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Title 13 — SIGN ORDINANCE

Yreka Municipal Code Ch. 13.44 Pole Signs

Yreka Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Yreka

Cite as: Yreka Municipal Code Chapter 13.44 · Text as of 2026-10-04

13.44.010 - Permitting.

Permits for a pole sign shall be considered as part of the administrative permit process defined in Section 13.08.060.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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13.44.020 - Design and construction.

A. Maximum total sign area for pole or post signs shall be computed according to the parcel frontage along the street to which the sign is oriented, as follows:

  1. Less than one hundred (100) feet of front footage: not allowed.

  2. At least one hundred (100) feet but less than one hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage: fifty (50) square feet.

  3. Over one hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage: one hundred (100) square feet.

B. Maximum height shall not exceed the maximum building height permitted in the zone in which the sign is located.

C. No more than one pole sign shall be permitted for each street frontage except that, by use permit more than one of the above signs may be permitted subject to the following terms and conditions:

  1. The total sign area of all signs on a single parcel may not exceed the maximum sign area permitted for any one parcel,

  2. On a single parcel frontage, sign structures shall be erected at least one hundred fifty (150) feet apart.

D. No pole or post sign shall project over the public right-of-way or sidewalk. Pole signs erected over a private vehicular drive shall be erected so as to provide not less than fifteen (15) feet vertical clearance. .

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004: Ord. 576 (part) 1982; Ord. 503 (part), 1974; Ord. 427 § 1-50 (2), 1969).

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