Abbeville, Alabama · General provision

Article 9, Sections 9.9.4-9.9.6

Extracted standards

5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Signage

  • Monument signs, including embellishments, shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in width or eight (8) feet in height.

  • Maximum monument sign width12 ft

    Monument signs, including embellishments, shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in width or eight (8) feet in height.

  • Sign cladding area exclusion threshold25 pct

    The addition of cladding covering the support structure is encouraged and shall not be considered in the calculation sign area unless the cladding exceeds 25% of the width of the sign face.

  • Maximum sign cladding width30 in

    The cladding shall not exceed 30 inches total width.

  • The height of a sign shall be computed as the distance from the base of the sign to the highest attached component of the sign exclusive of any filling, berming, mounding, or excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign. Where a freestanding sign is mounted along a roadway, height shall be measured from the grade of the road to the highest attached component of the sign.

From the ordinance

Monument signs, including embellishments, shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in width or eight (8) feet in height.
Article 9, Sections 9.9.4-9.9.6