Signage Education – Signage Code Orange County FL wall signs

Roof signs.

(a)

Roof signs may be permitted in any zoning district, except (subject to section 31.5-141) residential districts.

(b)

The maximum height of any roof sign shall be fifteen (15) feet. The height of any roof sign shall be measured from the base of the roof on which it is erected to the top of the sign face.

(c)

A roof sign shall be erected only on a building which is at least fifty (50) feet in height.

(d)

A maximum number of one (1) roof sign shall be permitted per principal building(s) on a parcel.

(e)

The maximum allowable copy area of any roof sign shall be two hundred (200) square feet.

(f)

The sign structure of any roof sign shall not be visible from any public right-of-way.

(g)

Neither a roof sign nor its sign structure shall extend beyond any wall of the building on which it is erected.

(h)

A roof sign shall not rotate.

(Ord. No. 90-10, § 4(a)(5), 5-21-90; Ord. No. 94-14, § 15, 7-26-94)

Sec. 31.5-72. – Wall signs (facia signs).

(a)

Wall signs may be permitted in any zoning district, except (subject to section 31.5-141) residential districts.

(b)

A wall sign shall be erected only on a wall, cupola or parapet of a building.

(c)

A wall sign shall not be erected on a roof the angle of which exceeds forty-five (45) degrees from the horizontal plane, such as a mansard roof.

(d)

A wall sign shall not extend above the roof line or parapet of the wall of the building on which it is erected.

(e)

A wall sign shall not extend more than twenty-four (24) inches from the wall on which it is erected.

(f)

Except as provided by subsection 31.5-72(g), the maximum allowable copy area of any wall sign shall be as specified in section 31.5-15(a)(2) and (3).

(g)

Notwithstanding subsection 31.5-72(f), when canopies are used in conjunction with gasoline islands and pumps, an additional one-half (½) square foot of copy area per one (1) linear foot of canopy frontage shall be permitted. This copy area shall only be allowed on the canopy. This copy area is in addition to the copy area allowed under section 31.5-72(f).

(Ord. No. 90-10, § 4(a)(6), 5-21-90; Ord. No. 94-14, § 16, 7-26-94)