Every outdoor sign in Glendale is governed by the municipality’s sign ordinance, which sets how large a sign may be, how tall it may stand, how far it must sit from the property line, whether it may be illuminated, and which sign types are permitted in each zoning district. This page summarizes those requirements in plain language and links each value back to the section of the Glendale code it came from.
Sign rules here are layered. The base zoning district — commercial, industrial, or residential — sets the default limits, and overlay districts such as historic or downtown districts can tighten them further. Because the most specific jurisdiction controls, a freestanding monument sign on a commercial parcel and a wall sign in a historic overlay can face very different limits even on the same street in Glendale.
Use the figures below as a fast first check, then run a full address lookup to confirm the exact limits for a specific parcel in Glendale, Colorado. The full report also covers permit requirements, prohibited sign types, and illumination rules — each cited to the source ordinance so your permit application can reference it directly.
Before you order or install a sign in Glendale, confirm three things: the maximum sign area and height allowed in the parcel’s zoning district, the minimum setback from the right-of-way, and whether the sign type you want — freestanding, monument, wall, projecting, or awning — is permitted there at all. Many permit denials come from missing a setback or an overlay-district restriction rather than from the size of the sign itself, so checking the governing section before applying saves a costly resubmittal.
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Max ground sign height
Ground signs shall be set back ten (10) feet from the boundary lines of the lot on which they are located; provided, that a clear area be maintained to a height of six (6) feet, wi
Ground sign setback
10 feet from boundary lines; clear area to 6 ft high within 55 ft of intersections
Building Signs
Rule 8
Signs may be erected, altered and maintained for and by a use by right; shall be located on the same lot as the use by right; and shall be clearly incidental, customary and commonl
Quantity Limit
Each use by right may have the greater number of the following: five (5) signs or two (2) signs for each front line of the lot on which the use by right is located.
Ground signs shall be set back ten (10) feet from the boundary lines of the lot on which they are located; provided, that a clear area be maintained to a height of six (6) feet, wi
Max Area
The area of all signs with backing or a background, material or otherwise, that is part of the overall sign display shall be measured by determining the sum of the areas of each sq
Public signs: signs required or specifically authorized for public purpose by any law, statute or ordinance; which may be of any type, number, area, height above grade, location, i
Illumination Rules
Permitted signs may be illuminated but shall not flash, blink, chase or fluctuate except as provided in
Monument Signs
Max Area
Monument-style signs with display faces that (1) join back to back, or (2) are parallel to each other and not more than forty-eight (48) inches apart, or (3) form a V-type angle of
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Permit Process
Permit Requirement
The following are signs permitted in the Planned Unit Development District subject to all of the requirements of this title:
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No person shall erect, construct, display or relocate any temporary or additional sign, except as listed in subsection
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of this section, without first obtaining a permit from the
Permit Requirement
Persons wishing to obtain a permit to erect a temporary commercial sign shall submit an application to the Zoning Administrator.
Occupant signs: signs limited in content to name of occupant, address of premises, and signs of danger or a cautionary nature which are limited to wall and ground signs; no more th
Permit Requirement
Signs within buildings: any sign placed inside a building may be erected without a permit but subject to the safety regulations of the building code; provided, that any sign perman