Needles

Entities that meet the criteria as a freeway oriented business: a. May request a sign up to seventy five feet (75').

Unless qualified as a freeway oriented business, the maximum height permitted for any sign is thirty-five feet (35') above the grade of the street.

The maximum height of an offsite sign shall be eight (8) feet, unless a more restrictive height standard is specified by this Article. No commercial off-site signs are permitted within a residential area.

No part of any sign, including the footing, shall be located closer than one (1) foot from any property line or public right-of-way.

No sign shall interfere with a driver's or pedestrian's view of public rights-of-way, walkways and crosswalks or in any other manner impair public safety...

Temporary special event banners and similar advertising devices, located over private property, which are displayed for fewer than thirty consecutive days and not replaced within 60 days and not repeated more than 3 times per year.

Signs of a commercial nature are not permitted in a residential zone except for one on-site sign allowed in a residential zone not over 6 square feet in size and not higher than 4 feet...

One monument sign and one wall sign will be permitted per parcel for any approved industrial use in an industrial land use district; except in an industrial complex which allows one (1) wall sign per business and one freestanding or monument sign for all of the tenants to share.

Offsite signs are only permitted: a. In non-residential areas. b. Along streets that are not designated scenic highways. c. Along Needles Highway north of the intersection with Interstate 40 at the West Broadway exit, and along Highway 95 south of the Interstate 40 East Broadway freeway exit.

Onsite signs that identify a historic landmark or a historic structure of merit, as designated by the City of Needles or the State or Federal Register, are exempt from the regulations of this chapter, provided they do not exceed one such sign per parcel, a sign area of thirty-two (32) square feet or a sign height of eight (8) feet.

Business directory signs are allowed to point the way to businesses which are not located on the premises of the sign. These signs can be placed in any zone.

Near premise signs within the core of the City are intended only for businesses that do not have frontage on one (1) of the major streets in the City of Needles, but the business is located within a commercial or industrial zone of the City.

The 45° angles of clear sight triangles at public roadway intersections are formed and measured 30 feet in both directions from the 90 degree angle.

A maximum of one monument sign may be permitted per parcel except in the event that two monument signs can be placed on a parcel with a minimum separation of 300 lineal feet.

Approval by the Planning Director or Planning Commission after making the following specific findings: a. The design of the proposed painted wall sign will be compatible with and enhance the aesthetics of surrounding buildings...

A business complex may have a maximum of one freestanding sign or a maximum of two monument signs as the main sign for each business located in the complex.

Two (2) A-frame signs are allowed per business. Each side of the A-frame sign can measure not more than four (4) feet by four (4) feet and the area of an A-frame sign must not exceed sixteen (16) square feet in area each side.

Projecting signs shall maintain a one (1) foot setback from any property line or public right-of-way unless approved by the Planning Director as a 'pedestrian oriented' projecting or hanging sign...

The maximum allowable sign area for a roof sign is 25% of the area of the roof plane upon which it is situated. Roof signs may not be mounted atop a flat roof.

The maximum allowable sign area for a primary wall sign is seventy-five (75) square feet if the business has a street frontage of less than 200 lineal feet...