Winchester, Virginia · General provision

18-8-19 and 18-8-20

Extracted standards

19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Signage

  • Additional building mounted sign

    In addition to the one building sign permitted per building entrance, one building mounted sign up to 75 square feet may be installed per building.

  • Commercial messages allowed

    Only when a permitted commercial use occurs on the property.

  • Internal illumination permitted for building mounted signs

    No

  • Sign may not project above roofline

  • Permit required for building mounted signs

    Yes

  • Campus entrance freestanding sign

    One freestanding sign per entrance to the campus from a public street. Such signage shall not be greater than 50 square feet nor have a height of greater than 20 feet.

  • Commercial messages allowed

    Only when a permitted commercial use occurs on the property.

  • Internal illumination permitted for freestanding signs

    Yes

  • Permit required for freestanding signs

    Yes

  • Interior road signs

    Signs along interior roads and parking lots up to 20 square feet and ten feet tall. No more than two such signs may be located within 100 feet of each other.

  • Temporary signs with noncommercial messages

    Any number of temporary signs with noncommercial messages are permitted.

  • Parking area signs

    In addition to the freestanding signs allowed above, signs up to four square feet and four feet in height may be installed adjacent to off-street parking area when utilized for controlling vehicular and pedestrian traffic within a development. No more than two such signs shall be installed within 100 feet of one another unless required by a public authority for recognized traffic management needs.

  • Internal illumination permitted for temporary signs

    No

  • Maximum number of temporary signs4

    maximum of four temporary signs

  • Minimum number of temporary signs1

    minimum of one

  • Permit required for temporary signs

    No

  • Temporary sign ratio for commercial messages

    One temporary sign per 50 linear feet of lot width

  • None

  • Types of temporary signs authorized

    A-frame, chalkboard, portable sign, flag, banner

From the ordinance

Signs permitted in the EIP District. Building Mounted Signs: Maximum height Sign may not project above roofline, Permit required Yes, Internal illumination permitted No, Commercial messages Only when a permitted commercial use occurs on the property.
18-8-19 and 18-8-20