Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum building name sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum size of such sign shall be 32 square feet.
- Government directional sign approval by City Council
Such signs, including their size and location, shall be approved by City Council.
- Hospital/public building sign approval by city manager
Such signs, including their size and location, shall be approved on a case-by-case basis by the city manager.
- Parking lot sign illumination allowed
Signs may be internally or externally illuminated, except that signs in the downtown sign district shall be non-illuminated.
- Maximum parking lot sign area3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs shall not exceed three square feet in area.
- Maximum parking lot sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
Signs shall not exceed three feet in height.
- Maximum display time for temporary signs8 weeks
Such sign or signs shall not be displayed for more than eight weeks.
- Temporary signs permitted without permit
Temporary signs, which shall not require approval by the architectural review board, and which shall be non-illuminated and limited to the following types: When a business changes its name, banners/hoods/covers over existing building-mounted and freestanding signs shall be allowed, while new signs are being manufactured, provided that such sign or signs shall not be displayed for more than eight weeks and shall not exceed the permitted sign area for that site.
From the ordinance
The following signs shall be permitted in all sign districts and shall not require a sign permit, unless otherwise indicated.