Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. sign in required yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. maximum area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one (1) accessory sign may occupy required yards in a district where such sign is permitted by these regulations, if such sign is not more than fifty (50) square feet in area
- Flashing signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in residential districts
No flashing signs or exposed gas filled or illuminated tubing such as neon shall be permitted in any residential district.
- Maximum detached sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
no detached sign shall exceed a height of fifteen (15) feet
- One sign of each type per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
these regulations shall be interpreted to permit one (1) sign of each permitted type, in accordance with applicable regulations, for each street frontage, for each permitted use on the premises.
- Sign permit required
No sign unless herein excepted, shall be erected, constructed, posted, altered, maintained, or relocated, except as provided in this Article and in these regulations, until a permit has been issued by the Administrator.
- Signs on trees prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No signs shall be attached to trees, utility poles, or any other unapproved supporting structure.
- Temporary construction sign maximum area20 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary non-illuminated signs not more than twenty (20) square feet in area, erected in connection with new construction work
- Temporary real estate sign maximum area6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary non-illuminated signs, not more than six (6) square feet in area, advertising real estate for sale or lease
From the ordinance
No flashing signs or exposed gas filled or illuminated tubing such as neon shall be permitted in any residential district.