Virginia Beach

If freestanding, the height of any such sign shall be no more than twelve (12) feet above ground level.

Such signs shall not be displayed more than three (3) times per year at any business establishment, or for any period in excess of seven (7) days.

balloons displaying such signs may, if affixed to the roof of a building or structure, project no more than thirty (30) feet above the roofline or, if affixed to the ground, have a height not exceeding thirty (30) feet from ground level. Such signs shall not exceed seventy-five (75) square feet in surface area.

Such signs shall be no greater than thirty-two (32) square feet in area. No more than one (1) such sign shall be permitted at each entrance to the neighborhood or subdivision represented by the civic league or property owners' association. Such signs shall be in place for no more than fourteen (14) days before the meeting or event or three (3) days after the meeting or event has been held.

Within a Preservation, Agricultural, Residential, Apartment, or Historic and Cultural District, or a noncommercial area of a PD-H1 or PD-H2 Planned Development District, a total of sixteen (16) square feet of temporary signage shall be allowed on a lot. Within all other districts, a total of thirty-two (32) square feet of temporary signage shall be allowed on a lot. No such sign shall be higher than eight (8) feet above grade directly below such sign.

Private traffic direction signs not exceeding four (4) square feet in area. One (1) such sign shall be permitted at each entrance or exit and at drive-through lanes.

One (1) sign not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in area on each roadway frontage adjoining an active construction site during the time construction at such site or is actively under way. Such signs shall set back no less than ten (10) feet from any property line.

One (1) square foot of wall signage for every two (2) linear feet of each building wall facing a public street, not to exceed one hundred (100) square feet for each such wall, provided that signage on any building wall located five hundred (500) feet or more from a public street shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) square feet.

For schools located on lots less than fifteen (15) acres in area, one (1) freestanding monument sign with a maximum of two (2) faces of forty (40) square feet per face.

For schools located on lots fifteen (15) acres or more in area, a maximum of one (1) freestanding monument sign no greater than forty (40) feet per face in area per abutting street, located at the principal vehicular entrance from each street.

No freestanding monument sign shall be installed within fifty (50) feet of a residential use.

City-owned parks and recreation centers may have a maximum of two (2) wall signs for each building wall facing a public street, as prescribed below: a. One (1) square foot of wall signage for every two (2) linear feet of each building wall facing a public street. Said signage shall not exceed a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet for each such wall.

Any building wall located five hundred (500) feet or more from a public street shall not exceed a maximum of two hundred and fifty (250) square feet of signage for each such wall.

Any city-owned park or recreation center located on a lot with an area less than fifteen (15) acres shall be permitted one (1) freestanding monument sign with a maximum of two (2) faces of forty (40) square feet per face.

Any city-owned park or recreation center located on a lot with an area of fifteen (15) acres or more in size shall be permitted one (1) freestanding monument sign per street, located at the principal vehicular entrance of each street. In no case, shall there be more than one (1) freestanding monument sign on each street. Each sign shall not exceed a maximum of two (2) faces of forty (40) square feet per face.

No freestanding monument sign shall be installed within fifty (50) feet of a residential use.

Signs that imitate an official traffic sign or signal or contain the words 'stop,' 'go slow,' 'caution,' 'danger,' 'warning,' or words of similar import, except as provided in section 211(d).

Signs that, by reason of their size, location, movement, content, coloring, or manner of illumination, are likely to be confused with or construed as a traffic-control device, or that obscure any traffic or street sign or signal or obstruct the view in any direction at a street intersection.

Signs on any public property in any zoning district, except as otherwise expressly allowed.

Signs that contain or consist of pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners, strings of light bulbs, or other similar moving devices. Such devices, when not part of any sign, are also prohibited when intended to attract attention to the establishment on which they are located.