Paradise

New business signs defined as "roof signs" shall be prohibited except if the planning director determines, based upon substantial evidence, that the design of the building upon which the roof sign is proposed to be established has no other surface visible from a public street or private roadway to accommodate the placement of a business sign.

Billboards may be permitted in the C-C, C-F, C-S and I-S zoning districts subject to town approval and issuance of an administrative permit in addition to the following limitations: 1. The sign face (poster panel) shall be limited to a display surface not to exceed one hundred (100) square feet. 2. Not more than one single-sided or double-sided billboard panel shall be located at any site. 3. Billboards shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet in height. 4. Billboards shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet from the centerline of a street... 5. Billboard sites shall be located at least five hundred (500) radial feet distance from any existing billboard of a size greater than one hundred (100) square feet; three hundred (300) radial feet from any other billboard.

Banner signs may be permitted upon properties within the N-C, C-B, C-C, I-S, C-S and/or C-F zoning districts subject to the following regulations: 1. Banner signs shall not be placed or affixed atop roof features... 2. Banner signs shall not be placed in any manner that obstructs pedestrian and/or ADA accessibility. 3. Excepting temporary civic or special community event banner signs... banner signs shall not be placed within the public streets right-of-way or within forty (40) feet linear distance measured from the centerline of a public street or private road. 4. Banner signs shall not be placed over any utility box, within three (3) feet of a fire hydrant... 5. A maximum of two (2) banner signs per business or business street frontage shall be permitted; the size of any banner signs placed as flush wall-mounted upon a building shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the length and height of the affected building wall. Banner signs not completely supported by a building or a portion thereof shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size. 6. Banner signs shall not be established to serve as business identification signs during a period exceeding sixty (60) days...

A. The maximum height of a portable sign shall be four (4) feet above grade; and the total area of the sign face shall not exceed ten (10) square feet. B. Portable signs shall be placed in a manner which provides a minimum of four (4) feet of unobstructed pedestrian clearance... C. Portable signs shall not be placed in streets or driveway surfaces, attached or secured to public property, place over any utility box, within three (3) feet of a fire hydrant... D. Portable signs shall be constructed of wood (or other sturdy material) and metal hardware... E. Other than within unified shopping center(s) and/or common owned parking facilities, portable signs used for business signage purposes shall not be placed upon property located offsite from the business being advertised/identified. F. A maximum of one portable sign per business or business street frontage shall be permitted.

A. Only permitted for public, quasi-public and community service land uses located upon property situated within the C-S or C-F zones and for non-residential land uses within the C-C and I-S zones. B. A maximum of one electronic changeable message sign is permitted per site with a maximum electronic area of forty (40) square feet. New freestanding electronic changeable message signs shall have a maximum height of six (6) feet. C. Messages shall be static and unanimated for a minimum of eight (8) seconds. D. Transition during messages shall be two (2) seconds or less and shall either be instantaneous or fade in/out. Flashing is prohibited. E. For signs in the C-C or I-S zones, adjacent to a residential zoning district or where an existing sign cabinet is proposed to be retrofitted and the existing sign exceeds the size and/or height limits for an electronic changeable message sign, a CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT will be required. F. Electronic changeable message sign faces permitted after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be equipped with a photocell, timer, or other similar device which automatically dims the display during nighttime hours to prevent glare impacts. G. Electronic changeable message signs permitted after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not be brighter than the illumination limit recommended by the International Sign Association (ISA) for Electronic Message Center signs, or 0.3 footcandles above ambient light when measured at the recommended distance as set forth by the ISA. H. Electronic changeable message signs are not permitted to be installed as ROOF SIGNS or operate as BILLBOARDS.

Except as permitted by this code, no sign shall be placed, erected or installed within any recorded or established access easement or right-of-way, whether privately or publicly owned.

A minimum of four (4) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for a new commercial, industrial or multiple-family residential land use.

Buildings fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet or greater of gross floor area: one off-street loading space, plus one additional space for each additional thirty thousand (30,000) square feet of gross floor area.

Each parking facility having twelve (12) or more spaces shall provide a perimeter landscaped strip at least five (5) feet wide where the facility adjoins a property line.

With development of new or expanded land uses upon real properties within any portion of a 'C-C' (community-commercial) or 'C-S' (community-services) zoning district, in lieu of providing off-street parking spaces... may be satisfied by payment to the town.

An existing nonconforming use of land or building may be continued upon approval and issuance of a conditional use permit

An unimproved or undeveloped nonconforming parcel or lot that does not comply with the minimum area or lot width requirements ... shall be considered to be a legal building site if it meets one of the following criteria

If the lawful nonconforming use of land, buildings or a structure ceases either totally or partially for a continuous period of twelve (12) months, the nonconforming use shall be deemed totally or partially abandoned

Any lawful nonconforming building or structure destroyed by any means to the extent of more than fifty (50) percent of its assessed value ... may be restored

The enlargement or expansion of any lawful nonconforming use shall be subject to all general requirements as set forth in this section.

Upon recommendation of the planning commission, the town council may order a nonconforming use to be terminated.

whenever a nonconforming use of land or buildings is terminated by reason of an acquisition of the property ... the nonconforming use may be relocated

No person shall permit the placement, construction or operation of any recycling facility without first obtaining a permit pursuant to the provisions set forth in this title.

Reverse vending machines do not require additional parking spaces for recycling customers and may be permitted in all commercial, community facilities/services and industrial zones following issuance of an administrative permit...

Small collection facilities may be sited in the C-C, C-B, N-C, C-S, C-F and I-S zones following approval and issuance of an administrative permit...