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 Long Beach
 Municipal Code
 Title 21. ZONING
 Chapter 21.44. ON-PREMISES SIGNS
 Division VIII. ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGNS

  § 21.44.840. Height, area, projection, and clearance requirements.  

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  • A.

    Height and area. The height and area of an EMCS shall not exceed the limits set forth in Table 44-5.

    B.

    Projection and clearance.

    1.

    No portion of an electronic message center sign shall project into any right-of-way.

    2.

    The vertical clearance from grade to the lowest point of the sign is eight feet (8') for pedestrian use and fifteen feet (15') for vehicular use.

    Table 44-5
    Zoning, Height, and Area Standards for Electronic Message Center Signs

    Zoning Districts
    		Standards
    Permitted area (sq. ft.)
    		Maximum area (sq. ft.)
    		Maximum height (ft.)
    CCA C Freestanding: 2/L.F. (a)
     
    Monument: 1/L.F.
     
    Wall: 1/L.F.
    		Freestanding: 150
    Monument: 100
    Wall: 150
    		Freestanding: 25 (c)
     
    Monument: 8
     
    Wall: building height
    CHW
    IL, IM, IG, IP
    I, P, PR     		C Freestanding: 150 (b)
     
    Monument: 100
     
    Wall: 250
    Commercial and industrial character PDs (d) C
    Residential and mixed-use character PDs (d) N n/a n/a n/a
    All R zones
    CNP, CNA, CNR
    CCP, CCR, CCN     		N n/a n/a n/a
    Abbreviations: C = Conditional use permit required, N = Not permitted, PD = Planned Development District, ft. = feet, sq. ft. = square feet, L.F. = linear feet of street frontage (or building frontage for wall-type EMCS), n/a = not applicable.
    (a) For freeway-oriented EMCS, permitted area is 3 sq. ft./L.F.
    (b) For freeway-oriented EMCS in the noted zoning districts only, maximum area is 300 sq. ft.
    (c) For freeway-oriented EMCS, maximum height is 40 ft. Where the freeway elevation is higher than the base of the sign structure, height shall be measured from the grade of the freeway lane nearest the sign (not including on- and off-ramps) to the top of the sign structure, as illustrated in Figure 44-9.
    (d) In all PDs, sign regulations specified within each PD ordinance take precedence over the provisions of this chapter. In cases of doubt, or where the several subareas of a given PD are of differing character, the Zoning Administrator shall determine which standards should apply.

     

( ORD-13-0014 , § 19(Att. A), 2013)