Martinez Municipal Code Ch. 16.40 Professional Administrative Office District

No sign, outdoor advertising structure or display of any character shall be permitted except the following:

A. Home occupation signs shall be the same as provided in Section 16.36.010A;

B. Real estate signs shall be the same as provided in Section 16.36.010C;

C. Permitted use identification lodging house and apartment hotel signs shall be the same as provided in Section 16.36.010D;

D. Permitted use occupancy sign shall be permitted in accord with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 16.32 of this title, except no roof signs shall be permitted;

E. Future use shall be the same as provided in Section 16.36.010H;

F. Master Signs. Any site containing four or more offices shall be permitted one master identification sign, not exceeding 4 square feet per acre of site nor 24 square feet total area, subject to the approval of the Board of Adjustments, who shall make the following findings in approving such master signs:

1. The master identification sign is in architectural harmony with the design of the buildings intended to be identified;

2. Where feasible, the master identification sign is designed as an integral part of the wall of a building or directly on the ground, rather than visibly pole-supported, and is properly landscaped;

3. The master identification sign contains only the name of the office complex or institutional use and its street address; directional signs, not exceeding 72 square inches of additional sign area each, may be erected for each occupant as part of the master sign concept.

(Prior code § 10,201.5; Ord. 822 C.S. § 2, 1975)