(a) The height of the lowest member of any sign that is not integral with a wall surface shall not be less than eight feet above a sidewalk or other pedestrian way, and not less than fourteen feet if over or within eighteen inches of the vertical projection of a pavement used for vehicular traffic. The maximum height of pole signs, measured from the recorded grade, shall not exceed the regulations provided in the following schedule:
Schedule of Pole Sign Height Regulations |
Schedule of Pole Sign Height Regulations | |
Business Districts | Maximum Number of Feet |
Office Building | 20 |
Executive Office Park | not permitted |
Shopping Center | 20 |
General Business | 20 |
Interchange Services | 20 |
Recreation Business | 20 |
Industrial Districts | Maximum Number of Feet |
Office-Laboratory | 20 |
Exclusive Industrial | 20 |
(b) The Planning Commission may approve modifications to permit the height of a pole sign to exceed the twenty-foot height limitation, to a height no greater than twenty-five feet, where the Commission finds that higher height will not adversely affect the surrounding real property and that it will be compatible with the surrounding developments and where the Commission finds that one or more of the following conditions exist:
(1) The development abuts a major arterial street or freeway;
(2) The development is so large in area that a higher sign is appropriate; or
(3) The Commission determines that a lower sign cannot be seen because of an obstruction or change in grade.
(Ord. 95-2-3. Passed 4-4-95.)