Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- downtown sign districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all sign districts; exception for downtown sign districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. for white non-flashing lights on trees.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Outlining building exterior with lights or neon prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The outlining of all or a portion of the exterior of a building, or building windows, with lights or neon tubing shall be prohibited.
- No flashing or intermittent lights
No sign shall display flashing or intermittent lights, or other lights of changing degrees of intensity, brightness or color.
- No direct glare onto other properties
The light from any illuminated sign shall not cause direct glare into or upon any building or property other than the building or property to which the sign may be related.
- Stringing lights on site features prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. except white non-flashing on trees in downtown sign districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
The stringing of lights or neon tubing on site features, including but not limited to, light poles, shrubbery, trees and fences shall be prohibited, except that the stringing of white non-flashing lights on trees on private property in the downtown sign district shall be allowed. Seasonal decorations displayed between Thanksgiving and January 6 shall be exempt.
- No traffic hazard from sign illumination
Neither the direct nor reflected light from an illuminated sign shall be located so as to create a traffic hazard to operators of motor vehicles on public thoroughfares.
From the ordinance
The light from any illuminated sign shall not cause direct glare into or upon any building or property other than the building or property to which the sign may be related. No sign shall display flashing or intermittent lights...