80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT D - SPECIFIC PLAN 84 - 6-7-2010 version

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Sign Standards, cont'd (b) Building identification signs may contain the name of a building or describe its function but may not identify any individual tenant of the Sec 41-2064. Window Signs building or any products sold. Signs painted directly on the window surface, including showcase and (c) Building identification signs shall not be lit. glass-paned doors, shall comply with the following standards: (d) Building identification signs may be made of non-illuminated individual (a) Letters shall not exceed nine (9) inches in height or cover more than letters applied to the building face, may be engraved into the building's twenty-five (25) percent of a window area and shall not exceed amaxi- material, or may be low-relief. mum size oftwenty (20) square feet. Sec. 41-2059. Building directory sign. (b) Window signage is limited to no more than one (1) window area, includ- ing street facing windows and windows in entry doors, except that busi- A directory sign identifying businesses above the ground level shall comply nesses with street frontages between seventy-six (76) and one hundred with the following standard: and fifty (150) feet can have one (1) additional window sign and that businesses with street frontages over one hundred and fifty (150) feet (a) Must be located at the ground level and adjacent to the entry point for can have one additional window sign. the upper levels. (c) Window signage is allowed for ground floor and second floor tenants (b) No more than one (1) directory sign per ground level entrance. only, with windows facing street frontage. (c) The area ofthe directory sign shall not exceed six (6) square feet. (d) Prismatic glass or glass block, including glass transoms, may not have a sign applied to it. Signs on transoms immediately over entry doors (d) The directory sign may only identify the names of businesses above the and contained within the door frame are allowed and shall not exceed ground level. twenty-five (25) percent of the window area. (e) Letter height shall not exceed two (2) inches. (e) For windows above the first floor, window signs shall consist ofindividu- ally painted letters, gold leaf letters or neon as specified below. Sec. 41-2060. Service entry wall sign. (f) Any vacuum tube sign lit by neon gas shall comply with the following (a) Must be located adjacent to the ground level service entrance. standards: (b) No more than one (1) service entry wall sign per business. (1) Letters shall not exceed nine (9) inches in height and sign area is limited to four (4) square feet. (c) The area ofthe service entry sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet. (2) Any letter style is permitted as long as letters are continuous. (d) The service entry sign cannot face a public street. Painted-out spaces between letters are not permitted. Sec. 41-2061. Special sale signs. (3) Neon bands may be used only to frame the sign but must be con- tained within the allowable sign area. Temporary signs announcing special sales in shall comply with the following standards: (a) This type of sign is only allowed the downtown zone. (b) No more than two (2) temporary signs per business are permitted. (c) Each sign shall not exceed three (3) square feet individually, nor more than six (6) square feet collectively. (d) Such signs must be confined to lower corners of windows. (e) Such signs may be posted for no more than fourteen (14) days during any ninety-day period. Sec. 41-2062. Credit card and trading stamp signs. Signs announcing credit card acceptance shall comply with the following stan- dards: (1) No more than three (3) such signs are allowed for each business. (2) Such signs shall not exceed one (1) square foot individually northree (3) square feet collectively. (3) Such signs are permitted only in ground level windows. Sec. 41-2063. Construction Signs. Signs pertaining to construction activity shall comply with the following stan- dards: (1) The sign face shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet in size. (2) The signs shall not be placed more than eight (8) feet in height when freestanding or attached to a fence and shall not be placed above the first floor when affixed to a building wall. (3) Signs must be removed within thirty (30) days after issuance of an occu- pancy permit for the building. TRANSIT ZONING CODE 5:4 SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California