Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 25-462(10)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Angle of projection90 degrees
and the angle of projection must be ninety (90) degrees.
- Clearance from pavement7.5 ft
Projecting wall mounted sign shall have a seven-foot six-inch clearance from the bottom of the sign to the pavement below
- Maximum signs per frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 sign per 18 ft
Maximum one (1) sign per every eighteen (18) feet of storefront.
- Maximum size12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One (1) square foot per linear foot of storefront on which the sign is to be attached, up to twelve (12) square feet.
- Maximum projection4 ft
Projection limited to four (4) feet or less from the building to which it is attached.
From the ordinance
Projecting wall mounted sign. One (1) square foot per linear foot of storefront on which the sign is to be attached, up to twelve (12) square feet. Maximum one (1) sign per every eighteen (18) feet of storefront. Buildings located on a corner shall be permitted one (1) per street frontage. Projecting wall mounted sign shall have a seven-foot six-inch clearance from the bottom of the sign to the pavement below and the angle of projection must be ninety (90) degrees. Projection limited to four (4) feet or less from the building to which it is attached.