Section 10303 - Sign Regulations

Signage

• Maximum banner display days per quarter30 days

  Banners, pendants, flags, captive balloons... permitted for each business located in a commercial, mixed use residential or industrial zone for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days per quarter each year

• Maximum area per construction sign24 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Not more than two (2) construction signs, not exceeding twenty-four (24) square feet in area each

• Maximum number of construction signs per parcel2 signs

  Not more than two (2) construction signs, not exceeding twenty-four (24) square feet in area each, on a single parcel of record may be allowed.

• Maximum area per directional sign3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Not more than six (6) permanent directional signs, not exceeding three (3) square feet in area each

• Maximum number of directional signs per parcel6 signs

  Not more than six (6) permanent directional signs, not exceeding three (3) square feet in area each, on a single parcel of record may be allowed.

• Maximum rotating sign speed8 rpm

  continuously rotating signs that do not exceed a rotating speed of eight (8) revolutions per minute are permitted

• Days to remove nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. banners30 days

  Banners, pendants, flags, captive balloons and similar paraphernalia shall be removed within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Section.

• Years to remove nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. off-site signs3 years

  A nonconforming off-site sign shall be removed within three (3) years of the effective date of this Section

• Years to remove other nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. signs5 years

  All other legally erected or painted signs which are not made conforming... shall be completely removed within five (5) years of the effective date of this Section

• Sign illumination restriction near residential zones

  A sign which is lighted or illuminated to an intensity in excess of that of adjacent public street lights may not be permitted within or closer than two hundred (200) feet of any facing property in a residential zone.

• Sign projection over public right-of-way prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

  A sign shall not project over a public street or alley right-of-way.

• Days to remove signs for vacated businesses60 days

  Signs pertaining to enterprises or occupants that are no longer using the premises... shall be removed from the premises by the property owner within sixty (60) days after the associated enterprise or occupant has vacated the premises.

• Days to remove temporary advertising signs after event10 days

  Temporary advertising signs, such as political, leasing or construction signs... shall be removed by the property owner within ten (10) days following the occurrence or completion of the event or election or other purpose served by the sign.