Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 26-277
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum construction sign area in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum area of a sign shall be seventy-five (75) square feet plus one (1) square foot per five (5) feet of lot frontage over one hundred (100) feet, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet.
- Maximum construction signs per frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.1 signs
There shall be a limit of one (1) sign per frontage
- Maximum marquee sign area in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 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 ten (10) square feet.
- Maximum marquee signs per business in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.2 signs
There shall be a limit of two (2) signs per each business
- Maximum projecting sign area in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.60 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum size of a sign shall be limited in size to sixty (60) square feet.
- Maximum projecting signs per business in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.1 signs
There shall be a limit of one (1) sign per business on the premises
- Maximum window sign area as percentage of glass area in M-2 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 pct
Temporary, nonilluminated paper signs in show windows; limited to twenty (20) percent of the glass area of the window in which they are placed.
From the ordinance
In the M-2, Light Industrial District: (1) Flat (wall) signs: General advertising or otherwise, no limit on number or area. (2) Projecting signs (if no marquee or detached signs): a. There shall be a limit of one (1) sign per business on the premises; b. The maximum size of a sign shall be limited in size to sixty (60) square feet.