CONNECTICUT MODEL ZONING CODE PROJECT - Land Use Law

A street graphic not permanently attached to the ground or a building or designed to be permanently attached to theground or a building.Sign, projecting graphic:A street graphic attached to and projecting from the wall of a building and not in the same plane as the wall.(Bridgeton, MO)Sign, roof graphic (See also above-roof graphic):A street graphic that is displayed above the eaves and under the peak of a building. A street graphic painted,erected, constructed, or maintained on the roof of a building. (Bridgeton, MO)Sign, roof:Any sign erected, constructed or maintained upon the roof of any building. (Tolland, CT)A sign attached to a building and erected upon the roof or extending above the main roof line of such building.(Westport, CT)Sign, rotating:A sign or portion of a sign which in any physical part or in total turns about on an axis, rotates, revolves or isotherwise in motion, including without limitation a multi-vision sign.Sign, signable area for projecting graphics and awnings:(1) One area enclosed by a box or outline, or (2) within a single continuous perimeter composed of a singlerectangle, circle, triangle, or parallelogram enclosing the extreme limits of characters, lettering, illustrations,ornamentations, or other figures. (Lakeland, FL; Schaumburg, IL)The model ordinance defines the percentage of the “signable area” that can be used on these graphics. Thissurface, it is not necessary to select an area free of architectural detail.Sign, signable area for roof and wall graphics:One area free of architectural details on the facade of a building or part of a building, which shall include the entirearea (1) enclosed by a box or outline, or (2) within a single continuous perimeter composed of a single rectangle,circle, triangle, or parallelogram enclosing the extreme limits of characters, lettering, illustrations, ornamentations,or other figures. A “facade” is the side of a building below the eaves.The model ordinance specifies the percentage of the “signable area” that can be used for display by these wallgraphics. A signable area must be calculated on the “facade” of the building. “Facade” is defined here and is alsoseparately defined. The model ordinance does not explicitly limit the signable area to regular shapes, though this isthe intent. The following alternate definition limits signable areas to regular shapes:Sign, signable area:A two-dimensional area that describes the largest square, rectangle, or parallelogram on the facade of a buildingwhich is free of architectural details. (Culver City, CA; Wilmette, IL)Sign, single faced:A sign with one face. (Tolland, CT)Sign, size:The total area of the face used to display a street graphic, not including its supporting poles or structures. If a graphichas two faces that are parallel, [not more than two feet apart], and supported by the same poles or structures, the sizeof the graphic is one-half the area of the two faces.The ordinance contains regulations for the “size” of ground graphics.Sign, street graphic:47