8110-5 - General sign regulations.

Section 8110-5.1 sets forth the standards for sign categories, except bench signs, canopy signs, cooperative display panels, illuminated signs, political signs, service station signs, symbol signs, temporary signs and window signs which are set forth in Sec. 8110-6 below. The latter section also contains more detailed standards and regulations applicable to tract signs.

(Am. Ord. 4054—2/1/94; Am. Ord. 4123—9/17/96)

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES

Regulatory Notes:

• F = Total street frontage of lot in linear feet.

(a)

Only those real estate signs over twelve (12) square feet require Zoning Clearance.

(b)

Prohibited in open space zones; see also Section 8110-6.12.

(c)

Real estate signs may exceed twelve (12) square feet by one square foot for each ten (10) feet by which the width of the lot, or two or more contiguous lots in single ownership, exceeds seventy (70) feet, to a maximum of seventy-two (72) square feet.

(d)

Sign may be as long as the building wall to which it is attached, and may wrap around a corner, but may not project beyond a corner.

(e)

Permitted in M2 and M3 zones only; see also Section 8110-6.7.

(f)

Permitted on vacant property in CPD and M-zones only; see also Section 8110-6.12.

(g)

Large sites may have signs five hundred (500) feet apart; maximum two hundred (200) square feet of total freestanding sign area per lot. A drive-through restaurant may have an extra sixteen (16) square foot menu board; see Section 8110-6.14.

(h)

Each wall or building face is permitted one square foot of sign area per linear foot of wall length; maximum one hundred twenty (120) square feet, regardless of the number of signs.

(i)

Sign may not extend above the eaves of a gable roof, nor more than two feet above the face of the canopy or a parapet wall to which it is attached.

(j)

For three hundred seventy-five (375) square-foot signs, the length may be increased to thirty-six (36) feet.

(k)

Prohibited in SRP Overlay Zone; see also Section 8109-4.1.4(b).

(l)

Agricultural sales facilities may have additional signs in accordance with Section 8107-6.1.6.

(m)

Assembly Uses may have up to twenty (20) square feet of attached sign regardless of lot width.

(n)

Assembly Uses may have up to twenty-five (25) square feet of freestanding sign regardless of lot width.

(o)

Principal structures related to agriculture, except shade/mist structures, over twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in size, may have one square foot of sign area per two linear feet of wall length, regardless of the number of signs. The Planning Director may approve additional sign area, to a maximum total of one hundred twenty (120) square feet per qualified building, as part of a complete sign program for the site. Such sign program may be approved as a modification to an existing permit, such as a Conditional Use Permit or Planned Development Permit. If no such permit exists for the site, the applicant shall submit the sign program as part of a Planned Development Permit.

(Am. Ord. 3730—5/7/85; Am. Ord. 3810—5/5/87; Am. Ord. 4054—2/1/94; Am. Ord. 4123—9/17/96; Am. Ord. 4215—10/24/00; Am. Ord. 4216—10/24/00; Am. Ord. 4317—3/15/05; Am. Ord. 4390—9/9/08; Ord. No. 4411, § 5, 3-2-2010)

8110-5.2.1 - Signs are subject to the structural setbacks set forth in Section 8106-1; the setback shall be measured to the outermost projection of the sign structure on the side where the setback is being measured. Exceptions as follows:

a.

On-site freestanding signs three feet or less in height may be located within a setback adjacent to a street.

b.

A sign attached to an existing wall or fence is exempt from the setback requirements, provided that the sign does not project beyond any edge of such wall or fence.

8110-5.2.2 - No sign shall be erected within a sight triangle unless such sign, in compliance with the provisions of this Article, is less than two feet or more than eight feet above curb grade, and no part of its means of support has a single or combined horizontal cross section exceeding eighteen inches.

(Am. Ord. 3749—10/29/85; Am. Ord. 3810—5/5/87)

Every sign as permitted by this Article shall be maintained in good condition. The Planning Director may require any improperly maintained sign, temporary or permanent, to be repaired or removed upon the failure of the owner(s) to repair or remedy a condition of any sign declared by the Department of Building and Safety to be unsafe, or declared by the Planning Director to be improperly maintained, within 30 days from the receipt by the owner(s) of a written notice to that effect.

(Am. Ord. 3810—5/5/87)

8110-5.4.1 - Installation of any sign within a County right-of-way requires an Encroachment Permit issued by the Transportation Department of the Public Works Agency.

8110-5.4.2 - No existing tree shall be trimmed, pruned or removed from a County right-of-way to increase the visibility of any sign, unless such work is first approved by the Public Works Agency.

(Add Ord. 3730—5/7/85)

Where the average grade of the lot on which a sign is placed is at or above the adjacent street grade, the sign shall be measured from the grade level adjacent to the sign. Where the average grade of the lot is below the adjacent street grade, the sign height shall be measured from the adjacent street grade.

(Add Ord. 3730—5/7/85)

If a lot has no street frontage, the easement providing for access to the lot shall be considered part of said lot for purposes of sign placement.

(Add Ord. 3810—5/5/87)