Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Double-faced sign thickness
Whenever the area of any sign is limited by this zoning title a double-faced sign may be erected having the allowed sign area on each side of the sign; provided, the maximum dimension between the two faces of the double-faced sign shall not exceed twenty-four inches or ten percent of the maximum dimension of the face of the sign, whichever is the lesser.
- Max sign area per building wall150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Not more than one hundred fifty square feet of total sign area shall be permitted on any one building wall.
- Sign area calculation
The area of a sign shall be calculated by multiplying its maximum vertical dimension by its maximum horizontal dimension.
- Signs meet heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. and setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
All signs shall meet the height and setback requirements of the district in which they are located.
- Signs in R districts nonflashing
All signs in or adjacent to R districts shall be nonflashing and nonanimated.
- Vertical sign thickness24 in
Any projecting wall sign with its advertising surface at or approximately at right angles to a wall facing a street shall be deemed to be a vertical sign and shall not exceed twenty-four inches in thickness.
From the ordinance
Signs, billboards, and advertising structures may be erected and maintained in any district where such use is permitted, except where restricted by this code, subject to the following conditions: ...