Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 4.15.20
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Reduction required for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign alteration25 pct
A nonconforming sign shall not be structurally altered; provided that the zoning administrator may authorize a nonconforming sign to be structurally altered so that it is less nonconforming and further provided that each time the nonconforming sign is structurally altered, the sign area and sign height shall be reduced by at least 25 percent of its current area and height until the sign area and the sign height are conforming.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. sign loses status after discontinuance2 years
A nonconforming sign without copy on its sign face for a continuous period of two years shall lose its nonconforming status and be removed by the owner of the lot on which the sign is located.
From the ordinance
A nonconforming sign shall not be structurally altered; provided that the zoning administrator may authorize a nonconforming sign to be structurally altered so that it is less nonconforming and further provided that each time the nonconforming sign is structurally altered, the sign area and sign height shall be reduced by at least 25 percent of its current area and height until the sign area and the sign height are conforming.