Pampa City Zoning Code
§ 12
Sign regulations.
The districts in which the various types of signs are permitted are indicated by the Schedule of Uses, section 7. The following special provisions shall apply to the various types of signs in the districts indicated:
1.
Permanent type signs.
Type Sign | Zone Permitted | Maximum Area | Spacing Standards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
a. | Name plate | All residential districts | 2 sq. ft. | |
All districts except residential | No restriction | |||
b. | Institutional sign | All residential districts | 30 sq. ft. | |
All districts except residential | No restriction | |||
c. | Apartment sign | All districts permitting apartments | 50 sq. ft. | One per street frontage |
d. | Business sign | Specific use permit in office district | No restriction except as hereinafter provided for certain districts and types | |
Permitted in NS, R, C, CB, LI, HI, and PD districts | ||||
e. | Advertising sign | Permitted in C, CB, LI, HI districts | No restriction except as hereinafter provided for central districts | None specified |
f. | Agricultural sign | Permitted in A, R, C, CB, LI, HI and PD districts | 100 sq. ft. | 200 ft. between signs |
2.
Temporary type signs.
Type Sign | Zone Permitted | Maximum Area | Spacing Standards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
a. | Real estate sign | All residential districts | 12 sq. ft. | One for each platted lot or tract and for acreage – one for each 200 ft. of street or highway frontage |
In all districts except residential | No restriction | None specified | ||
b. | Construction sign | In all districts | 60 sq. ft. | None |
c. | Development sign | In all districts In single-family, two-family and multiple-family district subject to approval of building official as provided in section 14(3) | 400 sq. ft. | One per project or one for each 100 acres in project |
3.
In PD, planned development district, the sign standards shall be specified in the Amending Ordinance.
4.
No sign shall be constructed to exceed the maximum building height permitted in the specific district where the sign is located except in shopping centers or similar commercial or office centers containing six (6) acres or more pylon or major identification signs not to exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height may be erected when set back from the side and rear property line a distance equal to the height of the sign.
5.
No sign shall be located or constructed so as to interfere with or confuse the control of traffic on the public streets and no sign shall use a rotating beacon, beam or flashing illumination resembling an emergency signal.
6.
Any nonconforming sign which is damaged or is deteriorated to a point where its restoration cost exceeds fifty (50) percent of its replacement value shall be removed.
7.
No sign shall be erected so as to project into the public right-of-way of any street or alley, except in the CB, central business district. In the CB, central business district, any projecting sign shall not extend outward from any building face into the public right-of-way for a distance of more than six (6) feet or to within two (2) feet of the street curb, whichever is more restrictive.
8.
No sign shall be located or erected within the required front yard except a pole sign not exceeding eighty (80) square feet in area may be erected on sites utilized by gasoline service stations, drive-in grocery or similar quick service retail establishments. No such pole signs shall be located so that any portion of the sign encroaches into the public right-of-way for a distance of more than two (2) feet from the property line.
9.
No advertising sign structure shall contain more than two (2) sign panels facing in the same direction.
10.
No provision of this ordinance shall supersede or replace any other ordinance of the City of Pampa having to do with the sign standards, materials or construction except the provisions of this ordinance pertaining to the use of the various types of signs in the various districts and their size and location shall take precedence over all other ordinances, regulations and standards.