Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 4.15
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Permanent sign permit exemption area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs with a sign face area of not more than 2 square feet are exempt from permit.
- Residential sign illumination prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Signs in residential districts shall not be illuminated.
- Sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. measurement
The height of a sign shall be measured from the grade at the base of the sign to the highest point of the sign.
- Temporary sign permit exemption area6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary signs with a sign face area of not more than 6 square feet are exempt from permit.
From the ordinance
A sign permit shall be required for all permanent signs, except the following: signs with a sign face area of not more than 2 square feet.