then: 72 SF | then: 48 SF | 48 SF | then: 72 SF | then 48 SF | 32 SF | |
Location | 25' setback | 30' setbac k | 10' setback | 40' setbac k | 10' setback | 25' setbac k | 50' setbac k | 25' setback | |
Quantity | 1 per street frontage | 1 | 1 per street frontage, plus 1 for each add’l 500 feet. | 1 per street frontage, plus 1 for each add’l 500 feet. | 1 per street frontage | 1 | |||
Add’l Signs | With 200' of freeway frontage: One add’l sign 60' ht., 200' SF area. | Multi-occupant properties & Planned Business Parks may have one sign meeting height, setback & area requirements of C3 & C4 Districts. | |||||||
Permit Required? | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Wall Sign | |||||||||
Maximum Size | Not Allowe d | 10% up to 75 SF per facade | 10% of facade | 10% up to 75 SF per facade | 10% of facade | 10% up to 75 SF | Not Allowed | ||
Quantity | 1 per facade up to 3 | 1 per facade up to 2 facades | 1 per facade up to 3 | 1 per facade up to 2 facades | 1 | ||||
Add’l Signs | Within C-2: project ing sign; marqu ee sign. | ||||||||
Permit Required? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Awning Sign | |||||||||
Maximum Size | Not Allowe d | Text and one emblem 35% of awning area and within total area of permitted wall signs. | Not Allowed | Not Allowed | |||||
Permit Required? | Y | ||||||||
Nameplate | |||||||||
Maximum Size | 2 SF, text not more than 4" high | ||||||||
Quantity | One per public entrance | ||||||||
Permit Required? | N | ||||||||
(b) Street numbers shall not be counted as a sign when located on a building wall or permitted freestanding sign. Street numbers shall also not count as sign when displayed on a standalone sign not more than two square feet in area with no other text, and no setback from the right of way is required. Street numbers may not be placed on any penthouse or architectural feature above the highest point of the roof or parapet.
(c) Freestanding Signs.
(2) The minimum frontage for a freestanding sign is 50 feet of lot width.
(3) One additional freestanding sign is permitted for every 500 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof for lots greater than 500 feet. Signs on the same lot shall be separated by at least 200 feet. For corner lots each street frontage shall be calculated separately and each sign shall be oriented to each respective street.
(4) The height of a sign shall be measured from the average natural grade at the base of the sign or support structure to the tallest element of the calculated sign area. A freestanding sign on a man-made base, including a graded earth mound, shall be measured from a height no more than one foot above the average site grade.
(5) The minimum setback is 15 feet for permitted signs from freeway right of way.
(6) Single pole signs are prohibited. Freestanding signs that exceed three (3) square feet in area shall be erected with a minimum of two supporting posts or on a solid base and shall be erected in a landscaped setting and not on sidewalks, drives or in parking lots.
(d) Wall Signs.
(1) The quantity of wall signs permitted shall mean one sign per ground floor occupant and shall not exceed the number of occupants having occupied space abutting the wall facade having the sign.
(2) A wall sign is not permitted on a façade facing a residential district unless such district is separated from the non-residential district by a street.
(3) Signs may not be placed on or attached to a roof nor extend above the eave of a roof, except when a roof is so nearly vertical as to resemble a wall. However signs attached to such a roof shall not extend below the roof nor within one foot of the top of the roof.
(4) In no case shall a wall sign project more than eighteen inches (18") beyond the wall to which it is attached, notwithstanding a projecting sign, nor be placed on any penthouse or other architectural feature so as to extend above the highest point of the roof or parapet.
(e) Projecting Sign. A sign may project four inches (4") per front foot of building façade measured to the nearest side line of the building up to a projection of forty-two (42") and no closer than two feet (2') to the street curb measured horizontally. The minimum distance between the bottom of the sign and the ground shall be eight feet (8').
(f) Awning Sign. A sign on an awning may consist of text and one graphic emblem which together shall not exceed an area thirty-five percent of the awning face on which the sign is placed. The identical sign may be placed on multiple awnings but the total area of awning signs shall be considered part of the total permitted sign area of a building.
(g) Nameplate Sign. One nameplate sign is permitted at each exterior entrance available for use by customers, patrons, or the public and does not include service or employee entrances.
(h) Marquee Sign. A marquee sign shall be limited to an area equal to or less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the vertical face of the marquee upon which the sign is placed.
(Ord. 40-2013. Passed 4-9-13.)