§ 21.75.180. District regulations.

A.

General. This section shall apply to all zones designated in the Zoning Ordinance.

B.

Size and Type.

1.

Nonresidential Uses Within Residential Districts. Each use is permitted one flush-mounted wall sign having a maximum sign area of twelve square feet.

2.

Home Occupations. Home occupation signs relate to home occupation as defined in the Zoning Ordinance. The sign shall be flush-mounted and shall not exceed two square feet in area, and cannot be internally illuminated, nor illuminated at night. Off-premises signs are prohibited.

3.

Single-Family Subdivisions. Two signs identifying a subdivision may be permitted per entrance from an access street, provided said signs do not exceed eighteen square feet in sign area each and five feet in height. Such signs can be low profile monument freestanding or fence mounted, and can be placed anywhere on the property along access streets, not necessarily at entrances.

4.

Multifamily Complex. Each multifamily complex is permitted two signs per entrance from an access street identifying the complex provided said signs do not exceed eighteen square feet in sign area each and five feet in height. Such signs can be low profile monument freestanding or fence mounted, and can be placed anywhere on the property along access streets, not necessarily at entrances.

5.

Commercial, Industrial and Open Space/Institutional Districts.

a.

Each single occupancy building not in a multiple building complex is permitted monument signs as described in Section 21.75.180H of this code.

b.

Each multiple occupancy building is permitted monument signs as described in Section 21.75.180H of this code.

c.

Each multiple building complex is permitted monument signs as described in Section 21.75.180H of this code.

d.

A regional shopping center (more than thirty acres in size and more than three hundred fifty thousand square feet in gross floor area of buildings) is permitted one directory-type sign not exceeding thirty feet in height and three hundred square feet in sign area. Such sign must be located at least twenty feet from all property lines and rights-of-way.

6.

Commercial Subdivisions and Business Park District. Each commercial subdivision or business park is permitted monument signs as described in Section 21.75.180H of this code.

C.

Location. Freestanding signs may be permitted anywhere on the premises except in a required side yard or within ten feet of a street right-of-way, or within the sight triangle established in Chapter 15.04 Standards Adoption. Monument and low profile monument signs can be located adjacent to property lines but not within the vision clearance triangle established in Chapter 15.04 Standards Adoption. Directory-type signs meeting the dimensional requirements of Section 21.75.180H of this chapter are permitted within multiple building complexes such as business parks and governmental centers as an aid in client orientation.

D.

Freestanding Signs. Freestanding signs are permitted only where it can be demonstrated that monument signs are not effective due to topography, landscaping and/or natural vegetation, building locations/setbacks, adjacent land uses, or other physical restraints not created by acts of the property owner. In such cases, such sign shall not exceed fifteen feet in height, shall not exceed the size standards of Section 21.75.180H, and shall be subject to design approval by the county. It shall be incumbent upon the owner/operator of such facility to establish the need for such sign based upon the above criteria.

E.

Wall Signs. The surface area of any building-mounted sign or canopy-mounted sign shall not exceed the figures derived from the following schedule:

 

Architectural Building Elevation Wall Area	Maximum Sign Surface Area for that Facade (Square Feet)
Below 100	26
100—199	26 + 11% of facade area over 100
200—499	38 + 12% of facade area over 200
500—999	75 + 11% of facade area over 500
1,000—1,499	131 + 7.5% of facade area over 1,000
1,500-2,999	169 + 3% of facade area over 1,500
Over 3,000	214 + 3% of facade area over 3,000 to a maximum of 400

 

F.

Illumination. Illumination, if used, shall be what is known as white or yellow and shall not be blinking, fluctuating or moving. Light rays shall shine only upon the sign or upon the property within the premises and shall not spill over the property lines, in any direction, except by indirect reflection.

G.

Freeway-Oriented Signs. Parcels with significant freeway frontage are permitted freeway-oriented signs under the following criteria:

1.

Parcels must have a minimum of one thousand one hundred feet of frontage along a freeway. A frontage road or other right-of-way between the parcel and the freeway does not disqualify the parcel.

2.

Parcels must have limited or no visibility from the freeway, as determined by the County.

3.

Businesses advertised on such signs must not be eligible to be advertised on Department of Transportation informational signs (food, fuel, lodging).

4.

Monument signs are the first and preferred option unless, in the judgment of the county, they will not provide adequate identification.

5.

Adjacent parcels may combine to meet the minimum freeway frontage requirements, providing any such sign is a "directory-type" sign, in which case wall signs on the freeway side of buildings on such parcels are not permitted.

6.

For parcels with less than one thousand one hundred feet of freeway frontage and limited or no visibility, not located within large commercial complexes and if other adjacent parcels within one thousand one hundred feet have freeway visibility, a monument sign is permitted.

7.

The design of any sign permitted under this section must be approved by the county and be in keeping with the design of structures on the parcel(s).

8.

Any sign permitted under this section must comply with the size and height standards in this chapter.

9.

Any sign permitted under this section must be reviewed by the department and approved only with a finding that the above criteria are met.

H.

Monument Signs. Monument signs shall be permitted subject to Table 21T-21 and the following criteria:

1.

If corner parcel with two arterial street frontages and entrances on both streets and multi-building complex, a sign placed at the corner of the property can be a two- or three-faced sign;

2.

If corner parcel with two arterial street frontages and entrances on both streets and multi-building complex, regular monument signs are permitted at each entrance;

3.

Length of sign structure must be equal or less than one and one-half times height of sign structure;

4.

Five feet minimum setback from all property lines.

I.

Low Profile Monument Signs. Low profile monument signs shall be permitted, subject to the following criteria:

1.

Low profile monument signs shall not exceed five feet in height as measured from the average ground elevation at the base of the sign, provided there is no sight obstruction;

2.

The base of low profile monument signs must be at least twice as large (square feet) as the sign area;

3.

Sign area shall not exceed thirty square feet;

4.

Low profile monument signs may be placed on both sides of entrances to businesses, with a maximum of four signs total;

5.

Monument sign diagram shown on Table 21T-22.

(Ord. 12761 § 48, 2002; Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)

(Ord. No. 15637 , § 1(Att. B, § VIII), 6-26-2018)