Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum additional wall sign area per additional main building12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In addition thereto, where two or more main buildings are located on a lot, each building may be permitted to have a wall sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area.
- Maximum aggregate sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The aggregate area of all signs visible from any street frontage shall not exceed 32 square feet.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Freestanding signs shall not exceed a height of eight feet.
- Maximum projecting sign area24 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No projecting sign shall exceed 24 square feet in area.
- Maximum projecting sign projection from building5 ft
No such sign, other than a noncommercial flag, shall project greater than five feet from the face of the building.
- Minimum distance between projecting signs on same wall25 ft
or be located within 25 feet of another projecting sign on the same building wall.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from R or RO districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. for freestanding signs25 ft
or within 25 feet of any lot in an R or RO district.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street line for freestanding signs5 ft
and shall not be located within five feet of any street line.
From the ordinance
In the I Institutional District: ...