(A) General requirements.
(1) Total amount of signage allowed per lot/parcel: two square feet of signage per each lineal foot of public frontage, with a maximum of 200 square feet per each frontage;
(2) Setbacks for freestanding signs: ten feet and must meet sight visibility triangle requirements for both sign face and sign structure;
(3) Multi-tenant signage: 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 § 153.02 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 or canopy sign | Yes | Maximum size: 30% of wall facade where awning is attached |
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet | ||
Balloons, inflatable, dancing wind, wind, air blades or wind blade signs, dynamic flags, dynamic tubes | Staff approval only (no permit fee required) | Allowed only as a short-term temporary signs |
Must meet the size, location, height, clearance standards and amount standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign) | ||
Banner/commercial flag | Yes | Maximum size: 40 square feet |
Maximum height: 30 feet | ||
Changeable copy panel, electronic message center or dynamic sign | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per lot or parcel |
Maximum size: same as for sign types listed above (wall, pylon, monument and the like) | ||
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 above (e.g., changeable wall freestanding or banner sign) |
Freestanding monument signs | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per public frontage |
Maximum size: | ||
Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet | ||
Maximum height: 15 feet | ||
Freestanding post signs | Yes | Maximum size: 64 square feet |
Freestanding pylon signs | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per public frontage |
Maximum size: | ||
Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet | ||
Maximum height: 30 feet | ||
Interim temporary signs | Staff approval only (no permit fee required) | Must meet the size, location, height, clearance standards, and amount standards of sign types as stated (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign) |
Portable sidewalk or yard signs 10 square feet or under | No permit or staff approval required | Maximum number: 1 per business |
Up to 10 square feet in size | ||
No lighting is allowed for yard signs | ||
Portable signs over 10 square feet in size | Yes | Maximum number: 1 per parcel or lot |
Maximum size: 64 square feet | ||
Maximum height: 8 feet | ||
Projecting signs | Yes | Maximum size: |
Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet | ||
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet | ||
Searchlights, beacons or laser source light fixtures | Staff approval only (no permit fee required) | Allowed only as a short-term temporary signs |
Short-term temporary signs | Staff approval only (no permit fee required) | Maximum of 2 per lot or parcel |
Must meet the size, location, height and clearance standards of sign types as stated above (e.g., wall, freestanding or banner sign) | ||
Suspended signs | Yes | Maximum size: |
Without a CUP/IUP: 100 square feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 200 square feet | ||
Minimum height clearance: 8 feet | ||
Three-dimensional freestanding sign | Yes | Maximum height: |
Without a CUP/IUP: 6 feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 30 feet | ||
Maximum size: | ||
Without a CUP/IUP: 64 square feet | ||
With a CUP/IUP: 100 feet | ||
Must meet any applicable building codes | ||
Wall/attached signs | Yes | Maximum wall coverage: 30% of wall facade where the sign is placed or 400 square feet, whichever is less |
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)