P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 51g
(a) The permitted area for a sign or advertisement to be installed on a building frontage shall be the percentage indicated hereinafter in this chapter, and corresponds to the total area within the surface of the building or lot frontage where it shall be installed.
(b) The size of the sign or advertisement installed on ground shall be determined by the total base area of the panel, including the frame, if any.
(c) The size of a sign or advertisement with individual lettering installed on facades or posts on the ground shall be calculated based on the area of the individual letters or figures.
(d) To calculate the total area of a sign or advertisement, each sign face area shall be calculated individually.
(e) The size of directional and safety signs, signs stating the price of the gasoline and diesel oil, the menu or service panel, and any other sign required by federal or local regulations in gas service stations and drive-in businesses, shall not be counted when calculating the maximum size of the signs installed on the frontage or on the ground of said establishments.
(f) ARPE may allow variations of up to ten percent (10%) as to the height and space between the signs and advertisements. Regarding the size of the sign or advertisement, ARPE may allow variations of up to twenty percent (20%).
History —Dec. 22, 1999, No. 355, § 11, eff. 60 days after Dec. 22, 1999.