Section 24.16.080 Permitted Signs : — Imperial Zoning Code

SIGN USE	SIGN TYPE	MAXIMUM HEIGHT	MAXIMUM SIZE	NUMBER OF SIGNS	COMMENTS
Business Identification (Commercial and Industrial Zones)	Outdoor Advertisement	15 feet	150 sq. ft.	Maximum of 3 per business	Must obtain City Sign Permit before placement of signs Any advertising done outdoors that publicizes a business’ or entities’ position, products or services. Types of outdoor advertisement include, but are not limited to, billboards, private bus bench signs, interiors and exteriors of private buses, taxis and business vehicles and signs posted on the outside of the entities’ place of business.
	Mobile Signs	Depends on Sign, structure, and approval by the Development Review Committee.	Requires administerial review and approval	Depends on Mobile and approval from Development Review Committee	Must obtain City Sign Permit before placement of signs Mobile signs may be allowed with a mobile food vendor or sidewalk vendor permit.
	Temporary Sign	15 feet	150 sq. ft.	Maximum of 3 signs per business or event	Must obtain City Sign Permit before placement of signs. Any commercial or non-commercial sign, banner, pennant, valance, balloon, poster or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard, or other light material with or without frames, intended to be displayed for a limited time period of forty-eight (48) days. within a twelve-month (12) period. A temporary event sign must be removed within 10 days of the event it publicizes.

SIGNS PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL AND AUTO MALL ZONES

||SIGNUSE|SIGNTYPE|MAXIMUM
HEIGHT|MAXIMUMSIZE|NUMBEROFSIGNS|MAXIMUMSIZE|NUMBEROFSIGNS||
|
||REMARKS|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Business
Identification (notlocated
within a shopping center)||Wall sign and/or | Below Roofline
canopy sign.||10% ofthe building |One per building
face nottoexceed | face,
amaximumof3 |
150 sq. ft.
per business.||3 ||Acombination ofmonumentand wali
signsmaybeused, however,onlya
maximum of 3 signsmay be used to
identify one business.||||
|
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Freese. sign |35feetfrom grade, |150 sq. ft.
olects of 3
ore5ormore|||weAvstreet
ge.||Wallsigns,freestanding signsand
monumentsignsshallbe
architecturally designed to be
compatiblewiththe building.|||| |||only.|||||Monumentsigns shall besetbackfive|||| |||Monument sign|6feetfromgrade. | 24squarefeet.||~ |One perstreet||T
feetfrom property line.|||
|| ||||||frontage.|||||

SIGNS PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL AND AUTO MALL ZONES

|SIGNUSE||SIGNTYPE|
MAXIMUM
HEIGHT||MAXIMUMSIZE| NUMBEROFSIGNS|
REMARKS
|||MAXIMUMSIZE| NUMBEROFSIGNS|
REMARKS
|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Business
Identification (business
located within a shopping|Wall sign and/or | Below Roofline
canopy sign.|10% ofthe building |One per building
face notto exceed | face,
a maximum of3|
150 sq. fi.
per business.|Acombination ofmonumentand wall
signs may be used, however, only a
maximum of 3 signs may be used to|| |center)|||identify one business.|| ||Freestanding sign |35feetfromgrade.||175 sq. ft.
One perstreet
frontage.|A total oF 6business namesTnbe
gn.||| ||Multi-Tenant Sign | 8 feetfrom grade|24 square feet.
One per street
frontage.|Monumentsignsshailbesetbackfive
feetfrom property line.
Freestanding, multi-tenantand|:
|| ||Monumentsign
8feetfromgrade.
Directory Sign
8feetfrom grade||24squarefeet.
Oneperstreet
frontage.
30 squarefeet
One pershopping
center|rehitecturall designed tobe
compatible withthe buildingand shall
peseparatedby aminimumof100
:||
|| |aS||All shopping centershall develop a
master
sign program for ail
tenants.
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Amended byOrd.747,12/05||||

SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES

ace permnpamrman| ——_wicuwanaus ———-[eamenorscn] mS Business Wall Sign [Below Roofline 10% of the building face not to exceed 150 |One per building |[Wall][signs][shall][identify][ the] Identification sq. ft. face, not to exceed a|business only. (single tenant, total of 2 signs single parcel) Wall signs shall be placed on the building only. Monument |20 feet from grade if One per street A combination of monument Sign adjacent to Freeway |Frontage Street Classification frontage and wall signs may be used, or Major Arterial Local Street 32 sf Wall signs and monument Secondary Arterial 32 sf signs shall be architecturally 10 feet from grade if |Industrial Collector 50 sf designed to be compatible with adjacent to Industrial |Major Arterial 50 sf the building and with each Collector, Major = [Freeway 50 sf other. Arterial, or Local Street Monument signs shall be set back five feet from the property line Amended by Ord. 703

SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES

			SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES	SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES	SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES	SIGNS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES
SIGN USE	SIGN TYPE	SIGN TYPE - --,I.	MAXIMUM SIZE		NUMBER OF SIGNS		NUMBER OF SIGNS REMARKS
Business	Wall Sign	Below Roofline	10% of the building face not to exceed 150	10% of the building face not to exceed 150	One per building	One per building	Wall signs shall identify the
Identification			sq. ft.		face, not to exceed a		face, not to exceed abusiness only.
(multi tenant sites)					total of 2 signs		Wall signs shall be placed on the building only.
							A combination of monument
							and wall signs may be used,
	Monument Sign	20 fe t from grade if adjacent to Freeway or Major Arterial	t from grade if Frontage Street Classification		One per street frontage	One per street frontage	however, only a maximum of 3 signs may be used to identify one business.
			Local Street	32 sf			Wall signs and monument
			Secondary Arterial	32 sf			signs shall be architecturally
			Industrial Collector	50 sf			designed to be compatible with
		10 fe t from grade if	t from grade ifMajor Arterial	50 sf			the building and with each
		adjacent to Industrial	adjacent to IndustrialFreeway	50 sf			other.
		Collector, Major
		Arterial, or Local					Monument signs shall be
		Street					setback five fe t from the
							property line
	Directory	6 fe t from grade.	24 square fe t		One per site.		The directory sign shall list
	Sign						only the address and names of
							the on-site businesses and be
							located either adjacent to the
							parking area or the main
							develonment.
						Amended-by Ord. 703