Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
11-4-5.9
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
or exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height
- Maximum roof slope position33.33 pct
Roof signs are permitted only on the lowest one-third (⅓) of the slope of the peaked roof
- Permitted roof types
Roof mounted signs are permitted on the slope of peaked or sloped roof buildings only, where no walls exist to accommodate a building mounted wall sign.
From the ordinance
A building mounted sign extending above the plate line of a building or structure. (a) Roof mounted signs are permitted on the slope of peaked or sloped roof buildings only, where no walls exist to accommodate a building mounted wall sign. Such signs are counted in the aggregate building mounted sign area permitted for such use. Roof signs are permitted only on the lowest one-third (⅓) of the slope of the peaked roof, such that the sign does not project above the roof peak, break the silhouette of the building, or exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height. (b) Roof mounted signs, which meet the standards of this section, are to be installed in such a manner that the structural supports, to the greatest extent possible, are hidden or concealed from plain view.