Redlands, CA Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

410 of the Redlands City Code applies specifically to signs on the rear of a building or tenant space in a unified center that is directly adjacent to a freeway or freeway right of way, including on and off ramps, where that rear wall faces the freeway and has no public entrance. 420 permits those up to 120 square feet and 25 feet in height for motorist serving uses). Because a single freeway facing sign is not judged in isolation, the code requires a sign program covering every freeway facing sign in the unified center.

That program must lock in one consistent font and letter style for all the freeway facing signs, though that style does not have to match the center's other, non-freeway-facing signage. It must also specify a single color to be used across every freeway facing sign in the center, and it must set one consistent letter height, with an absolute ceiling of three feet for any letter regardless of the height chosen. The planning department can add further standards to the program beyond these three mandatory ones if the city determines them necessary for a particular center.

This provision was adopted by Ordinance 2552 in 2004 and has since been amended twice, by Ordinance 2744 in 2014 and by Ordinance 2963 in 2024, without changing the core 24 square foot cap or the three mandatory program standards. 650, makes it illegal to use, occupy or maintain property in violation of the sign chapter and treats each day a violation continues as a separate offense. 660, either immediately in court or by requesting in writing within ten days that the city clerk or city attorney initiate that review, with the city required to act within ten days when First Amendment issues are raised.