Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum area of freestanding sign50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Freestanding signs shall not exceed 50 square feet in area.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of freestanding sign8 ft
Freestanding signs shall not exceed eight feet in height.
- Maximum area of wall sign above 100 feet heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One wall sign may be located on the face of a building above a height of 100 feet when no other signs are located on such face above a height of 35 feet. The area of such sign shall not exceed 300 square feet.
- Maximum area of projecting sign24 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 sign area per linear foot of lot frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./ft
The aggregate area of all signs directed toward or intended to be viewed from any street frontage shall not exceed two square feet for each linear foot of lot frontage along the street.
- Maximum total sign area per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Nor in any case 300 square feet for each street frontage.
- Permitted sign types
Wall signs, projecting signs, suspended signs, awning signs, canopy signs, and freestanding signs are permitted for other permitted uses.
- Maximum projection of projecting sign from building face5 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
On any lot utilized for any use permitted by right other than those uses set forth in Section 30-506(1), wall signs, projecting signs, suspended signs, awning signs, canopy signs, and freestanding signs shall be permitted, provided that the aggregate area of all signs directed toward or intended to be viewed from any street frontage shall not exceed two square feet for each linear foot of lot frontage along the street nor in any case 300 square feet for each street frontage.