Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Required clear passage from A-frame sign4 ft
Signs must be placed to maintain at least four feet of clear passage between the edge of the sign and the curb
- Maximum A-frame sign area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
These signs must not be more than an aggregate of 12 square feet or less in a sandwich board design as defined herein.
- Maximum A-frame signs per business1 count
Only one such sign is permitted per business, or one sign per 30 linear feet of sidewalk, whichever is more restrictive.
- Maximum sign area per building street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.30 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
in no case shall any business display greater than 30 square feet of signage per building street frontage
- Maximum sign area per foot of business frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./ft
one square foot of signage per foot of business frontage
- Maximum temporary sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary freestanding signs, wall signs, banner signs shall not exceed one sign per location, nor eight square feet in area and four feet in height.
- Maximum temporary sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Temporary freestanding signs, wall signs, banner signs shall not exceed one sign per location, nor eight square feet in area and four feet in height.
- Maximum temporary window sign coverage20 pct
Temporary window signs shall not obstruct more than 20% of the area of the window on which the sign is located.
- Signage allocation for upper story businesses15 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A building owner may allocate up to 15 square feet of the building's available signage to each business occupant located in an upper story, basement or interior space not sharing the building face.
From the ordinance
Any business located within a C-1 Zoning District shall be limited to displaying no greater than one square foot of signage per foot of business frontage, and in no case shall any business display greater than 30 square feet of signage per building street frontage.