370.030 Specific Regulations for Certain Zoning Designations

370.030 Specific Regulations for Certain Zoning Designations.

No person shall install or maintain any sign in the City of Wood Village and in the zoning district here designated except as herein provided:

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Permit
Name Plates	One (1) square foot		One (1)	No
Development Identification	Thirty-two (32) square feet	Six (6) inches	One (1) internally lighted or unlighted	Yes

Type	Area	Height	Number	Time and Other Restrictions	Permit
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street.	Shall be removed at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure. Three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No
Political	Two (2) square feet			Not more than forty-five (45) days prior thereto to a date ten (10) days following such election.	No
Garage Sale	Four (4) square feet per face	Four (4) feet or less		May be erected up to one (1) week prior to the event and shall be removed no later than the day after the event; limit to ten (10) days in any one six (6) month period.	No
Opening Banner				Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure Must be removed within forty-five (45) days of opening business day. Prohibited for home occupations.	Yes
Human-powered			Must be 20 feet from the intersection	Prohibited for home occupations.	No

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Time and Other Restrictions	Permit
Name Plates	One (1) square foot		One (1)		No
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street.	Shall remove at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure. Three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No
Monument	Thirty-two (32) square feet	Eight (8) feet	One (1)	Prohibited for home occupations.	Yes
Wall (fascia, awning and painted wall signs are permitted)	Sign area may not exceed 20% of a building’s front entry wall; may be split among faces.	May not extend above the roofline.	No limit if within the maximum total allowed area.	Prohibited for home occupations.	Yes
Human-powered			Must be 20 feet from the intersection.	Prohibited for home occupations.	No
Political	Two (2) square feet			Not more than forty-five (45) days prior thereto to a date ten (10) days following such election.	No

D. Neighborhood Commercial Zone:

Type	Area not to exceed	Height	Number	Illumination/other restrictions	Permit
Wall	Sign area may not exceed 20% of a building’s front entry wall; may be split among faces.	May not extend above the roofline.	No limit if within the maximum total allowed area.	External or internal if illumination confined to the lettering and logo. Duration of illumination limited to 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 midnight unless commercial use is operated on a 24-hour basis.	Yes
Electronic Display System	Electronic Message Centers may be used in the following areas: Wall, Monument, and Directory. The size limit is based on the size restrictions in those categories.			Maximum eight thousand nits between dusk and dawn; Must maintain messages for a minimum of eight (8) seconds for each provided message and remain static until the next message; must not utilize high intensity, flashing, undulating, blinking or pulsating content, or portray explosions, fireworks or chasing lights or other devices to interfere with vehicular safety.	Yes
A-Frame*	Twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed thirty-six (36) inches including legs.	One (1) per business	May not be illuminated or have other mechanical capabilities. Must be located within 10 feet of footprint.	No
Banner	Thirty-two (32) square feet		One (1) per business	Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure.	Yes
Feather*			One (1) per business	Must be located within 10 feet of footprint	No
Air Filled*			One (1) per business	Distance from the back of curb must be equal or greater than the height of the sign/display.	No
Projecting	18 square feet per sign face.	Shall not extend above the roof line. Minimum clearance of seven (7) feet between the bottom of the sign and the ground. May extend into the right-of-way 2 feet.	One (1) per site frontage.	Internal or indirect external illumination.	Yes
Revolving/ Rotating		Must have clearance of seven (7) feet	One (1) per business	Must be attached to a permanent structure No floodlights, flashing lights or similar high-intensity artificial lighting devices No substance or material capable of reflecting light.	Yes
Monument	Total combined area thirty-two (32) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed per primary frontage. A second sign allowed on secondary frontage that is 300’ or more in length.		Yes
Freestanding	Prohibited in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zone.
Directory Signs	Such signs may be permitted for a building or complex of buildings containing more than one tenant or occupant. Directory signs shall be limited to identification of the name of the building or complex and the names of tenants or occupants thereof. Such sign shall have a maximum height of not more than fifteen (15) feet and a maximum area of not more than sixty (60) square feet as determined by the City. In evaluating the height and area requirements for such directory signs, the City may consider but is not limited to the following factors: (a) Number of tenants or occupants. (b) Number and size of other existing or proposed signs on the building. (c) Distance between the building and adjacent street. (d) Number of traffic lanes and traffic speed for the street adjacent to the proposed sign. Number of other existing or proposed directory signs provided that one (1) directory sign shall be permitted for any amount of frontage on a single street, and a second in the event the lineal street footage is more than three hundred (300) feet; provided further when frontage is on more than one (1) street, one (1) directory sign shall be permitted for each street frontage so long as the signs are not closer than three hundred (300) feet from one another measuring by lineal street frontage.				Yes

*While A-Frame, Feather, and Inflatable signs are permitted, no more than two (2) of these sign types at a time may be on display at the same location.

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Illumination/other restrictions	Permit
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street shall	Shall remove at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure. Three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No
A-Frame**	Twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed thirty-six (36) inches including legs	One (1) per business	May not be illuminated or have other mechanical capabilities Must be located within 10 feet of footprint.	No
Opening Banner	Thirty-two (32) square feet		One (1) per business	Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure Must be removed within forty-five (45) days of opening business day	Yes
Special Event Banner*	Maximum size of 10% of building frontage with a limit of 180 SQ. feet.		One (1) per business	Applicable to businesses with at least 4,300 Square feet of building frontage. Must be removed within sixty (60) days of installation.	Yes
Feather**			One (1) per business	Must be located within 10 feet of footprint	No
Air Filled**			One (1) per business	Distance from the back of curb must be equal or greater than the height of the sign/display.	No
Human-powered				Must be 20 feet from intersection.	No
Political	Two (2) square feet			Not more than forty-five (45) days prior thereto to a date ten (10) days following such election.	No

*Special Event Banners are also permitted when used by a nonprofit or governmental agency in the promotion of a public event or initiative.

**While A-Frame, Feather, and Inflatable signs are permitted, no more than two (2) of these sign types at a time may be on display at the same location.

E. Town Center

(1) Commercial entities within the Town Center Master Plan are subject to same regulations as the Neighborhood Commercial Zone with the following exception regarding directory signage:

(a) Such signs shall have a maximum height of not more than twenty-five (25) feet and a maximum width of nine (9) feet for a decorative base, and eight (8) feet for the structure/frame as determined by the City.

(b) Any number of business identification modules may be added within the sign frame without expanding the sign frame.

(2) Residential entities within the Town Center Master Plan are subject to same regulations as MR2.

F. Commercial/Industrial Zone:

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Illumination/other restrictions	Permit
Wall	Sign area may not exceed 20% of a building’s front entry wall; may be split among faces.	May not extend above the roofline.	No limit if within the maximum total allowed area.	External or internal if illumination confined to the lettering and logo. Duration of illumination limited to 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 midnight unless commercial use is operated on a 24-hour basis.	Yes
Electronic Display System	Electronic Message Centers may be used in the following areas: Wall, Monument, and Directory. The size limit is based on the size restrictions in those categories.			Maximum eight thousand nits between dusk and dawn. Must maintain messages for a minimum of eight (8) seconds for each provided message and remain static until the next message; must not utilize high intensity, flashing, undulating, blinking or pulsating content, or portray explosions, fireworks or chasing lights or other devises to interfere with vehicular safety.	Yes
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet.	Not to exceed eight (8) feet.	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street.	Shall remove at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure. Three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No
A-Frame*	Twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed thirty-six (36) inches including legs.	One (1) per business.	May not be illuminated or have other mechanical capabilities.	No
Banner	Thirty-two (32) square feet		One (1) per business	Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure.	Yes
Feather*			One (1) per business		No
Air Filled*			One (1) per business	Distance from the back of curb must be equal or greater than the height of the sign/display.	No
Projecting	18 square feet per sign face.	Shall not extend above the roof line. Shall project no more than six (6) feet or two-thirds (2/3) of the width of the sidewalk. Clearance not less than ten (10) feet.	1 per site frontage.	Internal or indirect external illumination.	Yes
Monument	Thirty-two (32) square feet	Eight (8) feet in height; thirty (30) inches above the nearest ground surface.	One (1) per primary frontage; second monument allowed on a secondary frontage that is three-hundred (300) feet or more in length.		Yes
Revolving/ Rotating		Must have clearance of seven (7) feet		Must be attached to a permanent structure No floodlights, flashing lights or similar high-intensity artificial lighting devices. No substance or material capable of reflecting light.	Yes
Freestanding	Area: Maximum area of each face of a multi-faced free-standing sign shall be 1.0 square foot of sign face area per linear foot of site frontage, not exceeding 75 square feet. When property has frontage on more than one street, the property may be permitted to have the number of free-standing signs in accordance with the above provision for each such street frontage based on the aforementioned formula. Height: Shall not exceed in height the distance from any portion of the sign to the center line of an adjacent public right-of-way, up to a maximum of 25 feet. Free-standing signs shall be located so as to assure adequate sight distance at street intersections and driveways. Number: One (1) free-standing sign, shall be permitted for any amount of street or highway frontage adjacent to any one parcel, tract of real property or separate tax lot. An additional free-standing sign shall be permitted for each additional three hundred (300) lineal feet Other Restrictions: o The owner of any lot or parcel real property fronting on more than one street or highway who desires to utilize a single sign, the faces of which are to be set at angles, must request a variance under this Code. o The owner of any lot or parcel of real property fronting on more than one street or highway may elect to combine the total street frontage of said property in establishing the maximum permitted size of any free-standing sign; however in the event all street or highway frontage is so combined, only one such sign shall be permitted and such single sign shall not exceed in area the maximum hereinabove set forth. o Two or more owners of separate adjacent parcels of real property zoned for commercial or industrial use may elect to combine the street or highway frontage of their respective adjacent properties and in such case one (1) free-standing sign shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with the provisions of this Code. This election shall not be permitted if there exists on any portion of said properties any other free-standing signs unless said signs are removed and shall be permitted only so long as all concerned owners consent thereto.				Yes

*While A-Frame, Feather, and Inflatable signs are permitted, no more than two (2) of these sign types at a time may be on display at the same location.

(2) Temporary signs allowed in the Commercial/Industrial zone (CI)

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Illumination/other restrictions	Permit
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street.	Shall remove at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No
A-Frame*	Twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed thirty-six (36) inches including legs.	One (1) per business	May not be illuminated or have other mechanical capabilities. Must be located within 10 feet of footprint.	No
Banner	Thirty-two (32) square feet		One (1) per business	Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure.	Yes
Feather*			One (1) per business	Must be located within 10 feet of footprint.	No
Air Filled*			One (1) per business	Distance from the back of curb must be equal or greater than the height of the sign/display.	No
Human-powered				Must be 20 feet from intersection.	No
Opening Banner				Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure. Must be removed within forty-five (45) days of opening business day.	No
Special Event Banner	Maximum size of 10% of building frontage with a limit of 180 SQ. feet.		One (1) per business	Applicable to businesses with at least 4,300 Square feet of building frontage. Must be removed within sixty (60) days of installation.	Yes
Political	Two (2) square feet			Not more than forty-five (45) days prior thereto to a date ten (10) days following such election.	No

*While A-Frame, Feather, and Inflatable signs are permitted, no more than two (2) of these sign types at a time may be on display at the same location.

G. General Manufacturing and Light Manufacturing zones (GM, LM):

Type	Area not to exceed:	Height	Number	Illumination/other restrictions	Permit
Wall	Sign area may not exceed 20% of a building’s front entry wall; may be split among faces	May not extend above the roofline	No limit if within the maximum total allowed area.	External or internal if illumination confined to the lettering and logo.	Yes
Monument	Thirty-two (32) square feet	Eight (8) feet in height; thirty (30) inches above the nearest ground surface.	One (1) per primary frontage; second monument allowed on a secondary frontage that is three-hundred (300) feet or more in length.		Yes
Banner	Thirty-two (32) square feet		One (1) per business	Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure	Yes
Freestanding	Maximum area of each face of a multi-faced free-standing sign shall be 1.0 square foot of sign face area per linear foot of site frontage, not exceeding 75 square feet. When property has frontage on more than one street, the property may be permitted to have the number of free-standing signs in accordance with the above provision for each such street frontage based on the aforementioned formula. Shall not exceed in height the distance from any portion of the sign to the center line of an adjacent public right-of-way, up to a maximum of 25 feet. Free-standing signs shall be located so as to assure adequate sight distance at street intersections and driveways. One (1) free-standing sign, shall be permitted for any amount of street or highway frontage adjacent to any one parcel, tract of real property or separate tax lot. An additional free-standing sign shall be permitted for each additional three hundred (300) lineal feet Other Restrictions: o The owner of any lot or parcel real property fronting on more than one street or highway who desires to utilize a single sign, the faces of which are to be set at angles, must request a variance under this Code. o The owner of any lot or parcel of real property fronting on more than one street or highway may elect to combine the total street frontage of said property in establishing the maximum permitted size of any free-standing sign; however in the event all street or highway frontage is so combined, only one such sign shall be permitted and such single sign shall not exceed in area the maximum hereinabove set forth. o Two or more owners of separate adjacent parcels of real property zoned for commercial or industrial use may elect to combine the street or highway frontage of their respective adjacent properties and in such case one (1) free-standing sign shall be permitted to be constructed in accordance with the provisions of this Code. This election shall not be permitted if there exists on any portion of said properties any other free-standing signs unless said signs are removed and shall be permitted only so long as all concerned owners consent thereto.				Yes

Type	Area not to exceed	Height	Number	Time and Other Restrictions	Permit
Opening Banner	Sixty (60) square feet			Must be attached to permanent structure including the building, an approved fence, or waste enclosure.	No
				Must be removed within forty-five (45) days of opening business day.
Political	Two (2) square feet			Not more than forty-five (45) days prior thereto to a date ten (10) days following such election.	No
Real Estate	Total combined area twelve (12) square feet	Not to exceed eight (8) feet	One sign placed at a right angle or the two signs facing the street.	Shall remove at the end of two (2) years or when ninety (90) percent of the subdivision lots contain a completed structure. Three (3) contiguous lots shall be limited to one (1) double-faced sign placed at a right angle or two (2) facing the street.	No

H. Freeway-Oriented Activities:

(1) For not more than one (1) free-standing sign allowed in this sub-section, the City may allow a maximum height of forty-five (45) feet and a maximum area per face of 250 square feet if the City finds that the activity to be identified by the proposed sign is a freeway-oriented activity.

(2) For purposes of this section the term "freeway-oriented activity" shall mean:

(a) A business or activity of such nature that it is committed primarily to providing services, lodging or products to non-resident travelers on Interstate 84; and

(b) Such business or activity shall be located on property that lies within six hundred (600) feet of a line parallel to the center line of Interstate 84 and a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet along Interstate 84 in each direction from the center line of NE 238th Drive.

I. Signs Not Intended to be Read From the Street: Nothing contained in this Code shall prevent the erection, location or construction of signs on private property when such advertising signs are not intended to be read from any public street or highway or when such signs are designed to direct and guide pedestrian and vehicular traffic while said traffic is on the parcel of real property on which the signs are located and are not intended or "practically speaking" cannot be read from any public street or highway. Such signs shall not contain letters over one (1) inch in height when located within twenty (20) feet of any street right-of-way and one and one-half (1 1/2) inches in height when located further than twenty (20) feet from any street or right-of-way. No such sign shall be internally illuminated; no sign or any part thereof shall rotate or consist of any moving, rotating or otherwise animated parts; all such signs shall be subject to review and approval by the City Manager.