Albemarle County Unincorporated

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The freestanding signage permitted may include one off-site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d).

The maximum combined size of a freestanding sign and its support structure shall not exceed 2½ times the maximum allowable sign size. The area of a sign face shall not exceed 200 percent of the sign area.

The maximum combined size of a freestanding sign and its support structure shall not exceed 2½ times the maximum allowable sign size.

The area of a sign face shall not exceed 200 percent of the sign area.

Home occupation signs: one per lot, max 4 sq ft. Menu signs: 32 sq ft. Noncommercial flags: up to 3, max 24 sq ft. Real estate signs: 32 sq ft. Sandwich board: 8 sq ft. Window signs: max 25% of window area. Freestanding sign support structure max 2.5x sign size. Sign face max 200% of sign area. Sight distance triangle: 10 ft from intersection, no signs. Sign setback measured from property line. Rare gas illumination max 30 milliamps. Internally illuminated box signs in entrance corridor overlay must have opaque background.

The sign height shall be measured as the vertical distance from the normal grade directly below the sign to the highest point of the sign or sign structure, whichever is higher, and shall include the sign base, regardless of material, including earth used primarily to elevate the sign.

The sight distance triangle is that triangular area on a property between the two lines created by the existing or proposed right-of-way lines of intersecting exterior streets and/or street commercial entrances, and the straight line connecting them at points ten feet distant from where the right-of-way lines intersect. No sign shall be erected within a sight distance triangle.

The sight distance triangle is that triangular area on a property between the two lines created by the existing or proposed right-of-way lines of intersecting exterior streets and/or street commercial entrances, and the straight line connecting them at points ten feet distant from where the right-of-way lines intersect.

The structure frontage is the horizontal length of the outside structure wall of the establishment, in one plane, adjacent to a street. If an establishment has two or more walls adjacent to a street, at least one of which is an exterior wall, one of these additional walls may be used to calculate additional wall signage at one-third the rate as allowed on the structure frontage.

If an establishment has two or more walls adjacent to a street, at least one of which is an exterior wall, one of these additional walls may be used to calculate additional wall signage at one-third the rate as allowed on the structure frontage.

For all signs other than a sign within a public right-of-way, the sign setback shall be measured from the property line or, in the case of an access easement, from the edge of the easement, to the closest point of the sign. No sign shall be erected within the applicable minimum setback area in sections 4.15.9, 4.15.10, and 4.15.11.

Signs in residential districts shall not be illuminated, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance.

Signs using exposed, bare, or uncovered rare gas illumination, and signs within the entrance corridor overlay district visible from an entrance corridor overlay street that use rare gas illumination covered by a transparent material, shall not have a brightness that exceeds 30 milliamps. All internally illuminated box-style and cabinet-style signs within the entrance corridor overlay district shall have an opaque background.

Signs using exposed, bare, or uncovered rare gas illumination, and signs within the entrance corridor overlay district visible from an entrance corridor overlay street that use rare gas illumination covered by a transparent material, shall not have a brightness that exceeds 30 milliamps.