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.
B. 
Projecting signs.
C. 
Under canopy signs.
D. 
Awning signs.
(Ord. 98-10 § 1)
A. 
Requirements for wall mounted signs for buildings with three stories or more are the same as Section 17.28.250.
B. 
Requirements for on-site directional and directory signs are the same as Section 17.28.280.
(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)