Here’s some definition around the types of signs regulated by the city of Orlando, FL. Awning Signs. An awning sign where allowed by the City Traffic Engineer and built in accordance with the Standard Building Code shall be permitted but shall count in allowable signage for the building. An awning sign may be placed on an awning legally encroaching in a centerline setback or right-of-way, and no variance shall be required.
Ground or Pole Signs. Ground or pole signs shall only be permitted when the building site upon which it is to be placed has a minimum of forty (40) linear feet of frontage and is located in an appropriate zoning district. No such ground or pole sign or billboard shall be erected closer than forty (40) feet to any other ground or pole sign, except where the locations of existing ground or pole signs or billboards on adjacent building sites would preclude the location of a ground or pole sign on any existing building site with at least forty (40) feet of frontage. The maximum number of ground or pole signs on a building site shall not exceed one (1) per street frontage except that a building site with over four hundred (400) feet of frontage on an individual right of way shall be permitted two (2) ground or pole signs on each such frontage. No part of any such sign shall extend beyond any building restriction line or encroach into the public right-of-way. All such signs may extend up to thirty (30) feet above ground level to the top of the sign, except as otherwise limited in this Chapter. No such sign shall extend or be located within street corner visibility areas.
Marquee Signs. Signs may be placed on the vertical faces of a marquee or on top of a marquee but no such sign shall project more than twenty-four (24) inches above the marquee’s upper edge nor extend beyond the marquee’s perimeter nor shall any part of such sign, project below the bottom of the vertical face of the marquee. One sign, not more than three (3) square feet in area and limited to the name of the business, may be attached to the bottom of a marquee at a business entrance and shall be excluded from the allowable copy area; provided, however, that such sign may exceed three (3) square feet in area and that this additional area shall be included as part of the allowable sign area for the building.
Projecting Signs. No projecting sign or supporting structure shall extend above the roof line, nor shall any such sign extend into any street centerline setback or more than thirty (30) feet above ground level to the top of the sign.
Trailer Signs. A trailer sign shall be considered an on-site sign and shall be included as part of the maximum allowable advertising surface area for on-site sign locations.
Wall Sign. No wall sign or supporting structure shall project more than twelve (12) inches from the wall of a building. No wall sign shall extend more than thirty (30) feet above ground level to the top of the sign, nor above the roof line, except as provided in Section 64.246.
Window Signs, Attached. Signs which are physically attached or painted to any surface of a window are permitted and the area of any such sign shall count in the maximum allowable sign area.
Window Signs, Unattached. Signs located on the interior of a structure, but visible from the exterior of the building, are permitted and are not charged against the maximum allowable signage area if such signs are not physically attached or painted to the window.
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