Education – Signage code St. Leo FL

This is a helpful summary of institutional signs in St. Leo FL.

Uses in the institutional land zoning district are semi-public in nature and have the following on-site sign regulations:

A.

An institutional use identity sign shall be a ground-mounted or wall/fence-mounted sign. The maximum area of the sign face and structure as seen from one side shall not exceed 48 square feet in area. The maximum height of a ground-mounted or wall-mounted sign structure shall not exceed six feet. Two freestanding ground-mounted or wall-mounted signs, one on each side of every approved entrance, are permitted.

B.

One directory sign (a sign which gives the direction, name and/or address of the buildings) is permitted at each major entrance to the facility. Saint Leo University is permitted unlimited additional directory/directional signage internal (not located at a main entrance and set back at least 50 feet from S.R. 52 and campus boundaries) to the campus. The directory/directional sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in size and six feet in height as measured from finished grade.

C.

Each building is permitted one building-mounted sign not to exceed 24 square feet in size and four feet in height on each side of the building and one ground-mounted sign not to exceed 24 square feet in size and four feet in height. Each building entrance is permitted a maximum of 12 square feet of signage not to exceed two feet in height.

D.

An institution is permitted stadium scoreboards which are permitted to have advertising, at each athletic field not to exceed 20 feet in height as measured from finished grade. Scoreboards may be free standing or attached to a building.

The signage code can change from time to time so check back.