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Sign Ordinance (Title 23)

Proposed Amendments

A community meeting is scheduled for June 4, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall, 3rd floor tower, Room 332 to discuss an amendment to the City's Sign Ordinance that will be considered by the City Council on June 12, 2012. This amendment addresses the following objectives for the Downtown Sign Zone: 

  • Revise the boundary of the Downtown Sign Zone to be coterminous with the Downtown Core Area;

  • Allow additional Programmable Electronic Signs for ground floor uses;
  • Increase the allowable height of flat-mounted signs on buildings adjacent to freeways.

In addition, the proposed Sign Code amendment addresses the following objectives for various zones citywide, in some cases including the Downtown Sign Zone:

  • Allow Programmable Electronic Signs for large assembly spaces;
  • Allow Skyline Signs for residential and mixed-use buildings;
  • Allow Arcade Signs in the Urban Mixed Use Sign Zone;
  • Allow Vertical Projecting Signs in the Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts on buildings 50 feet or more in height;
  • Add and modify signage provisions for public parking garages;
  • Allow additional signage for non-residential uses in Residential Zoning Districts;
  • Allow non-illuminated Skyline Signs on buildings within 1,000 feet of a creek or river;
  • Revise the General Regulations to facilitate the relocation of Historic Signs;
  • Make other related and clerical modifications.

Please direct comments or questions to Richard Buikema, Senior Planner, at Rich.Buikema@sanjoseca.gov or (408) 535-7835.

 

 

 
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Last Modified Date: 5/23/2012

 
 

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