License and Signs: For Some No Rules Apply.

7. Do I need a business license?
Answer: All businesses operation within Grand Terrace are required to have a current business license registration on file with the City of Grand Terrace. This applies to business based in the City as well as businesses and contractors doing work in the City but who are based elsewhere.

Do the Contractors and Sub Contractors who built Savon Have Business Licenses in Grand Terrace? Does Jacobesen Family Holdings Inc. LLC have a Business Licence in this City?

8. What kind of signs can I have for my business?
Answer: All signs are governed by the Zoning Code or the Barton Road Specific Plan. Appropriately regulated signs enhance the visual environment and economic stability of the City. The type and size of signs allowed for a use depend on the zoning of the site and the size and nature of the use. Consult the Planning Department for specific information regarding signs.

From the Barton Road Specific Plan:

F. Sign Regulations
1. Required Compliance

The purpose of the sign regulations is to provide the means for adequate identification of buildings and businesses by regulating and controlling the design, size, and location of all signs within the Specific Plan area.

All signs within the Barton Road Specific Plan area shall comply with the sign provisions of Chapter 18.80 (Signs) of the City of Grand Terrace Zoning Code, but with the following exceptions:

Village Commercial (VC) District

Single Tenant Facilities – Wall or canopy signs shall not exceed 75 square feet based upon an area of one square foot of sign area per each lineal foot of building street frontage.

Multiple Tenant Facilities – Wall and canopy signs shall not exceed 50 square feet based upon one square foot of sign for each lineal foot of building street frontage.

Monument type signs shall not exceed 24 square feet for any parcel with less than 300 feet of street frontage and a maximum size of 32 square feet for any parcel with 300 feet or more of street frontage. They shall not exceed a height of six (6) feet above grade.

General Commercial (GC) District

Multiple Tenant Facilities - Monument type signs shall not exceed 24 square feet for any parcel with less than 300 feet of street frontage and a maximum size of 32 square feet for any parcel with 300 feet or more of street frontage. They shall not exceed a height of six (6) feet above grade.

2. Sign Modifications

The Community Development Director may approve a sign that does not strictly adhere to the sign provisian exception noted above where such sign is compatible with the surrounding development and is in harmony with the general aesthetics and welfare of the local area. Friends of Council or Community Development Director Have No Rules.

The Planning Commission has the authority to allow deviations from the sign ordinance to approve creative and innovative sign programs or sign solutions under exceptional or unusual circumstances . of the Chapter 18.80 of the City Zoning Code and.... Friends of the Planning Commission Don't have Rules.