Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 26-275(a)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum construction sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum area of a construction sign shall twenty (20) square feet plus one (1) square foot per five (5) feet of lot frontage over one hundred (100) feet, up to a maximum of thirty-two (32) square feet.
- Maximum decorative banner area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Such banner does not exceed forty (40) square feet in area
- Maximum wall sign area as percentage of wall10 pct
Sign area shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the area of a wall that fronts on a street
- Maximum wall signs per street-facing wall1 signs
There shall be a limit of one (1) sign per wall facing a street
- Maximum wall sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No sign shall be larger than fifty (50) square feet.
From the ordinance
In the B-O, Business Office District: Flat (wall) signs: limit of one (1) sign per wall facing a street; sign area not exceed ten (10) percent of wall area; no sign larger than fifty (50) square feet.