Sign Item City of Riverside County of Riverside City of Pasadena City of Atascadero City of Orange City of Tustin City of Palm Springs City of Santa Barbara City of Redlands City of Long Beach Special Sign Districts
Downtown Specific Plan,
Riverside Autocenter
Specific Plan, Canyon
Springs Specific Plan
Rubidoux Village Policy
Area, Eastern/Wetern
Coachella Valley Plans
Central District Design
Guidelines
Del Rio Road Commercial
Area Specific Plan
Historic Preservation
Design Standards, Tustin
Street Design Standards
Downtown Commercial
Core Specific Plan, Red
Hill Avenue Specific Plan,
Pacific Center East
Specific Plan, East Tustin
Specific Plan
Downtown Palm Springs
Specific Plan
El Pueblo Viejo Landmark
District Guidelines
Transit Villages Specific
Plan, East Valley Corridor
Specific Plan
Downtown Long Beach
Specific Plan
Codified Design
Standards No No No No No No Yes - specific to
Downtown/Uptown AreaNo No Yes
Prohibits Cabinet Signs No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Strongly discouraged Prohibited materials
Plywood, pressed board,
non-exterior grade wood
products
No materials expressly
prohibited
No materials expressly
prohibited
No materials expressly
prohibited
No materials expressly
prohibited
Paper, cloth or any
material not securely
fastened to the sign
structure
No materials expressly
prohibited
No materials expressly
prohibited
Required materials:
metal, concrete, natrual
stone, glass or acrylics.
Flat plastic cabinets,
unfaced foam
Prohibits Exposed
Raceways No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Neon permitted or other
architectural lighting
standards
No Yes Yes No No Yes (Zoning Administrator
Review) Yes No Yes Yes
Regulates product listing No No No No No Yes up to 25% of total sign area No No No Yes up to 2 products or
services
Blade sign standards No No Yes Yes Yes Yes - specific to arcade signs Yes No No Yes
Window sign standardsup to 25% of the window
area up to two square feetup to 25% of the window
area
Up to 50% of the window
area
up to 25% of the window
area
up to 25% of the window
area
Varies - Downtown
permits 40% of total
glazed area or 15 sf
whichever is smaller
up to 25% of the window
area
up to 25% of window
area, up to 50% of
window area between
November 15 and January
10 10% of total window area,
1 sign per every 3 lineal
feet of window opening.
Electronic
Message/digital display
sign standards
Conditionally permitted
in commercial complexes
10 ac or greater, or
assembly uses on 15 ac
or greater
Proposed to be permitted
in commercial and
industrial zones pending
Public Hering of the
Board of Supervisors on
11/5/2024
Prohibited except for time
or temperature display
Prohibited except for time
or temperature display
Prohibited except for
Freeway Oriented
Billboards
Prohibited except
Freeway Adjacent Digital
Displays
Prohibited unless
otherwise permitted by
the Architectural Review
Board
Prohibited except
gasoline pumps and ATM
machines
Prohibited
Conditionally permitted
for commercial or
institutional uses 5 ac or
greater, or single building
150,000 sf or greater,
along a Major Arterial,
Regional Corridor, or
Freeway
Sign programs required
Multi-occupancy non-
residential or mixed-use
developments with three
or more separate lease
spaces
Permitted, not required
Six or more separate non-
residnetial tenant spaces
on one parcel, or six or
more permanent signs for
a single use, or as
determined by the
Director due to project
characteristics
Locations with five or
more tenants or
businesses
All Multitenant buildings,
major commercial
centers larger than 25
acres, multitenant
commercial uses in
mixed-use zones
All developments in
specific plan, planned
development and
planned community
districts,
multi-use sites, multi-
tenant centers and mixed
use districts
Buildings or development
with more than one
tenant
No codified requirement
All multitenant buildings,
regional shopping
centers, regional mall
developments,
residential uses in the E
Zoning District
Any application for five or
more new or replacement
signs; any new
commercial industrial, or
institutional
development, any new
mixed-use development
with three or more
nonresidential tenant
spaces
Technical Assistance or
Toolkits None None None Sign Handbook None None None Sign Application Guide Dedicated Sign Regulations Web PageNone