Sec. 4.15.12-4.15.20
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- entrance corridor overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all districts; includes entrance corridor overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. provisions
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum freestanding sign support structure multiplier2.5 x
The maximum combined size of a freestanding sign and its support structure shall not exceed 2½ times the maximum allowable sign size.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One home occupation sign per lot ... do not exceed four square feet in sign area.
- Maximum menu sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One menu sign per establishment having an approved drive-through lane that does not exceed 32 square feet.
- Maximum noncommercial flag size24 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Up to three noncommercial flags per lot, provided that the flag shall not exceed 24 square feet in size.
- Maximum noncommercial sign area (small signs)4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Up to two signs per lot ... do not exceed four square feet per sign.
- Maximum rare gas illumination brightness30 milliamps
Signs using exposed, bare, or uncovered rare gas illumination ... shall not have a brightness that exceeds 30 milliamps.
- Maximum real estate sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One real estate sign per lot ... provided that the sign does not exceed 32 square feet in sign area.
- Maximum sandwich board sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One sandwich board sign per establishment that does not exceed eight square feet.
- Maximum sign face area as percentage of sign area200 pct
The area of a sign face shall not exceed 200 percent of the sign area.
- Maximum window sign coverage25 pct
Window signs, provided that the aggregate area of all window signs on each window or door does not exceed 25 percent of the total area of the window or door.
- Opaque background for internally illuminated box signs in entrance corridor overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
All internally illuminated box-style and cabinet-style signs within the entrance corridor overlay district shall have an opaque background.
- Sight distance triangle distance from intersection10 ft
The sight distance triangle is that triangular area ... at points ten feet distant from where the right-of-way lines intersect.
The sign setback shall be measured from the property line ... to the closest point of the sign.
- Signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in sight distance triangle
No sign shall be erected within a sight distance triangle.
From the ordinance
Home occupation signs: one per lot, max 4 sq ft. Menu signs: 32 sq ft. Noncommercial flags: up to 3, max 24 sq ft. Real estate signs: 32 sq ft. Sandwich board: 8 sq ft. Window signs: max 25% of window area. Freestanding sign support structure max 2.5x sign size. Sign face max 200% of sign area. Sight distance triangle: 10 ft from intersection, no signs. Sign setback measured from property line. Rare gas illumination max 30 milliamps. Internally illuminated box signs in entrance corridor overlay must have opaque background.