No sign, as defined in this chapter, shall be erected or installed
upon or within any structure or upon any land nor shall any existing
sign be changed until a sign permit has been obtained from the Architectural
Review Board. If no Architectural Review Board has been appointed,
sign permits shall be issued by the Planning Board. No sign permit
shall be issued unless all applicable provisions of this article have
been met.
[Amended 7-5-1984 by L.L.
No. 17-1984]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following
classes of signs:
A.
Signs of or required by duly constituted governmental bodies and
their agencies.
B.
Flags of the national, state, county or town government, not exceeding
15 square feet in area.
C.
Temporary signs in any district pertaining to and displayed during
campaigns, drives or events of civic, political, philanthropic or
educational institutions, provided that such signs are displayed not
more than 45 days before the event and removed three days after the
event.
D.
Name and address signs, not more than one for each street frontage
of each principal use on a lot and not exceeding one square foot in
area, showing only the name of the occupant and/or the address of
the premises on which they are situated, provided that such sign is
located not closer than 15 feet to a side lot line.
E.
One temporary, nonilluminated "house for sale," "property for sale,"
"house for rent" or "property for rent" sign per lot, which sign must
relate only to the sale or rental of the lot on which the sign is
situated. Such sign shall be less than eight square feet in area for
"house for sale" and "house for rent" signs and less than 15 square
feet in area for "property for sale" and "property for rent" signs.
[Amended 12-21-1988 by L.L. No. 13-1988]
F.
Temporary, nonilluminated construction signs, not exceeding 12 square
feet in area, identifying the project under construction, participating
designers, contractors or developers, etc. Such a sign shall be permitted
only during the construction period of the project.
G.
Signs not visible outside of a building.
H.
Holiday decorations displayed in season.
I.
Temporary signs for garage sales, provided that such signs contain
the address of the seller and date of the sale, are displayed only
two days prior to the sale and are removed within two days after the
sale.
General regulations for signs permitted by § 290-115 of this chapter are given below:
A.
Flat wall signs (signs attached rigidly to or painted on a wall of
a building). A flat wall sign may be located anywhere on any wall
of a building, provided that it shall not conceal any part of a window,
that its length shall not exceed 7/8 of the facade of the establishment
and that it shall not be higher than the wall of the building to which
it is attached.
B.
Projecting signs (signs hung from a bracket attached to a wall of
a building). A projecting sign shall not extend beyond the curbline
nor more than 50 inches, exclusive of any supporting structure, from
the wall of a building. A projecting sign shall not be less than 10
feet from the ground level at the base of the building, or a lesser
distance so long as public safety is not endangered, nor more than
25 feet from the ground level to the top of the sign. Such a sign
shall not extend above the building nor be more than 12 square feet
in size.
C.
Freestanding signs (signs rigidly mounted or hung from a bracket
on a structure or post set in the ground). A freestanding sign may
not exceed 20 square feet in area and may not extend more than 15
feet above the ground level to the top of the sign.
For all special permit uses and for all uses in the LO District,
the total area of all signs erected on the lot shall not exceed one
square foot for each horizontal linear foot of the facade of the establishment.
If the lot has frontage on more than one street, an additional sign
area of one square foot for each linear foot of such additional frontage
shall be allowed as long as such additional sign area appears facing
the additional frontage.
Illumination shall be from indirect or internal light sources.
The source of illumination shall be so shielded that it is not visible
beyond the boundaries of the lot on which it is located.
All signs must pertain to a use conducted on the same property
on which they are located, except signs of service groups.
All signs shall comply with the yard requirements for principal
buildings of the district in which they are located.
All signs shall be compatible with the design of the building
in terms of size, color, form and uniformity.
The use, erection or installation of the following sign types
is prohibited:
A.
Roof signs.
B.
Flashing or intermittently illuminated signs. A sign which exhibits
changing light or color effects, even though the intensity of light
may be relatively constant, shall be deemed a flashing sign.
C.
Signs where the source of illumination is visible, including neon-type
electric signs.
D.
Searchlights to attract attention to a sign or permitted use.
E.
Strings of incandescent lights.
F.
Moving or rotating signs.
G.
Pennants, streamers or other eye-catching devices.
H.
Signs on awnings.
I.
Portable signs, with or without wheels, easel-type, A-frame or other;
any sign not permanently affixed to a building or the ground.
J.
Signs on or within windows.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Every sign which is made nonconforming by this chapter or which
existed as nonconforming prior to the adoption of this chapter shall
be discontinued and removed or changed to conform to the standards
of this chapter within a period of three years from the date of the
adoption of this chapter or a subsequent amendment to this chapter.
Application for a sign permit shall be accompanied by a fee
as specified in the Fee Schedule adopted by the Board of Trustees.
