Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all zoning districts where signs are allowed
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum display duration for temporary window signs10 days
Temporary window signs may be displayed inside a window for a maximum of 10 days.
- Maximum wall sign area facing alley10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
An allowed wall sign facing an alley shall not exceed 10 square feet, which shall be allowed in addition to the maximum sign area allowed by Section 19.32.060.
- Maximum wall sign area as percentage of signable area40 pct
Wall signing facing streets and off-site parking lots shall not exceed 40 percent of the signable area.
- Maximum window sign area as percentage of window area20 pct
Permanent and temporary window signs shall not occupy more than 20 percent of the total window area.
- Amortization period for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. signs15 years
Any nonconforming sign, regardless of material, that is designed and constructed to have a useful life 15 years or longer, shall be brought into compliance with the provisions applicable to the zoning district within 15 years of the effective date of this Section.
- Maximum sign area exception increase25 pct
The exception may increase the allowed sign area by up to 25 percent.
From the ordinance
Wall signing facing streets and off-site parking lots shall not exceed 40 percent of the signable area; ... Window signs shall not occupy more than 20 percent of the total window area.