Sign Tools

Chart 1

Hampton Roads District, except the City of Emporia and the counties of Greensville, Sussex, and Southampton, which use Table 2.

Chart 1: maximum total sign area in square feet, by post size, centroid height, and number of posts.
Post sizeCentroid ftMaximum total sign area sq ftFoundation types
1 post2 posts3 posts
2 in · 14 ga 8 5.8 — — A / D / F
9 5.1 — —
10 4.6 — —
11 4.2 — —
12 3.8 — —
13 3.5 — —
14 3.3 — —
2½ in · 12 ga 8 11.8 23.6 —
1 post
A / E
2 posts
B / C
9 10.5 21.0 —
10 9.4 18.8 —
11 8.6 17.2 —
12 7.8 15.6 —
13 7.2 14.5 —
14 6.7 13.5 —
2½ in · 10 ga 8 13.6 27.2 40.8 B / C
9 12.1 24.2 36.3
10 10.9 21.8 32.7
11 9.9 19.8 29.7
12 9.1 18.2 27.3
13 8.4 16.8 25.2
14 7.8 15.6 23.4
2½ in · 10 ga with 2 3/16 in · 10 ga inner post 8 23.9 47.8 71.7 B / C
9 21.2 42.4 63.6
10 19.1 38.2 57.3
11 17.4 34.8 52.2
12 15.9 31.8 47.7
13 14.7 29.4 44.1
14 13.6 27.2 40.8