Shops and offices putting up a new sign
Free check for a storefront sign permit: sign area allowed by frontage, height and lighting items, and when you'd need a sign variance.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Variance or conditional use justification statement door.
Modeled on: Raleigh UDO Article 7.3 Signs (example sign code); 2024 IBC Appendix H
From public data
of wall sign area per linear foot of building wall facing a public street is what Raleigh, NC allows
Source: Raleigh Unified Development Ordinance Sec. 7.3.4
Draft the written statement for a zoning variance or conditional use permit, answering your town's tests point by point. Free to read.
Questions
Usually, but it depends on the sign type and your town. Raleigh, for example, requires a sign permit for wall signs and projecting signs but not for awning, gallery or marquee signs.
Many codes tie it to frontage. Raleigh allows 2 square feet of wall sign per linear foot of each building wall facing a public street, and caps a single establishment in mixed-use districts at 300 square feet of signs in total, outside special streetscape areas.
Rules that treat signs differently by topic or message are content based under Reed v. Town of Gilbert. In 2022 the Supreme Court held that a code distinguishing on-premises from off-premises signs is content neutral on its face.
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Where is the property?
What's the property address?
Where is the rental?
Which county, and how big is the project?
Which agency runs the sewer system?
What is the project, and where?
Answer it and ePlan opens the Variance or conditional use justification statement door with your answer filled in.