Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

 

18.440 Signs

18.440.110 Permanent Signs - Downtown Form District

  1. A.
    Applicability. This section applies to the DFD, Downtown Form District.
  2. B.
    Dimensional Standards - Detached and Townhouse/Small Apartment Frontages.

 

Signs for Detached and Townhouse/Small Apartment Frontages

 
 Sign Type Number Limit  Sign Area Limit  Height Limit 
 Wall Sign

1 per street-facing

facade for townhouse/

small apartment 

 50 s.f.  N.A. 
 Incidental Sign

1 per townhouse/small

apartment developlment 

 20 s.f.  5 feet 
Other Allowed Sign Types (See 18.440.060)

 

Attached:  Projecting

Detached:  Parking Area

 

 

  1. C.
    Dimensional Standards - General Urban and Workshop Frontages.

 

Signs for General Urban and Workshop Frontages

 
Sign Type  Number Limit  Sign Area Limit  Height Limit 

Wall Sign

(per business)

3 per facade and 3 facades

maximum 

 10% of facade area  N.A. 
Monument Sign1

1 per development, in lieu 

of wall signs on 1 facade-

on Metcalf frontage only 

 50 s.f.  5 feet 
Design Element repeated  9 s.f.  N.A. 

Permanent Display for

Temporary Messages

 1 per street frontage  32 s.f.  5 feet2 
Incidental Sign 1 per building  20 s.f.  5 feet2 

 

Signage for Multi-Story, Multi-Tenant Buildings (See diagram in 18.440.090.B)

 

Wall Sign

(per building, upper portion

of exterior wall)

1 per facade and 3 facades

maximum 

 10% of facade area  N.A. 

Ground Floor Tenant

Wall Sign

3 per exterior facade and 3

facades maximum 

 10% of facade area  N.A. 

Building Entry Sign

(non-illuminated)

 1 per major building entry  9 s.f.  N.A. 
Monument Sign1

1 per building, in lieu of 1

wall sign (upper portion) -

on Metcalf frontage only 

 50 s.f.  5 feet 
Design Element repeated   9 s.f.  N.A. 

Permanent Display for

Temporary Messages

 1 per street frontage  32 s.f.  5 feet2 
Incidental Sign 1 per building  20 s.f.  5 feet2 

 

Other Allowed Sign Types (See 18.440.060)

 

 

Attached: Painted Wall, Projecting, Under Canopy, Roof, Neon

Detached: Parking Area, Point-of-Activity, Light Pole Banners, Kiosk, Detached Canopy

    

 

Notes

   

1An attached sign may be substituted in lieu of a monument sign.

2If wall-mounted, no height limit shall apply.

 

  1. D.
    Parking Garages. Adjacent to each entry to a parking garage, an additional wall sign, not to exceed 40 s.f., and a projecting sign, not to exceed 9 s.f., shall be allowed.
    1. 1.
      If a parking garage totally obscures a facade where a wall sign would have otherwise been allowed to be located, the Planning Commission may grant an exception to allow the wall sign to be mounted on the parking garage if:
      1. a.
        The business occupies a space of at least 20,000 s.f. in area.
      2. b.
        The wall sign shall be mounted on the same garage facade as the facade that is obscured. (For example, if the east business facade is obscured, the wall sign shall be mounted on the east facade of the garage.)
      3. c.
        Only one wall sign is allowed per facade on the garage.
      4. d.
        The wall sign is limited to 10% of the area of the lesser of the obscured facade or the garage facade.

 

(History: Ord. No. ZRR-3300 §12, 2020; Ord. ZRR-1725; ZRR-1637; ZRR-889 §18.52)

Effective on: 1/1/1901