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Glendale approves targeted sign-code updates to speed approvals for businesses

City of Glendale Common Council · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Council adopted ordinance changes that let businesses have multiple wall signs (up to four or 150 sq ft total), allow monument signs to show up to three tenants, and clarify when decorative elements are regulated as signs; staff said changes reflect national-branding practices and aim to reduce repetitive council variances.

Community Development Director Meredith Perks presented targeted revisions to Glendale’s sign code designed to clarify sign definitions and reduce the number of variances and planning requests for routine branding elements.

Perks said staff combined industrial, manufacturing and retail categories for consistency, allowed multiple wall signs up to a total maximum sign area (with a…

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