# Sign Regulations in Cathedral, California

Sign permit rules, size and height limits, setbacks, and ordinance citations for Cathedral, California, compiled by PermitPal from the jurisdiction's published municipal code.

- **Jurisdiction:** Cathedral, California (CA)
- **Canonical page:** https://permitpal.io/sign-regulations/california/cathedral
- **Data last verified:** 2025-04-10

## At a glance

Cathedral, California regulates 6 sign types across 7 zoning districts. Monument Signs in the General Regulations For All Zones zoning district are capped at 7 feet tall and 32 square feet, with a Not within public right-of-way or sight triangle setback (Sec. § 9.62.080B.6.a-e). Most commercial signs in Cathedral require a permit.

## Sign rules by zoning district (7 zones)

| Zoning District | Sign Types Regulated | Max Height | Max Area | Permit Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Regulations For All Zones | 2 | 7 feet | 32 square feet | — |
| Downtown Area (MXC) | 2 | — | 1 square foot per linear foot of tenant, street or parking lot frontage | — |
| Specific Plan No. 99-53 Area | 2 | 7 feet | 50 square feet | — |
| Residential Zones | 1 | 7 feet | 32 square feet | — |
| Commercial Zones | 1 | — | 1 square foot per linear foot of tenant space | — |
| Industrial Zones | 1 | 7 feet | 32 square feet | — |
| PCC, I-1 | 1 | 14 feet | 70 square feet | — |

## Zone-by-zone sign requirements (sample of 3 of 7 zones)

### General Regulations For All Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wall Sign | — | 1 square foot per linear foot of frontage | — | — | — | Exterior wall of the building | — | § 9.62.080B.1.a-e |
| Monument Sign | 7 feet | 32 square feet | — | Not within public right-of-way or sight triangle | One per street frontage per lot | Street frontage per lot | — | § 9.62.080B.6.a-e |

### Specific Plan No. 99-53 Area

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freestanding or Monument Sign | 7 feet | 50 square feet | — | — | — | Specific Plan No. 99-53 area | — | § 9.62.070C.1.a |
| Wall Sign | — | 1 square foot per linear foot of frontage (max 100 sq ft if <100 ft from right-of-way; max 150 sq ft if ≥100 ft from right-of-way) | — | — | — | Structure facing public right-of-way or parking lot | — | § 9.62.070C.1.b |

### Industrial Zones

| Sign Type | Max Height | Max Area | Max Width | Setback | Signs Allowed | Location | Permit Required | Ordinance Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monument Sign | 7 feet | 32 square feet | — | Not within public right-of-way or sight triangle | One per street frontage per lot | Street frontage per lot | — | § 9.62.080B.6.a-e |

## Prohibited signs in Cathedral

- It is unlawful for any person to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, convert, demolish, equip, use, maintain, or relocate any sign within the city without first obtaining a written sign permit from the planning department.
- Signs which are unsafe or a danger to the public.
- Signs which rotate, move, flash, reflect, blink, or appear to do any of the foregoing, either self- or human-powered.
- Signs on public property except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
- Signs on public or private property that project over or into the public right-of-way, unless otherwise authorized by this chapter.
- Off-site signs except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
- Billboard signs except as expressly approved by the city council.
- A-frame signs except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
- Vehicle signs.
- Roof signs.
- Pole signs.
- Signs with exposed raceways, ballast boxes, transformers, crossovers or conduits, unless otherwise approved pursuant to a master sign program.
- Any sign that encumbers ingress to or egress from a door, window or fire escape.
- Signage placed within a sight triangle of any intersection or driveway.
- Illuminated signs located fewer than fifty feet from a single-family residential zone.
- Any sign(s) not included in the scope of a sign permit that is bolted, tagged or tacked onto another permitted sign.
- Any sign located on the third or higher story of a building shall be prohibited except for those approved pursuant to a master sign program.
- Signs displaying obscene matter.

## Signs exempt from permit in Cathedral

- Signs required or contemplated by county, state or federal law.
- Signs erected by the city engineer on public property or in the public right-of-way to instruct or direct traffic.
- Signs owned or permitted by a governmental agency over which the city does not have jurisdiction.
- Signs within a structure not visible from the outside of a building.
- A maximum of one flag, not exceeding fifteen square feet, per residential lot.
- A maximum of three flags that display noncommercial or on-site commercial messages, not exceeding sixty square feet each, on nonresidential lots.
- Temporary signs in compliance with this chapter.
- On-site for-sale or for-rent signs during the period that the subject property is offered to the general public for sale or for lease.
- Window signs in commercial and industrial zones, subject to specific provisions.

## Sign plan & submission notes

- A master sign program shall be required whenever more than one separate nonresidential tenant space is created on the same parcel.
- A master sign program shall be required when six or more permanent non-exempt signs are proposed for a single use.
- A master sign program shall be required when the project has special characteristics requiring a master sign program.
- A master sign program shall be required when unique, creatively designed signs are being proposed.
- A master sign program shall be required when on-site pedestrian-oriented portable 'A-frame' signs are proposed.

## Full detail

This page publishes an overview of every zoning district plus a sample of 3 districts in full. Complete zone-by-zone requirements for all 7 zoning districts in Cathedral — every sign type, every field — are available with a free PermitPal account: https://app.permitpal.io/?address=Cathedral+CA&override=true&utm_source=landing&utm_medium=city-page&utm_campaign=city-cathedral

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