Extracted standards
21 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Illumination requirement
All primary signs may be either back lighted, internally lighted or indirectly lighted, unless otherwise prohibited within this article. In the case of indirect lighting, the source shall be so shielded that it illuminates only the face of the sign.
- Maximum display duration - interior window signs60 days
Interior window signs are permitted provided they are located on the inside of the glass and not displayed for longer than 60 consecutive days.
- Maximum display duration - temporary special event60 days
Temporary signage intended to notify the public of special events, grand openings, not of a recurring nature... may be erected for no more than 60 days.
- Maximum sign area - small directional2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Small signs displayed for the direction or convenience of the public including signs which identify restrooms, public telephones, freight entrances or the like with a total sign area not to exceed two square feet.
- Maximum sign area - utility1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs not to exceed one square foot placed by public utilities indicating the location of underground utilities.
- Maximum sign area - warning4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs warning the public against hunting, fishing, trespassing, dangerous animals, swimming or the like not to exceed four square feet in size.
- Maximum sign area - home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there.2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Home occupation signs or nameplates in residential districts not to exceed two square feet in area mounted flat against the wall of the building.
- Maximum sign area - contractor32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Contractor signs during construction, one per development, not to exceed 32 square feet in total area.
- Maximum sign area - real estate (single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours./townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot.)4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Real estate signs for the purpose of advertising the sale or lease of the premises only, limited to a maximum sign area of four square feet for single-family and townhouse properties...
- Maximum sign area - real estate (multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive./commercial/industrial)18 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
...and a maximum of 18 square feet for multi-family residential, commercial and industrial properties.
- Maximum sign area - political (residential)8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Political campaign signs... shall be permitted up to a total of eight square feet for each premises in a residential zone...
- Maximum sign area - political (commercial/industrial)32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
...and 32 square feet in a commercial or industrial zone.
- Maximum sign area - entrance/exit2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Entrance and exit signs containing those words only, as reasonably required, to a maximum of two square feet.
- Maximum sign area - community signs200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Community signs... shall be permitted but shall not exceed 200 square feet in size.
- Maximum sign area - temporary directional4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary directional signs shall be no larger than four square feet.
- Maximum sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
The maximum height permitted for any sign shall be 35 feet above ground level or pavement level of the street to which the sign is oriented, whichever is higher.
- Maximum temporary directional signs per block1 signs
Only one temporary directional sign per event per block will be permitted.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. placement - temporary directional signs
Temporary directional signs shall not be posted on utility poles, sign posts, trees or in the right-of-way.
- Removal time - community signs3 days
Signs shall be removed within three days after the event.
- Removal time - discontinued business signs60 days
Wherever the use of a building or premises by a specified business or occupation is discontinued, signs pertaining to that business or occupation... shall be removed within a period of 60 days following the vacation of the premises...
- Sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way (commercial)2 ft
No part of a sign in a commercial zone shall be no less than two feet from the right-of-way.
From the ordinance
No sign or marquee shall be placed so as to prevent clear visibility for ingress and egress. No part of a sign in a commercial zone shall be no less than two feet from the right-of-way.