10-4912 - City of Sarasota

ARTICLE VII
REGULATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Attachment 1
Ordinance No. 10-4912
Division 1. Signs
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Section VII-104. Computation of Sign Number and Area
A. Number. Each single display surface or display device shall be considered one (1) sign
except as otherwise provided. In the case of double-faced signs, on-site double-faced
signs with the same message on both sides or advertising the same business shall be
considered as one (1) sign.
B. Area. The surface area of a sign shall be the entire face of a sign, including any framing,
trim or molding, but not including the supporting structure. Measurement shall be made
based on the entire area within a regular geometric form including rectangles, circles,
triangles and ellipses, or the cumulative combination of up to three such contiguous
forms. In the case of double-faced signs, each sign face shall be included for the purpose
of determining the total aggregate area of the sign.
ADDS TEXT (above) & GRAPHIC (right)
to define computation of sign area.
This more closely coincides with the
1974 edition of the zoning code.
Commentary: Allows up to 3 forms to
be used.
1974 ed. Zoning Code
“(c) Surface area. The surface area of a sign shall
be computed as including the entire area within
the periphery of a regular geometric form or
combinations of regular geometric form or
combinations of regular geometric forms,
comprising all of the display area of the sign and
including all of the elements of the matter
displayed, but not including blank masking, frames
or structural elements of the sign which bear no
advertising matter. In the case of double-faced
sign, each sign face shall be included for the
purpose of determining the total aggregate area.”
Add
graphic
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