17.54.180A

Signage

• Freestanding sign area100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  One square foot of sign area is allowed for every two feet of continuous linear street frontage (including street-side frontage) of the site, with a maximum of 100 square feet for each permitted freestanding sign.

• Freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft

  Twenty-five feet or the height of the tallest building on the site (35 foot maximum in Highway Services (HS) zone district), whichever is lower, except where this section sets a different height limit for a special-purpose sign, and except where the Placer County design guidelines manual or any applicable community plan establishes a reduced height limit.

• Number of freestanding signs

  One per site for parcels with less than 600 linear feet of continuous street frontage; two per site for parcels with 600 linear feet or more of continuous street frontage and with at least two vehicle entrances to the site. Street-side of a corner lot with less than two acres may have one freestanding sign per street frontage where the sign area of each sign is not more than one-half of the maximum allowed.

• Freestanding sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft

  Freestanding signs shall be set back from all property lines a minimum of five feet, as required by Section 17.54.170(E), and shall also be set back from the intersection of any two lot lines at a street corner by a minimum of 100 feet, and from any other freestanding sign (including such a sign on an adjoining lot) by at least 50 feet.

• Projecting sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  One projecting sign may be placed on each building frontage of a main building below the roof line, or a suspended sign may be hung from an eave or overhang on each building frontage. Such signs shall not exceed eight square feet in area, and shall not project closer than two feet to any street curb face.

• Shopping center sign restriction

  Free standing signs for all projects defined as 'shopping centers' and all uses in CPD zone districts shall advertise only the name of the shopping center as a whole. Individual business names are not permitted on freestanding signs in such instances.

• Wall sign area100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Maximum aggregate sign area for all building signs shall not exceed one square foot for each linear foot of the width of the building frontage on which the sign is installed, up to a maximum area of 100 square feet, except that an additional 0.5 square feet of sign area may be permitted for each linear foot of building frontage over 100 feet.