19.2-43 B
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 1.5%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- County-wide
Uses
Prohibited17
- changeable copy signs
- sound or smoke-producing signs
- moving signs
- commercial signs held or carried
- persons dressed in costumes
- rope lights around windows
- search lights
- pennants
- streamers
- balloons
- inflatable devices
- signs with flashing lights
- signs falsely implying traffic control
- internally lighted canopies or awnings
- commercial signs on parked vehicles
- outdoor advertising signs
- signs posted on trees, utility poles, or traffic control devices
Extracted standards
29 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Max building-mounted sign area450 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Allowed signage shall not exceed 10% of the tenant's leasable building wall square footage, or 450 square feet, whichever is less.
- Max building-mounted sign length as % of face70 pct
Under no circumstances shall the collective length of building-mounted signs on a building or tenant face exceed 70% of the length of the building or tenant face
- Max building-mounted sign area as % of wall10 pct
Allowed signage shall not exceed 10% of the tenant's leasable building wall square footage, or 450 square feet, whichever is less.
- Max door/window sign area as % of door/window25 pct
Signs mounted on, or externally visible through, a door or window, not to exceed 25% of the total window or door area
- Freestanding sign landscaping ratio1.5 sqft_per_sqft
Landscaping shall be equal to a minimum of 1.5 square feet for each square foot of sign
- Max freestanding signs per project1 count
a project shall be limited to one freestanding sign
- Max building-mounted sign area for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Multi-family projects shall be allowed 300 square feet of building-mounted signage per building.
- Max noncommercial flag area24 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Up to two noncommercial flags each not to exceed 24 square feet may be allowed on poles above the roofline.
- Max outdoor advertising sign area on interstates672 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
672 square feet along Route 150 and Interstates 95 and 295
- Max outdoor advertising sign area on other roads300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
300 square feet along other roads.
- Max outdoor advertising sign area on Routes 60, 288, 360400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
400 square feet along Route 60, 288 and 360
- Max outdoor advertising sign brightness0.3 fc
Brightness does not exceed 0.3 foot candles above ambient light
- Max distance from pavement for outdoor advertising sign100 ft
a maximum of 100 feet from the edge of pavement it faces
- Max outdoor advertising sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. on interstates40 ft
Sign structures along Interstates 95 and 295 shall not exceed 40 feet in height.
- Max outdoor advertising sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. on other roads25 ft
Sign structures along any other public road shall not exceed 25 feet in height.
- Min separation between outdoor advertising signs1,000 ft
1,000 feet from any other outdoor advertising sign along the same side
- Min outdoor advertising sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from ramps100 ft
100 feet from the exit or entrance ramp of a limited access road or interstate
- Min outdoor advertising sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential300 ft
300 feet from property zoned for single-family or townhouse use along the same side of the road
- Min outdoor advertising sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from VO/UCO500 ft
500 feet from VO or UCO boundaries, County-owned or operated parks or schools, and any entrances to Residential Districts
- Building-mounted sign area per residential unit1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Single-family dwelling units and townhouse units shall be allowed one square foot of signage for each unit.
- Sign lighting hours in residential districts
nonresidential use signs shall not be lighted between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- Sign permit required for signs over8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A sign permit is required for any sign originally built or enlarged in excess of eight square feet
- Sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in other areas20 ft
In other areas, 20 feet from the edge of the pavement or face of curb as applicable
- Sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines15 ft
Signs shall be set back 15 feet from all other property lines.
- Sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in VO/UCO districts5 ft
In the VO or UCO Districts, five feet from the right-of-way
- Max temporary sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in area and seven feet in height
- Max temporary sign display days per year120 days
Temporary signs shall not be displayed for more than 120 days in one calendar year
- Max temporary sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
Temporary signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in area and seven feet in height
- Max under-canopy sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One under-canopy sign not to exceed eight square feet shall be allowed in front of each tenant's main entrance.
From the ordinance
The following are prohibited: 1. Unless specifically allowed, changeable copy signs; 2. Sound or smoke-producing signs; 3. Moving signs...