Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Downtown Business Area
- Geographic extent
- Downtown Business Area
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Downtown changeable message panel area25 pct
the changeable message area of the sign shall not exceed 25 percent of the total sign area
- Downtown churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. sign area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Church signs not exceeding 40 square feet in area are permitted
- Downtown churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
Church signs must be set back at least 10 feet from the lot line facing a street
- Downtown gas price changeable message area75 pct
except for gasoline price signs, which shall not exceed 75 percent of the total sign area
- Downtown max sign area per building face30 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
no sign on, or attached to, a particular building face shall exceed 30 square feet in area
- Downtown sign area ratio1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./ft
The total sign area for a business shall be computed on a ratio of one square foot of sign for each lineal foot of building face occupied by the business
From the ordinance
The following types of signs are permitted in the downtown business area (subject to the granting of a certificate of appropriateness): 1. Flat wall signs; 2. Projecting signs; 3. Freestanding signs; 4. Awning signs; 5. Marquee signs; 6. Window signs; 7. Flag; 8. Banner; 9. Church signs.