§ 3376.08 — Nameplates and home occupation signs

3376.08 - Nameplates and home occupation signs.

A. Nameplates. A dwelling unit in a one- or two-family dwelling, a townhouse or rowhouse shall display no more than one nonilluminated nameplate on each dwelling, subject to the following provisions: 1. The graphic area of each such sign shall not exceed two square feet. 2. A nameplate shall be wall-mounted, or ground-mounted, adjacent to the entrance to said dwelling unit. B. Home Occupation Signs. A dwelling unit containing a home occupation shall, in lieu of a nameplate, display no more than one permanent nonilluminated home occupation sign directed to the fronting street, subject to the following provisions: 1. The graphic area of each such sign shall not exceed four square feet. 2. Installations shall be limited to either a wall or window sign at the ground floor level, a ground sign with an overall height of three feet, or mounted on a post lamp designed to support the sign. 3. A ground-mounted or post lamp-mounted home occupation sign shall be set back at least two feet from the right-of-way line of the fronting street and at least two feet from any public sidewalk or shared-use path. 4. Such sign shall not be directed to a freeway. 5. Said sign shall be removed from the lot when the underlying home occupation ceases.

(Ord. 2837-96 § 4 (part); Ord. 1987-2008 Attach. 1 (part); Ord. No. 1200-2017, § 24, 6-12-2017)