Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right14
Conditional / special use4
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Freestanding sign maximum area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 50 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet, one for each business on the premises.
- Freestanding sign maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.30 ft
Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 50 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet, one for each business on the premises.
- Marquee sign maximum area10 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Marquee signs, if there are no projecting signs, two for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to ten square feet.
- Projecting sign maximum area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or freestanding signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 40 square feet.
- Shopping center combined sign maximum area100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A group of three or more contiguous stores or businesses such as form a shopping center or business group may combine permitted detached signs area to provide a single detached sign advertising the group if there are no other detached signs and if the combined sign area does not exceed 100 square feet.
- Temporary paper sign maximum percentage of window glass area20 pct
Temporary, non-illuminated paper signs in show windows, limited to 20 percent of the total glass area of the window in which they are placed.
- Wall sign maximum aggregate area as percentage of wall area10 pct
Wall signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one sign with a sign area of more than 200 square feet.
- Wall sign maximum single sign area200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Wall signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one sign with a sign area of more than 200 square feet.
From the ordinance
Wall signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one sign with a sign area of more than 200 square feet. Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or freestanding signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 40 square feet. Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 50 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet, one for each business on the premises.