All signs within the professional office district must comply with the standards for set forth in Sections
17.28.300 through 17.28.399, as well as with the standards contained in Section
17.28.070. In lieu of the standards provided in Sections
17.28.300 through 17.28.399, wall mounted business identification signs for retail uses on the first floor of an office building with exterior entrances shall comply with the standards for commercial districts contained in Section
17.28.240. If retail uses have interior entrances only, no wall mounted business identification signs are permitted.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1)
The following signs are prohibited in the professional office
district:
A. Freestanding
multiple tenant identification.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1)
Only travel oriented commercial uses such as gas stations, restaurants, fast food establishments and hotels/motels with freeway frontage are permitted to have freeway oriented signs. Freeway oriented signs are permitted as freestanding and wall mounted signs. Freestanding signs may identify centers, multiple tenants, and/or single tenants. The provisions included in Section
17.28.210 shall apply to all signs permitted by this section.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1; Ord. 10-07 § 23)
Freestanding office center identification signs are intended
to identify office centers.
A. Maximum
number of signs shall be two per major entrance, plus one additional
at each major intersection.
B. Maximum
sign area for each sign shall be thirty square feet.
C. Maximum
sign structure height shall be six feet.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1)
Freestanding single tenant identification signs are intended
to provide identification for the tenant occupying an entire office
building. In multitenant office buildings, a freestanding building
identification sign is permitted to identify the building.
A. Maximum
number of signs shall be one per street frontage, plus one additional
per major intersection.
B. Maximum
signs area shall be twenty square feet.
C. Maximum
sign structure height shall be six feet.
D. No
more than one tenant shall be identified.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1)
Wall mounted business identification signs are intended to provide
identification for individual businesses in single or multitenant
office buildings with two stories or less. However, only multitenant
buildings with exterior entrances for their tenants are permitted
to have wall mounted business identification signs.
A. Maximum
number of signs shall be one sign per frontage for each tenant.
B. Maximum
area of signs shall not exceed one-half square foot per linear foot
of business frontage.
C. For
multitenant buildings wall mounted business identification signs shall
be permitted only if the main entrance to each suite is from the exterior
of the building as opposed to a lobby or courtyard design.
D. Building
identification signs are only permitted if no tenant identifications
are placed.
E. External
illumination is not permitted.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1; Ord. 08-08 § 20; Ord.
14-01 § 26)