Rancho Palos Verdes, California · General provision

17.75.140

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
All properties

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Signage

  • Abandonment period for removal90 days

    Any sign, including its supporting structure, whose use has ceased, or has been abandoned by its owner, for a period of not less than 90 days.

  • Destruction threshold for removal50 pct

    Any sign which has been more than 50 percent destroyed, and the destruction is other than facial copy replacement.

  • Enlargement threshold for removal5 pct

    Any sign that has been moved from its original location on the property, or any sign that has been enlarged by more than five percent sign area or whose height has been increased by five percent without the required approvals.

  • Reconstruction threshold for compliance30 pct

    Reconstruction of a legal nonconforming sign (other than a freestanding monument sign or directory sign, or pole sign) where 30 percent or more of the sign structure is replaced must be brought into full compliance with this chapter.

From the ordinance

Legal nonconforming signs shall be removed without compensation if the sign meets any of the following criteria: Any sign... whose use has ceased... for a period of not less than 90 days. Any sign which has been more than 50 percent destroyed... Any sign that has been moved from its original location... or enlarged by more than five percent sign area or whose height has been increased by five percent...
17.75.140