Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

SIGNS
A
The parking of a vehicle, trailer or other device marked or unmarked which is parked
or driven in such a manner that it is used principally as a portable sign is prohibited.
B. Except as provided herein for changeable message signs, and time and temperature
displays, flashing or animated signs, including signs with an intermittent or varying color
or intensity of artificial illumination are prohibited, whether deliberate or as a
consequence of a defect in the sign or the illumination source.
C
No sign shall be allowed which advertises activities that are illegal under Federal, State,
or local laws, rules, or regulations.
D. No sign shall be erected, attached, or painted upon fences, rocks, or natural features.
E. With the exception of bus shelter signage, as provided in Section 3.24E of this Article,
no sign shall be erected, attached, or painted upon any object within the right-of- \V'J.Y.
This shall include all street signs, telephone poles) utilities and / or fences around
utilities, and! or any other object or structure of this type.
F. Except as provided in Sections 3.24,3.35,3.52,353,3.62,3.72 and 3.82 for temporary
signs and non-rigid signs, banners, pennants, and balloons on nonresidential and multifamily
residential property are prohibited.
G. Except as permitted in Section 3.24(B)(15) and 3.62(0» portable signs are prohibited.
Such signs are subject to confiscation if placed in the right-of-way or on other Town
property.
H
Change panel signs are prohibited except as provided otherwise in this Article.
1. Signs projecting above a roofline or mounted on a roof are prohibited.
J. Billboards, other than off-site signs expressly permitted by this Article, are prohibited.
K. Wall-mounted cabinet signs exceeding six (6) square feet in area are prohibited, unless:
1. Such sign is approved by the Design Review Board as part of a sign package, and
2. Such sign does not exceed the permitted wall sign area, and
3. Such sign:
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M. Pole signs are prohibited.
Utilizes a cabinet that is stylized in shape, rather than rectangular, to reflect
the shape of the image printed on the sign face, or
utilizes a molded sign face, with embossed copy or sign copy or sign copy in
relief, or
Utilizes a nationally registered trademark with colored sign copy on a colored
background. L Exposed raceways for individual letters are prohibited, where
it is not structurally feasible to erect such signs without an exposed raceway;
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