Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum aggregate sign area per street or mall frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
The aggregate area of all signs directed toward or intended to be viewed from any street or mall frontage shall not exceed two square feet for each linear foot of lot frontage along the street or mall.
- Maximum freestanding sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One freestanding sign not exceeding 50 square feet in area or ten feet in height shall be permitted along each street frontage of 150 feet or more.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
or ten feet in height.
- Maximum freestanding sign area for mall uses outside enclosed building12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Uses located on a mall and outside of an enclosed building which are not otherwise entitled to any sign under subsection (2) of this section and subdivision a of this subsection shall be permitted one freestanding sign not exceeding 12 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
No projecting sign shall be located within 25 feet of another projecting sign on the same building wall.
From the ordinance
In the DCC Downtown Civic and Cultural District: ...