(A) General requirements.
(1) Total amount of signage allowed per lot/parcel: two square feet of signage per each lineal foot of public frontage for each public frontage, with a maximum of 125 square feet per each frontage;
(2) Setbacks for freestanding signs: five feet and must meet sight visibility triangle requirements for both sign face and sign structure;
(3) Multi-tenant signage is allowed with a CUP/IUP or when approved as part of a plat or subdivision on parcels other than where the business being advertised is located as long as the business advertised is located within the same plat/subdivision as the parcel containing the sign.
(a) The sign must meet setback and height requirements for type of sign (as indicated below).
(b) Size and amount of signage will be determined in the approval process and will be based on the total amount of land and frontage of the development being signed, but the size of the sign shall not be larger than allowed per sign type (as indicated below) unless a variance is issued.
(4) Lighting allowed: all lighting as mentioned in the definitions section of this chapter are allowed, except for “up-lighting”. (All sign lighting must be shielded to at least 90 degrees at the top.)
(B) Requirements by sign type.
Types of Signs Allowed | Permit Required | Sign Standards and Regulations |
Types of Signs Allowed | Permit Required | Sign Standards and Regulations |
Awning sign or canopy | Yes | Maximum size: 30% coverage of wall facade where awning is attached |
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet | ||
Banner/commercial flag | Yes | Maximum size: 30 square feet |
Changeable copy panel, electronic message center or dynamic sign | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per lot or parcel |
Maximum size: 32 square feet | ||
Minimum duration of sign message: 4 seconds | ||
Changeable temporary signs | Yes (permit required for initial sign) | Must meet the standards of sign types as stated (e.g., changeable wall freestanding or banner sign) |
Freestanding monument signs | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per public frontage |
Maximum size: 64 square feet | ||
Maximum height: 8 feet | ||
Freestanding portable sidewalk and yard signs | No permit or staff approval required | Maximum amount: 1 sign per each 20 lineal foot of frontage |
Maximum number: 3 signs per lot or property | ||
Maximum size: 8 square feet | ||
Maximum height: 8 feet | ||
No lighting is allowed for yard signs | ||
Freestanding post signs | Yes | Maximum size: 36 square feet |
Freestanding pylon signs | Yes | Maximum of 1 per public frontage |
Maximum size: 100 square feet | ||
Maximum height of 25 feet | ||
Interim temporary signs | Staff approval only (no permit required) | Must meet location, height, clearance, size, and amount standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign) |
Neon signs | Yes | Must meet the standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, monument or pylon sign) |
Projecting signs | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per business, but no more than 1 sign per each 10 feet of frontage |
Maximum size of 7.5 square feet | ||
Minimum clearance height: 8 feet | ||
Maximum extension from wall: 5 feet | ||
Short-term temporary signs | Staff approval only (no permit required) | Maximum of 1 per lot or parcel |
Must meet the size, location, height and clearance standards of sign types as stated above (e.g., wall, post, sidewalk or banner sign) | ||
Suspended signs | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per business, but no more than 1 sign per each 5 feet of public frontage |
Maximum height: 12 feet | ||
Minimum clearance height: 8 feet | ||
Maximum size: 7.5 square feet | ||
Wall/attached signs | Yes | Maximum coverage: 25% of the wall facade where the sign is placed |
Window sign | No permit or staff approval required | Window signs are not regulated in this district |
Window signs are not included in the total amount of signage allowed | ||
(Prior Code, § 310.15)