James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 24-56
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum handicap parking sign area1.5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Such signs shall not exceed 1.5 square feet in area
- Maximum handicap sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
and no more than seven feet above grade
- Minimum handicap sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
bottom edge of the sign is no less than four feet above grade
From the ordinance
Each space shall be headed with a sign clearly marking the space as handicapped... Such signs shall not exceed 1.5 square feet in area and shall be positioned so that the bottom edge of the sign is no less than four feet above grade and no more than seven feet above grade.