Section 22.320.120
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 2%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- La Crescenta-Montrose Community Standards DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Awning signs per awning1 count
One projecting; or one valance and one sloping max.
- Cabinet signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Cabinet Signs are prohibited.
- Internally illuminated awnings prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Internally illuminated awnings are prohibited.
- Maximum building identification sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A building identification sign shall not exceed four square feet in area, shall not be placed more than four feet above finished grade, and shall not be internally illuminated.
- Maximum bulletin or special-event sign area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A bulletin or special-event sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in area.
- Maximum directional or informational sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A directional or informational sign shall not exceed four square feet in area, shall not exceed three feet in height, if free-standing.
- Maximum directional or informational sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
A directional or informational sign shall not exceed four square feet in area, shall not exceed three feet in height, if free-standing.
- Maximum temporary construction sign area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A temporary construction sign shall not exceed 40 square feet in area and shall not exceed six feet in height, if free-standing.
- Maximum temporary construction sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
A temporary construction sign shall not exceed 40 square feet in area and shall not exceed six feet in height, if free-standing.
- Monument sign landscaping area ratio2 ratio
Shall be surrounded by landscaping that is at least twice as large as the area of one of its signs faces.
- Maximum establishments on monument sign8 count
Shall not identify more than eight establishments.
- Projecting signs per building1 count
One per ground-floor business establishment with reduction in any permitted wall sign
- Wall business signs per building1 count
One per each ground-floor business establishment.
From the ordinance
An incidental business sign shall not be attached to a freestanding sign and shall not be internally illuminated.