§ 7.102. General Provisions.

The regulations, requirements, and provisions set forth in this section shall apply to all signs erected, placed, or constructed within the city.

A.

All signs shall comply with the unobstructed view easement requirements of the City of Glendale, Design Guidelines for Site Development and Infrastructure Construction.

B.

All signs shall be structurally designed, constructed, erected, and maintained in accordance with all applicable provisions and requirements of the City of Glendale Building Codes.

C.

Signs shall not be located in a manner which interferes with pedestrian travel or poses a hazard to pedestrians.

D.

All signs and sign structures, conforming and nonconforming, shall be maintained in good order, repair, and appearance at all times so as not to constitute a danger or hazard to the public safety or create a visual blight. If the Building Safety Director determines any sign or sign structure to be in an unsafe or unsightly condition, he shall immediately notify, in writing, the owner of such sign who shall correct such condition within forty-eight (48) hours. If the correction has not been made within forty-eight (48) hours, the Building Safety Director may have the sign removed if it creates a danger to the public safety or welfare, or have any necessary repairs or maintenance performed at the expense of the sign owner, or owner or lessee of the property upon which the sign is located.

E.

Signs may be illuminated or non-illuminated, unless otherwise restricted in this ordinance. The source of the sign's illumination shall not be visible from any street, sidewalk, or adjacent property. This shall not preclude the use of neon sign elements.

F.

Sign area shall be measured as follows (See Figure SA-1):

 

1.

Sign copy mounted or painted on a background panel or area distinctively painted, textured, or constructed as a background for the sign copy shall be measured as that area contained within the sum of the smallest rectangles that will enclose both the sign copy and the background.

2.

Sign copy mounted as individual letters or graphics against a wall, fascia, mansard, or parapet of a building or other structure that has not been painted, textured, or otherwise altered to provide a distinctive background for the sign copy shall be measured as a sum of the smallest rectangles that will enclose each word and each graphic in the total sign.

3.

Multi-face signs shall be measured as follows:

a.

Two (2) face signs: If the interior angle between the two (2) sign faces is sixty (60) degrees or less, the area shall be of one (1) face only. If the angle between the two (2) sign faces is greater than sixty (60) degrees, the sign area will be the sum of the areas of the two (2) faces.

b.

Three (3) or more face signs: The sign area will be fifty (50) percent of the sum of the areas of all faces.

4.

Spherical, free-form, sculptural, or other non-planar sign area shall be fifty (50) percent of the sum of the sides of the smallest four (4) sided polyhedron that will encompass the sign structure.

G.

Sign heights shall be measured as follows (See Figure SA-2):

 

1.

Freestanding sign: Height shall be the vertical distance from the top of the highest element of the sign or sign structure to the top of the curb or crown of the roadway where no curb exists. The height of any monument base or other structure erected to support or ornament the sign shall be measured as part of the sign height.

2.

Wall fascia, mansard, and parapet mounted signs: Height shall be the vertical distance to the top of the sign or sign structure from the base of the wall on which the sign is located.

(Ord. No. 1772, 6-23-93)