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AN ORDINANCE <br />TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTIONS 31-180 AND 31-233 <br />OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, <br />AS AMENDED, RELATING TO SIGN APPROVAL PROCEDURES IN THE <br />ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONTROL DISTRICTS AND <br />APPEALS OF SITE PLANS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottes- <br />ville, Virginia that sections 31-180 and 31-233 of the Code of <br />the City of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, are hereby amended <br />and reordained as follows: <br />Section 31-180. Historic Preservation and Architectural <br />Design Control District. <br />The following regulations shall apply to signs in the ADC <br />District and on other properties subject to design controls under <br />Section 31-127.2: <br />(a) The total area of all signs permitted for any <br />establishment shall not be greater than twelve square feet. <br />(b) No single wall sign shall have an area greater than six <br />square feet. <br />(c) No freestanding sign shall be higher than twelve feet. <br />(d) All signs in this district shall be subject to review <br />in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article XIX of <br />this chapter, with appeals to the Board of Architectural Review. <br />Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-179 or 31-181, the <br />director of planning may approve the attachment or suspension of <br />a sign from an existing freestanding or projecting street <br />frontage or, in the case of a building on a site with more than <br />one street fr-ontage or more than one principal entrance, one <br />additional freestanding or projecting sign per additional street <br />frontage or principal entrance, if the director of planning <br />determines that such an arrangement is in keeping with the archi- <br />tectural character of the property. <br />• <br />