Here’s some helpful definition of sign code in Dunedin, FL.
Frontage, for the purposes of calculations under the Sign Code means that allowable sign area shall be measured according to the following standards:
(1)
For single or two business establishment buildings fronting one public right-of-way, measurement shall be taken parallel to that property line abutting the right-of-way with perpendicular witness lines extending to the farthest distant corners of the structure when measuring building frontage or similarly to the farthest distant property corners when measuring lot frontage. Lot frontage shall not be used for the purposes of calculating sign area where two business establishments occupy one structure. (See exhibit A, diagram (a) of section of the Sign Code)
(2)
For single and two business establishment buildings fronting on more than one public right-of-way, measurement shall be taken as per subsection (1) of this definition using that right-of-way for which the primary and foremost portion of each business establishment faces. Lot frontage shall not be used for the purposes of calculating sign area where two business establishments occupy one structure. (See exhibit A, diagram (b) of section of the Sign Code.)
(3)
For business establishments located within a shopping or business center other than an interior business establishment as defined in this section, measurement shall be taken parallel to and equal in length to a line connecting the farthest distant corners of the business establishment’s primary and foremost direction of public access. Generally the primary and foremost direction of public access shall face the center’s common parking facility or a public right-of-way. (See exhibit A, diagram (c) of section of the Sign Code.)
Ground level, for the purposes of the Sign Code means the average grade within a 25-foot radius of the sign base on a parcel of land, exclusive of any filling, berming, mounding or excavating solely for the purpose of locating a sign. Ground level on marine docks or floating structures shall be the average grade of the landward portion of the adjoining parcel.
Height, for the purposes of the Sign Code means the vertical distance measured from the ground level nearest the base of the sign to the highest point of the sign structure.
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