17.10.780 - General description of Signs.
17.10.790 - Residential Signs.
17.10.810 - Development Signs.
17.10.850 - Advertising Signs.
17.10.780 - General description of Signs.
Signs are any facilities, whether located inside or outside a building, which are visible from any lot line, and the primary purpose of which is the conveyance of an idea, advertising, endorsement, identification, or information, by means of visual symbols, lettering, illustration, or any other means of directing attention or communicating; and include display surfaces together with such facilities as are utilized in supporting, maintaining, and illuminating the display surfaces.
(Prior planning code § 2650)
17.10.790 - Residential Signs.
Residential Signs are Signs which give notice of the name or address of Residential Facilities on the same lot or the name or occupation of a resident thereof, or the condition of use of a parking area or other private facility serving a Residential Activity.
(Prior planning code § 2660)
Special Signs are Signs which serve a temporary or other special function of an emergency, patriotic, religious, or community nature, including official notices and warning Signs posted by a governmental agency; the flag of any nation, state, international organization, or other governmental agency; memorial plaques, historical tablets, and other commemorative symbols; temporary displays of a patriotic or religious nature; temporary nonstructural posters for civic or political campaigns; and nonilluminated, nonverbal religious symbols.
(Prior planning code § 2661)
17.10.810 - Development Signs.
Development Signs are temporary Signs which announce the anticipated sale, lease, rental, or character of facilities being constructed or altered, or of facilities or lots in a real estate subdivision development, or which identify persons or firms engaged in the promotion, design, construction, or alteration thereof.
(Prior planning code § 2662)
Realty Signs are temporary Signs which pertain to the sale, lease, rental, or display of existing lots or buildings or other facilities.
(Prior planning code § 2663)
Civic Signs are Signs, other than Special Signs, which give notice of the name or services, or other function or operation, of a Civic Activity on the same lot, or the address or conditions of use of a parking area or other facility serving such activity.
(Prior planning code § 2664)
Business Signs are any of the following:
A.
A Sign directing attention to, or otherwise pertaining to, a commodity, service, business, or profession which is sold, produced, conducted, or offered as one of the major functions of a Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activity on the same lot;
B.
A Sign, or portion thereof, directing attention to or otherwise pertaining to a commodity or service which is sold, produced, or offered by a Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activity on the same lot but which does not constitute a major function thereof, whenever:
1.
Such Sign is located behind a display window, or
2.
Such Sign has a display surface not greater than twelve (12) square feet on any one face, or
3.
Such advertising is incidental to a Sign pertaining to a major function and does not occupy more than one-half of the area of display surface thereof;
C.
A Sign giving notice of the address or conditions of use of a parking area or other facility serving a Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activity.
(Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2667)
17.10.850 - Advertising Signs.
Advertising Signs are any of the following:
A.
A Sign directing attention to, or otherwise pertaining to, a commodity, service, business, or profession which is not sold, produced, conducted, or offered by any activity on the same lot;
B.
A Sign directing attention to, or otherwise pertaining to, a commodity or service which is sold, produced, conducted, or offered by a Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activity on the same lot but which does not constitute a major function thereof, whenever such Sign is not classified as a Business Sign under Section 17.10.840B.
(Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2668)