Sign rules in Mission Street NCT, NC-3, and NCT-3 districts

Theses types of business signs are allowed in Mission Street NCT, NC-3, and NCT-3 neighborhood commercial districts.

You may paint or place a sign directly against a flat building wall.

• Number of signs: No limit
• Illumination: None, indirect, or direct
• Area: 
  • Maximum of 150 square feet, or 3 square foot per foot of business street frontage; whichever is less
    • Example: If business has 25 feet of frontage along front property line(s), then 75 square feet of wall signs are allowed
  • Cannot cover more than 75% of the surface of a wall, excluding openings
• Height: 24 feet or the height of the wall the sign is attached to or the lowest residential windowsill on the wall the building is attached to; whichever is lower

• Projecting signs are allowed for a business.
• Number of signs: 1 per business
• Illumination
  • All hours: None or indirect
  • Business hours only: None, indirect, or direct
• Area: Maximum of 32 square feet
• Height: 24 feet or the height of the wall the sign is attached to or the lowest residential windowsill on the wall the building is attached to; whichever is lower
• Projection: Cannot project more than 75% of the distance between the street property line and the curb, or 6-feet 6-inches; whichever is less
  • Example: If the distance between the street property line and curb is 8 feet, then a sign may project 6 feet.

A sign may be located on an awning. If a sign is located on an awning, the business may not have any wall signs or projecting signs.

• Illumination: None or indirect
  • Exception: Marquees for movie theaters or places of entertainment may directly illuminate awning signs during business hours
• Area: Maximum of 40 square feet

Freestanding signs or a sign tower are allowed in place of a projecting sign if the building is setback from the property line. If a freestanding sign or sign tower exists, a projecting sign is not allowed.

• Number of signs: 1 per lot
• Illumination:
  • All hours: None or indirect
  • Business hours only:  None, indirect, or direct
• Area: Maximum of 30 square feet
• Height: 24 feet or lower
• Projection: Cannot project more than 75% of the distance between the street property line and the curb, or 6-feet; whichever is less