Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Exempt no trespassing sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No trespassing or no hunting signs, without limitations or number or placement, limited in area to four square feet.
- Exempt noncommercial sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs of a noncommercial nature which are intended to verbalize a position or statement about an issue, as a matter of free speech, provided the area of the sign does not exceed 32 square feet.
- Exempt name plate sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A name plate or directional sign, limited in area to two square feet, to identify the owner or occupant of dwelling or building or a permitted home occupation.
- Digital off-premises signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Digital display, or rotating or any other displays that change messages shall be prohibited.
- Off-premises sign max area288 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Such signs shall be limited in area to no more than 288 square feet.
- Off-premises signs require conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit
Except as otherwise allowed by this ordinance, off-premises signs shall be require a conditional use permit in accordance with section 1-502 and shall comply with the following requirements.
- Sign permit required
No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected, constructed, posted, painted, altered, maintained, or relocated, except as otherwise provided in this article, until a permit has been issued by the administrator.
Pennants, banners, streamers, wind-sail signs and all other fluttering spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices; any flashing signs; any sign located on the roof of a building; any display of intermittent lights resembling danger; signs attached to trees, utility poles, etc.
- Real estate sign max area in agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districts16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs in Agricultural Rural (AR) and Agricultural Limited (AL) zoning districts shall not exceed 16 square feet in size and six feet in height.
- Real estate sign max area in commercial/industrial districts32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs in commercial and industrial zoning districts shall not exceed 32 square feet in size and ten feet in height.
- Real estate sign max area in residential districts4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs in residential zoning districts shall not exceed four square feet in size and four feet in height.
From the ordinance
No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected, constructed, posted, painted, altered, maintained, or relocated, except as otherwise provided in this article, until a permit has been issued by the administrator.