Sec. 22-256
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All districts in the county
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Exempt commemorative plaque maximum area25 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Commemorative plaques and historic markers recognized by the county, not to exceed 25 square feet in area.
- Exempt for-sale sign nonresidential maximum area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on any property for sale or rent in commercial, industrial, or agricultural districts, not more than one sign with a total area of up to 32 square feet.
- Exempt for-sale sign residential maximum area6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
On any property for sale or rent in residential districts, not more than one sign with a total area of up to six square feet
- Exempt government/religious sign maximum area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs identifying municipal and governmental buildings or buildings used for religious purposes, when erected upon the building or property upon which such building is located, provided that such signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in area.
- Exempt identification sign maximum area1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One identification sign not to exceed one square foot in area and bearing only property numbers, post office box numbers, names of occupants or premises and hours of operation.
- Exempt minor sign maximum count1 signs
One minor sign per lot.
- Exempt parking lot sign maximum area7 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs designating entrances, exits or conditions of use for parking lots. Such signs shall not exceed seven square feet in area for each sign.
- Exempt public sign maximum area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Public signs in the interest of, if erected by, or on the order of, a public officer in the performance of his public duty such as directional signs, regulatory signs, warning signs, and information signs. These would include fundraising efforts by nonprofit organizations and would be limited to an area of 32 square feet.
- Exempt temporary signs with building permit maximum area16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Not more than three signs located on property where a building permit is active. Such signs shall not exceed 16 square feet in area for each sign.
- Exempt temporary signs with building permit maximum count3 signs
Not more than three signs located on property where a building permit is active. Such signs shall not exceed 16 square feet in area for each sign.
- Exempt temporary signs illumination prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Such signs shall not be illuminated.
- Exempt temporary signs nonresidential maximum area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
On commercial, agricultural, or industrial property one or more temporary signs, provided that the total area of such signs shall not exceed 32 square feet each and the signs are removed within 180 days after being erected.
- Exempt temporary signs removal period180 days
the signs are removed within 180 days after being erected
- Exempt temporary signs residential maximum area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
On residential property, one or more temporary signs, provided that the total area of such signs shall not exceed four square feet each and the signs are removed within 180 days after being erected.
- Exempt temporary signs visibility triangle restriction
Temporary signs shall be confined within private property and shall not encroach into the visibility triangle at street intersections.
- Exempt warning sign maximum area3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Sign warning the public against trespassing, dangerous animals, swimming or the like, provided such signs do not exceed three square feet in area per sign.
From the ordinance
No sign permit shall be required for any of the following signs, provided that they are not changeable copy signs, they are located on the parcel which is the subject of the sign, and that they comply with all other regulations of this article.