22.9 SIGNS REQUIRING A PERMIT

The following on-premise signs require a sign permit and are subject to all applicable standards of this article. Additionally, the following sign types shall operate only as on-premise signs. Outdoor advertising signs are regulated separately in Section 22.10.

A. Awning and Canopy Signs

1. The following standards apply to awning and canopy signs:

a. One awning or canopy sign is permitted per tenant with a façade abutting a public or network-required private street, or public right- of-way. Tenants occupying spaces with façades abutting multiple public streets, network-required private streets, or public rights-of-way are permitted one awning or canopy sign per façade.

b. Sign copy on any awning or canopy sign surface is limited to 30% of each surface area. A valance is considered a separate surface area.

c. A canopy is permitted a sign face area attached to and located above the top of the canopy to a maximum height of 24 inches.

d. Awning and canopy signs may be illuminated.

AWNING SIGN

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NONSTRUCTURAL CANOPY SIGN

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STRUCTURAL CANOPY SIGN

B. Drive-Through Signs

1. The following standards apply to drive-through signs:

a. Drive-through signs are limited to one per drive-through lane.

b. Drive-through signs are limited to 64 square feet in sign area and eight feet in height. The drive-through sign may be designed as separate ground signs grouped together and may include the use of preview boards designed as separate ground signs installed at a distance earlier in the drive-through lane, however the total area of all signs shall not exceed 64 square feet.

c. In addition, drive-through signs are permitted ten square feet of sign area for temporary signs attached to the top or sides of the drive-through sign.

d. Drive-through signs shall be located a minimum of 15 feet from any Neighborhood 1 Place Type. This shall be measured as the shortest straight line from the sign face to the nearest edge of any residential zoning district in the Neighborhood 1 Place Type.

e. Drive-through signs may be internally illuminated. Drive-through signs may also contain an electronic or video display screen and audio component for interaction with the customer. No external illumination of drive-through signs shall be permitted.

i. For any included audio component, the standards of Section 22.7.G shall apply.

DRIVE-THROUGH SIGN

C. Electronic Signs

1. Electronic signs are permitted for all uses within the following zoning districts: Neighborhood Center Zoning District; Community Activity Center Zoning Districts; Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts; Innovation Mixed-Use Zoning District; Commercial Zoning Districts; Manufacturing and Logistics Zoning Districts; Campus Zoning Districts; and Transit Oriented Development Zoning Districts.

2. In addition, electronic signs are also permitted for the following:

a. The following uses in any zoning district are permitted an electronic sign: cultural facility, educational facility - primary or secondary, educational facility - university or college, government office/facility, public park/playground, place of worship, and private recreation club.

3. Only one electronic sign per lot is permitted.

4. Electronic outdoor advertising signs are controlled by Section 22.10.

5. Each message or image displayed on an electronic sign shall be static for a minimum of eight seconds. Electronic signs shall display static text messages only, with no animation or effects simulating animation or video. Scrolling, flashing, animation, or movement of the message or any component of the sign is prohibited. Any message change sequence shall be accomplished immediately by changing from one screen to another without transition effect. Such prohibition does not apply to the UC Zoning District.

D. Ground Signs

1. Ground Sign Types
Ground signs are regulated as five types in this article:

a. Ground signs are permitted for multi-family dwellings and nonresidential uses in the zoning districts indicated in Item 3 below.

b. Retail center ground signs are permitted for multi-tenant retail centers in any zoning district except the Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts.

c. Multi-tenant nonresidential development ground signs are permitted in any zoning district except the Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts.

d. Multi-use development ground signs are permitted in any zoning district except the Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts.

e. Ground signs are permitted for residential developments in any zoning district except the Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts.

2. General Regulations
The following regulations apply to all ground signs:

a. All ground signs shall be of monument type construction, except for ground signs in the Manufacturing and Logistics Zoning Districts and the CG and CR Zoning Districts.

i. Ground signs for nonresidential uses in the Manufacturing and Logistics Zoning Districts and the CG and CR Zoning Districts may be of pole sign type construction up to a maximum height of 30 feet.

ii. Pole signs are limited to one per lot and a maximum sign area of 84 square feet.

b. Ground signs may be in a required setback or along a zoning district-specific frontage with the following exceptions:

i. Ground signs along frontages shall be located out of the right-of-way, if it exists, or behind the required sidewalk or path, whichever is greater.

(A) In the Neighborhood Center Zoning District, Community Activity Center Zoning Districts, Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts, and Innovation Mixed-Use Zoning District, ground signs shall be located out of the right-of-way, if it exists, or setback, whichever is greater.

ii. Ground signs shall not project into, over, or otherwise encroach on a public right-of-way, or a sidewalk as part of a network-required private street.

c. Ground signs may be internally or externally illuminated. If externally illuminated, all light shall be directed onto the sign face.

3. Ground Signs
Ground signs are subject to the following:

a. Ground signs are permitted for multi-family and nonresidential uses in the zoning districts listed in Table 22-3: Ground Signs. Table 22-3 also contains the maximum sign areas and maximum heights.

b. One ground sign is permitted along street frontage of a lot measuring less than 400 feet. Additional signs are allowed as follows:

i. Each street frontage of a lot measuring 400 feet or more, is permitted one additional sign. However, a minimum distance of 200 feet shall be maintained between signs along the same frontage. This does not apply to a use from the Institutional and Government Uses category in the Use Matrix in Article 15, which is controlled by Item ii below.

ii. Uses from the Institutional and Government Uses category in the Use Matrix in Article 15 located in any zoning district are permitted one additional ground sign of 16 square feet and four feet in height.

Table 22-3: Ground Signs
Zoning District	Maximum Sign Area	Maximum Sign Height
Neighborhood 1 Zoning Districts	See below	See below
N1-A Zoning	36sf	7’
N1-B Zoning	36sf	7’
N1-C Zoning	36sf	7’
N1-D Zoning	36sf	7’
N1-E Zoning	36sf	7’
N1-F Zoning	36sf	7’
Neighborhood 2 Zoning Districts	See below	See below
N2-A Zoning	36sf	7’
N2-B Zoning	36sf	7’
N2-C Zoning	36sf	7’
Neighborhood Center Zoning District	See below	See below
NC Zoning	36sf	7’
Community Activity Center Zoning Districts	See below	See below
CAC-1 Zoning	36sf	7’
CAC-2 Zoning	36sf	7’
Regional Activity Zoning Districts	See below	See below
RAC Zoning	Prohibited	Prohibited
UE Zoning	Prohibited	Prohibited
UC Zoning	Prohibited	Prohibited
Transit Oriented Development Zoning Districts	See below	See below
TOD-UC Zoning District	Prohibited	Prohibited
TOD-NC Zoning District	Prohibited	Prohibited
TOD-CC Zoning District	36sf	7’
TOD-TR Zoning District	36sf	7’
Commercial Zoning Districts	See below	See below
CG Zoning District	84sf	30’
CR Zoning District	84sf	30’
Campus Zoning Districts	See below	See below
IC-1 Zoning District	36sf	7’
IC-2 Zoning District	36sf	7’
OFC Zoning District	36sf	7’
OG Zoning District	36sf	7’
RC Zoning District	36sf	7’
Innovation Mixed-Use Zoning District	See below	See below
IMU Zoning District	36sf	7’
Manufacturing and Logistics Zoning Districts	See below	See below
ML-1 Zoning District	84sf	30’
ML-2 Zoning District	84sf	30’

GROUND SIGN – MONUMENT

4. Retail Center Ground Signs
Ground signs for retail centers are regulated separately from Item 3 above, and are subject to the following standards:

a. One retail center ground sign is permitted per street frontage. For lots of five acres or more, an additional ground sign is permitted for each entry point to the lot but a minimum separation of 200 feet is required between signs.

b. Retail center ground signs are limited to the following maximum sign areas and heights:

i. Development site area of less than 25,000sf: 48 square feet in area and eight feet in height

ii. Development site area of 25,000sf up to 50,000sf: 100 square feet in area and 10 feet in height

iii. Development site area more than 50,000sf up to 200,000sf: 128 square feet in area and 15 feet in height

iv. Development site area of more than 200,000sf: 150 square feet in area and 15 feet in height

c. Where a multi-tenant retail center includes outparcels, each outparcel is permitted one ground sign of a maximum of 36 square feet in sign area and a maximum of five feet in height.

d. Ground signs for retail centers located in Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts are prohibited.

5. Multi-Tenant Nonresidential Development Ground Signs
Ground signs for multi-tenant nonresidential developments are regulated separately from Item 3 above, and are subject to the following standards:

a. One ground sign of 50 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of seven feet.

b. A second ground sign of 24 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of four feet.

c. Outparcels on the site are each allowed one ground sign of 36 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of five feet.

d. Ground signs for multi-tenant nonresidential developments located in Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts are prohibited.

6. Multi-Use Development Ground Signs
Ground signs for multi-use developments are regulated separately from Item 3 above, and are subject to the following standards:

a. One ground sign of 50 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of seven feet.

b. A second ground sign of 24 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of four feet.

c. Outparcels on the site are each allowed one ground sign of 36 square feet in area maximum and a maximum height of five feet.

d. Ground signs for multi-use developments located in Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts are prohibited.

7. Residential Development Ground Sign
Ground signs for residential developments are regulated separately from Item 3 above, and are subject to the following standards:

a. One residential development ground sign is permitted for each entry point to the development. A minimum separation of 200 feet is required between signs. Two separate sign faces may be used in conjunction with a wall, fence, or other architectural entrance feature.

b. Residential development ground signs are permitted a maximum sign area of 42 square feet per sign and a maximum sign height of five feet per sign.

c. Ground signs for residential developments located in Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts and the TOD-UC and TOD-NC Zoning Districts are prohibited.

E. Marquee Signs

1. Marquee signs are permitted for nonresidential uses only in the following zoning districts: Neighborhood Center Zoning District; Community Activity Center Zoning Districts; Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts; Innovation Mixed-Use Zoning District; and Transit Oriented Development Zoning Districts.

2. Marquee signs shall be supported solely by the building to which they are attached. No exterior columns or posts are permitted as supports.

3. The roof of a marquee sign shall not be used for any purpose other than to form and constitute a roof or to support a vertically-oriented extension of the sign extending upward and mounted perpendicular to the wall on which the marquee is mounted.

4. Marquee signs shall be erected over a building entrance. The width of a marquee sign is limited to the width of the building entrance with an additional five-foot extension of the marquee sign allowed on each side of the building entrance so long as such extension is part of the same structure.

5. All marquee signs shall maintain a minimum vertical clearance of nine feet, and the roof of the marquee structure shall be erected below any second-floor windowsill located above the marquee and cannot obstruct any other architectural features.

6. Marquee signs may encroach over a public or private sidewalk and/or amenity zone but shall not project from a building façade more than nine feet and shall be no closer than four feet from the future back of curb.

7. Marquee signs are permitted a vertically-oriented extension attached to and located above the roof of a marquee sign structure and perpendicular to the building wall. The height of the vertically oriented extension is limited to a maximum of 24 inches above the building parapet. Such vertically-oriented extension is limited to a maximum projection of 75% of the depth of the marquee, as measured perpendicularly from the building wall to the furthest point of the marquee structure.

8. Marquees may be internally or externally illuminated.

MARQUEE SIGN

Marquee Sign

F. Roof Signs

1. Roof signs are permitted only for nonresidential buildings and multi-family dwellings of 30 feet or more in height in the CR, UC, UE, TOD-UC, and TOD-CC Zoning Districts.

2. The size of the roof sign is limited to a height of 15 feet above the roof, including the support structure. The width of a roof sign is limited to 65% of the roof level width or 40 feet, whichever is less.

3. Roof signs shall be designed with channel letters/icons and the overall area shall be a minimum of 40% transparent.

4. A maximum of one roof sign is permitted per building. Roof signs shall only be installed on a flat roof.

5. If a roof sign is erected on a building, a skyline sign (Item G below) is prohibited.

6. A roof sign shall be set back a minimum of five feet from the edge of a roof.

7. Roof signs shall be safely and securely attached to the roof structure and cannot interfere with any roof access points.

8. Roof signs shall only be internally illuminated.

ROOF SIGN

G. Skyline Signs

1. Skyline signs are permitted only for nonresidential buildings and multi-family dwellings of 50 feet or more in height in the following zoning districts: Neighborhood Center Zoning District; Community Activity Center Zoning Districts; Regional Activity Center Zoning Districts; Innovation Mixed-Use Zoning District; Commercial Zoning Districts; Manufacturing and Logistics Zoning Districts; Campus Zoning Districts; and Transit Oriented Development Zoning Districts.

2. The size of the skyline sign is limited as follows:

a. Building height of 50’ to 75’: 300sf

b. Building height of greater than 75’ to 100’: 480sf

c. Building height of greater than 100’ to 200’: 600sf

d. Building height of greater than 200’ to 500’: 720sf

e. Building height of greater than 500’: 850sf

3. One skyline sign is permitted per facade.

4. Skyline signs shall be placed within the top 20% of the height of the structure and cannot cover any windows or architectural features.

5. Skyline signs may project up to 24 inches above the roofline or parapet but shall be designed as a wall-mounted sign and cannot be primarily supported by structures installed on the roof.

6. If a skyline sign is erected on a building, a roof sign (Item F above) is prohibited.

7. Skyline signs shall only be internally illuminated.

SKYLINE SIGN

H. Temporary Signs for Development Construction Lots

1. Developments under construction are permitted temporary ground signs.

2. One primary and two secondary temporary ground signs are allowed per street frontage of the development. In addition to these temporary signs, either one real estate activity or one construction activity sign may also be permitted per street frontage.

3. The maximum sign area of a primary sign is limited to 48 square feet in the Neighborhood 1 and Neighborhood 2 Zoning Districts, and 64 square feet in all other zoning districts. The maximum sign area of a secondary sign is limited to 12 square feet.

4. The maximum height of the primary sign is limited to ten feet, and six feet for a secondary sign.

5. Within 30 days after all final certificates of occupancy have been granted, all temporary signs installed per this section shall be removed.

I. Wall-Mounted Signs

1. General Regulations

a. Wall-mounted signs are permitted for all multi-family and nonresidential uses in any zoning district.

b. Wall signs, projecting signs, and awning and canopy signs are considered wall-mounted signs. Other signs of this section that may be mounted on a wall, such as marquee, skyline, and roof signs, are regulated separately and do not count toward the maximum sign area of wall-mounted signs. Painted and projected wall signs (Item J and Item K, respectively) are also not considered wall-mounted signs and are regulated separately and do not count toward the maximum sign area of wall-mounted signs.

c. In a multi-tenant building, the maximum square footage of all wall-mounted signs is allocated by tenant with leasable building wall square footage along each building facade.

d. The maximum square footage of all wall-mounted signs is 10% of the tenant’s leasable building wall square footage or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This limit applies to each tenant and square footage cannot be transferred from one tenant of a structure to another or from one facade of a structure to another.

WALL SIGN

2. Wall Sign
(Painted wall signs and projected wall signs are not regulated by this section and are regulated separately in Items J and K below.)

a. Wall signs are permitted on each facade of a structure. On a site consisting of multiple structures, each structure is permitted wall signs per the regulations of this section.

b. Wall signs may be internally or externally illuminated. If externally illuminated, all light shall be directed onto the sign face.

c. Wall signs shall be safely and securely attached to the building wall. Wall signs shall not project more than 18 inches from a building wall.

d. Wall signs with a background, such as cabinet-box or flat-panel style wall signs, and any associated sign support structure shall not project beyond the ends or top of the wall, or higher than the roofline of the structure to which they are attached. Signs without a background, such as pin-mounted or raceway-mounted channel letter signs, and any associated sign support structure may project a maximum of 24 inches above the roofline but may not project horizontally beyond the end of the wall to which they are attached.

e. Parapets added to existing buildings for the purpose of attaching signs shall match the architecture of the rest of the building, be of the same thickness, and on the same plane as the wall to which it is added, and no more than six feet above the roofline. Additions to a parapet for the purpose of signage cannot be braced back to the roof.

f. Wall signs cannot cover any window, windowsill, transom sill, or architectural feature, such as cornices, of the structure.

3. Projecting Signs

a. Projecting signs shall maintain a minimum vertical clearance of nine feet. No projecting sign affixed to a building shall project higher than the building height, including the sign support structure.

b. Projecting signs shall be mounted within the first four stories of the structure.

c. Projecting signs are limited to a maximum sign area of 75 square feet. Sign area is counted toward the maximum sign area of all wall-mounted signs.

d. One projecting sign is permitted per tenant with frontage on a street. For a corner lot, one projecting sign is permitted for each street frontage.

e. Projecting signs are limited to a projection of four feet from the building facade or up to four feet from the future back of curb, whichever is less.

f. Projecting signs may be internally or externally illuminated.

PROJECTING SIGN

J. Wall Signs, Painted
A painted wall sign is not limited to only the application of paint on the wall surface. Painted wall signs include other methods of application and/or materials, including but not limited to, tiles or screen printing.

1. Painted wall signs are permitted for all nonresidential uses in any zoning district. Painted wall signs are regulated separately and do not count toward the maximum sign area of wall-mounted signs of Item I above.

2. Painted wall signs are permitted on each facade of a structure. There is no size limit for a painted wall sign.

3. Painted wall signs shall not be painted on or obscure architectural features such as windows, doors, pilasters, or cornices.

4. Painted wall signs may be externally illuminated. If externally illuminated, all light shall be directed onto the sign face.

5. Painted wall signs shall not project more than 0.25 inches from a building wall.

6. Nothing in this section shall prevent an installer from incorporating their name or other identifying information as part of the painted wall sign.

7. The property owner, or their authorized agent/representative such as the business owner, are responsible for ensuring that a permitted painted wall sign is maintained in good condition and is repaired in the case of vandalism or accidental destruction.

K. Wall Signs, Projected

1. Projected wall signs are permitted for all nonresidential uses in any zoning district. Projected wall signs are regulated separately and do not count toward the maximum sign area of wall-mounted signs of Item I above.

2. Projected wall signs shall remain static and cannot flash, rotate, or move.

3. No projected wall sign can project an electronic video.

4. Projected wall signs shall not glare onto adjacent properties.

5. Projected wall signs shall not project past the wall onto which it is projected.

6. Projected wall signs shall not be projected over any other permanent or temporary sign, which includes painted wall signs.

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