Shafter Zoning Code § 14.70 Churches and Other

The Planning Director shall review and may issue sign permits for churches, day care centers, nursing homes and similar uses in any land use district as follows:

Identification Sign
- a. One identification sign per street frontage shall be permitted which identifies the main activity and the accessory activity or use on the site. Said sign shall be building mounted or a free standing sign structure.
- b. The free-standing sign may be permitted if the Planning Director makes any one of the following findings:
  - (1) A free standing sign structure is necessary to provide adequate identification of the institution to motorists.
  - (2) The building is set back from the street or obscured from street view by structures or vegetation such that building mounted signage cannot provide adequate access.
  - (3) The architectural style, materials, or other design elements are such that a building mounted sign is not feasible or would detract from the building’s appearance.
Sign Standards
- a. Building Mounted Signs
  - (1) Shall be a maximum of twenty-four (24) square feet in area for churches and other institutional uses on sites of one (1) acre or less and thirty-two (32) square feet in area for all sites greater than one (1) acre in size.
  - (2) Shall be placed below the eave line of buildings with a pitched or mansard roof and below the top of the wall for buildings with a flat or parapet roof.
- b. Monument Sign
  - (1) Shall be a maximum of four (4) feet in height and a maximum of twenty-four (24) square feet in area.
Attraction Board
- a. Attraction boards shall provide a means to communicate future events or activities on a site and shall be a maximum of twelve (12) square feet in area for churches and other institutional uses on sites of one (1) acre or less and eighteen (18) square feet in area for all sites greater than one (1) acre in size.

5/28/96

Sign Regulations

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CITY OF SHAFTER DEVELOPMENT CODE