This information about wall signs in Charlotte County, FL may be helpful in planning your next commercial sign project. These regulations change from time to time so check back.
Nonresidential signage.
A.
General provisions.
1.
Any unit containing a legal nonresidential use is entitled to a sign allocation as provided in this article. Such allocation may be divided by the unit’s owner between primary and additional signage in any manner they see fit. However, in no case shall the signage of a unit exceed its allocation.
2.
In the event that one (1) or more contiguous units are engaged in a single commercial enterprise, the individual units will be treated as a single unified unit under the terms of this article. For the purposes of this article, separate commercial enterprises are those which maintain separate financial records, capital, property, and personnel.
3.
No illuminated sign may exceed ten (10) candlepower per square foot, as measured ten (10) feet from the sign, and must shield lights from direct view.
4.
Each unit is permitted one freestanding primary sign per right-of-way frontage not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet. Where the size and shape of the unit would permit additional freestanding primary signs along other right-of-way frontages, such signs may not be located within one hundred (100) feet of another on the same unit.
5.
Additional primary signs, utilized for directional and wayfinding purposes only, such as “drive-thru” signs, are permissible, provided they do not exceed four (4) square feet.
6.
Except for directional signs, all freestanding primary signs are required to display the street number of the unit, with the numbers being not less than eight (8) inches in height.
7.
There are no setback requirements for signs, provided no portion of any sign shall extend beyond a private property line or into a sight triangle.
8.
Each unit is permitted an unlimited number of primary building signs within the unit’s sign allocation, provided that no individual building sign may exceed three hundred (300) square feet.
9.
Primary building signs shall not be located above the upper line of the parapet or the peak of the pitched roof. For purposes of this article, height shall be measured on a vertical line from the sign to the parapet or peak from each point along the top of the sign. Roof ornaments (such as domes, cupolas, steeples, and roof decks and rails) shall not be used in the calculation of sign heights.
10.
No portion of any sign over a walkway or driveway, including frames or supporting structures, shall be less than eight (8) feet above the surface of such walkway or driveway.
11.
No single item of additional signage, excluding window signage, may exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.
12.
Primary signs may have either digital or mechanical changeable copy, provided the message is not animated and that the message remains static for a minimum of fifteen (15) seconds between cycles.
13.
Vacant units are limited to three additional signs, provided their aggregate square footage does not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.
14.
In multitenant commercial properties each individual storefront unit shall be treated similar to any unit as defined herein, provided that multitenant parcels shall not be entitled to more than one (1) freestanding primary sign per right-of-way.
B.
Calculation of sign allocation.
1.
Each unit is entitled to an allocation of signage based on the greater of the unit’s right-of-way or building frontage, calculated at a rate of three (3) square feet per linear foot of frontage.
2.
Each unit shall be entitled to a minimum of two hundred (200) square feet of signage and no unit may exceed seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of signage.
3.
For multitenant structures, each individual unit as defined herein is entitled to its own allocation separate and apart from any allocation for commonly owned property.
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