Lancaster, California · General provision

17.40.210

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Citywide

Extracted standards

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

Signage

  • Adult telephone message advertising distance from residential zone200 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for live or recorded telephone messages containing harmful matter ... on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center, or church.

  • Adult telephone message advertising distance from school/park/etc.1,000 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for live or recorded telephone messages containing harmful matter ... on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center, or church.

  • Alcoholic beverage advertising distance from residential zone200 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for alcoholic beverages on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center or church.

  • Alcoholic beverage advertising distance from school/park/etc.1,000 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for alcoholic beverages on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center or church.

  • Minimum display time for DAD6 seconds

    Any image shall be displayed for a minimum of 6 seconds, and transitions between slides shall not exceed one second.

  • Maximum nighttime intensity for DAD0.3 foot-candles

    The nighttime intensity shall be limited to 0.3-foot candles (over ambient levels) as measured at a preset distance.

  • The maximum sign area for a single-face DAD is 675 square feet, or for a double-face sign is a total of 1,350 square feet.

  • The maximum sign area for a single-face DAD is 675 square feet, or for a double-face sign is a total of 1,350 square feet.

  • The total area of a double-faced sign shall not exceed 600 square feet.

  • The total area of a single sign face shall not exceed 300 square feet.

  • The sign shall not exceed 32 feet in height from ground level.

  • Minimum distance to another off-premises sign500 ft

    It is relocated no closer than 500 feet to a previously constructed off-premises commercial advertising sign located on the same or opposite side of the same street.

  • It is relocated no closer than 200 feet to any residential structure, school, church or similar place of worship, historical building, cemetery or similar place of interment, private park.

  • Tobacco advertising distance from residential zone200 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for cigarettes or other tobacco products on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center or church.

  • Tobacco advertising distance from school/park/etc.1,000 ft

    No person shall place or cause to be placed any advertisement for cigarettes or other tobacco products on any off-premises outdoor advertising sign within 200 feet of a residential zone, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any school, park, youth center, child care center or church.

From the ordinance

No new or additional off-premises outdoor advertising signs shall be constructed in any zone district or area of the city after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title; provided, however, that upon a finding that the purpose(s) of this section would not be served by the application of this prohibition to a particular area within the city, the city council may by resolution designate such area(s) as exempt.
17.40.210