Sign Tools

Chart 2

Bristol, Salem, Lynchburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, Culpeper, Staunton, and Northern Virginia Districts, plus the City of Emporia and the counties of Greensville, Sussex, and Southampton in Hampton Roads District.

Chart 2: 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 10.7 21.4 — A / D / F
9 9.5 19.0 —
10 8.5 17.0 —
11 7.7 15.4 —
12 7.1 14.2 —
13 6.5 13.0 —
14 6.1 12.2 —
2½ in · 12 ga 8 21.5 — — A / E
9 19.1 — —
10 17.2 — —
11 15.6 — —
12 14.3 — —
13 13.2 — —
14 12.3 — —
2½ in · 10 ga 8 24.8 49.6 74.4 B / C
9 22.0 44.0 66.0
10 19.8 39.6 59.4
11 18.0 36.0 54.0
12 16.5 33.0 49.5
13 15.2 30.4 45.6
14 14.1 28.2 42.3
2½ in · 10 ga with 2 3/16 in · 10 ga inner post 8 43.4 86.8 130.2 B / C
9 38.6 77.2 115.8
10 34.7 69.4 104.1
11 31.6 63.2 94.8
12 28.9 57.8 86.7
13 26.7 53.4 80.1
14 24.8 49.6 74.4