(A) Sign table.
(1) The signs set forth in the following table may be erected and maintained in any Residential District without a sign permit.
RESIDENTIAL: SIGNS NOT REQUIRING A SIGN PERMIT
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height |
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height |
Construction signs(a) | 1 per development | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Governmental signs | No limit | N/A | N/A |
Holiday decorations | No limit | N/A | N/A |
Home occupation signs | 1 | 1 square foot | N/A |
Lawn service signs | 1 | 2 square feet | 4 feet |
Memorial signs(b) | 1 | 3 square feet | If ground sign, then no more than 2 feet |
Nameplate signs(c) | 1 | 1 square foot per occupancy and 3 square feet per lot | If ground sign, then no more than 2 feet |
Official flags and emblems | 2 per lot and 2 flag poles per lot | 24 square feet per occupancy and 3 square feet per lot | If ground sign, then no more than 2 feet |
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height |
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height |
On-site informational signs(d) | No limit | If ground sign, 2 square feet per sign; and | 4 feet |
If window sign, 2 square feet total sign area per building entrance | If window sign, then no more than 5 1/2 feet | ||
Open house signs(e) | 2 | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Personal event signs(f) | 1 | 12 square feet | 6 feet |
Political election signs(g) | No limit | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Political message signs | No limit | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Real estate signs(h) | 1 | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Security signs | 1 | 2 square feet | 4 feet |
Public utility signs | No limit | N/A | N/A |
(2) Exceptions and explanatory notes.
(a) A construction sign shall be removed immediately upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the lot upon which the construction sign is located. A construction sign may be increased in size by an additional six square feet, provided that the additional six square feet on the construction sign is used exclusively to display village notices approved by the village’s Building Division.
(b) A memorial sign shall be a wall or ground sign, shall be made of durable materials such as bronze, stone, or concrete, and shall not be illuminated. No memorial sign that is a ground sign shall be closer than six feet to any lot line.
(c) A nameplate sign shall be a wall or ground sign. No nameplate sign that is a ground sign shall be closer than five feet to any lot line.
(d) An on-site information sign shall be illuminated only as necessary to accomplish its intended purpose.
(e) Open house signs shall be subject to the following additional regulations:
1. Both open house signs may be placed on a lot, or one open house sign may be placed on the parkway of the public right-of-way of the closest major intersection to the lot, provided that the owner of the lot abutting the proposed parkway location does not disapprove of the parkway location upon prior notice.
2. Open house signs shall be allowed only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(f) A personal event sign shall be maintained on a lot for a period not to exceed 30 days.
(g) A political election sign shall be subject to the following additional regulations:
1. Location on private property. A political election sign may be installed or located at any location on private property so long as the owner of the lot on which the political election sign is to be located has consented to the installation.
2. Location on public property. A political election sign may be located on a public right-of-way, adjacent to a lot that is zoned in a Residential District or occupied by a residential structure, under the following limited circumstance, where all three of the following conditions have been satisfied:
A. There is no sidewalk immediately adjacent to that portion of the public right-of-way on which the political election sign is to be located; and
B. The owner of the lot whose front lot line abuts, and is on the same side of, that portion of the public right-of-way on which the political election sign is to be located has consented to the installation; and
C. The political election sign is located no closer than five feet from the paved portion of the public right-of-way.
3. Political election signs shall be removed within seven days following the applicable election.
4. Unless a political election sign includes on the sign face the name of the person responsible for the sign, both the owner of the lot on which the sign is located, and the candidate, if any, whose name appears on the sign face shall be deemed responsible for the sign.
(h) A real estate sign shall be removed as soon as a lease for the lot has been signed or closing has occurred on the sale thereof. A real estate sign may include two attachments, neither of which shall exceed 24 inches by six inches in size.
(B) Signs requiring a sign permit.
(1) Sign table. The signs set forth in the following table may be erected and maintained in any Residential District with a sign permit.
RESIDENTIAL: SIGNS REQUIRING A SIGN PERMIT
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height
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Ground signs shall be of the following functional types:(a) • Identification sign • Reader board sign(b) | 1 in lieu of wall sign | 25 square feet per sign face and no more than 2 sign faces | 6 feet |
Wall signs shall be of the following functional types: • Identification sign • Reader board sign(b) | 1 for each use in lieu of ground sign | 2 square feet, except that a wall sign for a religious or educational institution, or for a legally nonconforming commercial or retail use, may be 25 square feet | No higher than the bottom of the second story window or the top of the wall of a one story building |
Permitted Signs | Number of Signs Permitted on a Lot | Maximum Permitted Sign Area | Maximum Permitted Sign Height |
Awning, canopy, and marquee signs shall be of the following functional types:(d) • Identification sign • Reader board sign(b) | 1 for each use in lieu of ground sign | 25 square feet(e) | No higher than the bottom of the second story window to the top of the wall of a one story building |
Window signs shall be of the following functional types: • Identification sign • Reader board sign(b) • Signs advertising products or services | 1 for each window | 30% of each window serving the business within on the first floor of the structure only | Window signs shall be centered within the window area, side to side |
Temporary signs shall be of the following functional types:(c) • Identification sign • Reader board sign(b) • Promotional sign - signs advertising products, services or events:(b) | 1 sign for a 30-day period during each quarter of the year. A permit is required for each temporary sign | 3 square feet per sign face for identification signs and reader board signs; 24 square feet per sign face for promotional signs | 6 feet |
Existing pole signs | 1 | An existing sign cabinet and pole may be reused to install new sign faces as long as no alterations are made to the existing structure(g), (h) | May not be altered from its existing heights |
New pole signs | 1 | (f) | No higher than the building for which the sign is being used to advertise the business within |
(2) Exceptions and explanatory notes.
(a) Ground signs shall be permitted in a Residential District only for religious or educational institutions, homeowners associations, community-based services, or recreational clubs or facilities on sites consisting of more than three acres.
(b) Reader board signs and promotional signs shall be permitted in a Residential District only for religious or educational institutions.
(c) Temporary signs shall be subject to the restrictions in § 156.213(A)(2)(a).
(d) Awning, canopy, marquee, and window signs shall be permitted in a Residential District only for legally nonconforming retail and commercial uses. One wall, awning, canopy, marquee, or window sign shall be permitted for each principal or accessory use with a separate building entrance on the lot and, in the event the lot has frontage on more than one public street, an additional wall, awning, canopy, marquee, or window sign shall be allowed for each additional public street upon which any principal or accessory use has frontage.
For the purpose of this division (B)(2)(d), frontage on a parking area may be considered the same as frontage provided there is direct access to the use from the parking area and that the access is the primary access to the use.
(e) The following special regulations shall apply:
1. No sign shall be placed upon the roof of any awning, marquee, canopy, or other architectural projection, nor shall any sign extend above or below the awning, marquee, canopy, or projection in any way.
2. Signs displayed on a marquee, canopy, or other architectural projection, may project beyond the sign face the distance necessary to accommodate the letter thickness, but no more than six inches.
3. Signs displayed on a marquee, canopy, or other architectural projection, may project beyond the sign face the distance necessary to accommodate the letter thickness, but no more than six inches. Signs displayed on awnings or canopies shall not project beyond the surface of the awning or canopy. Signs displayed on awnings or canopies shall be located on the awning or canopy’s valance, or if there is no valance, on the lower nine inches of the awning. Lettering on an awning or canopy sign shall not exceed six-inch type.
(f) New pole signs in Residential Districts shall apply for a Conditional Use Permit.
(g) Existing pole sign permit applications shall include the height of the sign, size of the cabinet, size of the pole, color rendering of the proposed sign faces, complete electrical details including the required external disconnect and a list of the maintenance and corrections required to bring the existing foundation, anchors, bolts pole and cabinet to a condition resembling a new installation.
(h) All existing pole signs shall be restored to new condition by removing rust, sealing, painting and correcting all maintenance issues before the new sign faces are installed.
(Ord. 9-4, passed 2-25-09; Am. Ord. 19-11, passed 3-20-19)