(A) Signs not requiring a sign permit.
(1) Sign table. The signs set forth in the following table may be erected and maintained in any Business District without a sign permit.
BUSINESS DISTRICT: SIGNS NOT REQUIRING A 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 | 12 square feet | 6 feet |
Governmental signs | No limit | N/A | N/A |
Holiday decorations | No limit | N/A | N/A |
Home occupation signs | 1 | 2 square feet | 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 quare feet per occupancy and 3 square feet per lot | N/A |
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 |
Political election signs(f) | No limit | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Political message signs(g) | No limit | 6 square feet | 6 feet |
Real estate signs(h) | 1 | 6 square feet | If not affixed to a building, 6 feet; If affixed to a building, no higher than the bottom of the second story window or the top of the wall of a one story building |
Security signs | 2(j) | 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 Building Department.
(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 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. With the exception of the limited circumstance set forth in division (A)(2)(f)B. below, no political election sign shall be installed or located on public property in any location in the village.
B. A political election sign may be located on a public right-of-way, adjacent to a lot that is zoned in a Business District or occupied by a commercial structure, under the following limited circumstance, where all three of the following conditions have been satisfied:
(i) 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
(ii) 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
(iii) The political election sign is located no closer than five feet from the paved portion of the public right-of-way.
C. Removal. Political election signs shall be removed within seven days following the applicable election.
D. Responsibility for the sign. 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.
(g) A political message sign shall be located entirely on private property pursuant to the owner’s consent.
(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.
(i) If two security signs are erected on a lot, one of the security signs shall be located in the rear of the lot.
(B) Signs requiring a sign permit.
(1) Sign table. The signs set forth in the following table may be erected and maintained in any Business District.
BUSINESS DISTRICT: SIGNS REQUIRING A PERMIT
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: • Identification sign • Joint identification sign | 1 in lieu of wall sign | (e) | No higher than the bottom of the second story window or the top of the wall of a one story building |
Ground signs shall be of the following functional types: • Development map or directory sign • Identification sign • Joint identification sign • Reader board sign(a) | 1 per street frontage(c) | 25 square feet per sign face | 6 feet |
Wall signs shall be of the following functional types: • Development map or directory sign • Identification sign • Joint identification sign • Reader board sign(a) | 1 for each use(d) | (f) | 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 |
Window signs shall be of the following functional types: • Development map or directory sign • Identification sign • Joint identification sign • Reader board sign(a) | 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:(b) • Promotional sign • Reader board sign(a) | 1 for a 30-day period during each quarter of the year. A permit is required for each temporary sign | Not to exceed 6 square feet per sign face or 24 square feet per sign face for religious or educational uses | If not affixed to a building, 6 feet; If affixed to a building, no higher than the bottom of the second story window or the top of the wall of a one story building |
On-site directory signs | 1 | 10 square feet per sign face | 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(h)(i) | May not be altered from its existing height |
New pole signs | 1 | (g) | No higher than the building for which the sign is being used to advertise the business within |
(2) Exceptions and explanatory notes.
(a) Reader board signs shall be permitted in the B1 and B2 Districts only for religious or educational institutions, service stations limited to fuel prices, and movie theaters.
(b) Temporary signs shall be subject to the temporary sign restrictions contained in division (A)(2)(a) above.
(c) One ground sign shall be permitted for each public street upon which the lot has frontage, provided that the horizontal distance between the signs is at least 100 feet. A ground sign shall not exceed six feet in length.
(d) One wall sign shall be permitted for each principal and 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 sign shall be allowed for each additional public street upon which any principal and accessory use has frontage. In a building with multiple uses, the wall sign must be located on that portion of the building in which the use for which the wall sign is maintained is located. For the purpose of this division (B)(2)(d), frontage on a parking area may be considered the same as frontage on a street provided there is direct access to the use from the parking area and that the access is the primary access to the use.
(e) Maximum sign area for awning, canopy, and marquee signs.
1. For one story structures, the maximum sign area shall not exceed the lesser amount of 100 square feet or 15% of the square footage of the area below the roof line of the facade (wall area) that incorporates the main entrance of the building upon which the awning, canopy, or marquee sign is located; or
2. For structures of more than one story, the maximum sign area shall not exceed the lesser amount of 100 square feet or 15% of the square footage of the area below any second story windows of the facade (wall area) that incorporates the main entrance of the building upon which the awning, canopy, or marquee sign is located.
3. In determining the maximum sign area for awning, canopy, or marquee signs in a Business District, the following special regulations shall apply:
(i) No sign shall be placed upon the roof of any marquee, canopy, or other architectural projection, nor shall any sign extend above or below the awning, marquee, canopy, or projection in any way.
(ii) 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.
(iii) Signs displayed on canopies shall not project beyond the surface of the canopy. Signs displayed on canopies shall be located on the canopy’s valance, or if there is no valance, on the lower nine inches of the canopy. Lettering on a canopy sign shall not exceed six-inch type.
(iv) Signs displayed on awnings shall not exceed 15% of the awning surface area, excluding sides. Signs may occupy up to 25% of an awning’s surface area, excluding side, provided that, 10% of the area is occupied by a design or graphic that is not otherwise classified an identification sign.
(f) Maximum sign area for awning, canopy, and marquee signs.
1. For one story structures, the maximum sign area shall not exceed the lesser amount of 100 square feet or 15% of the square footage of the area below the roof line of the facade (wall area) that incorporates the main entrance of the building upon which the wall sign is located; or
2. For structures of more than one story, the maximum sign area shall not exceed the lesser amount of 100 square feet or 15% of the square footage of the area below any second story windows of the facade (wall area) that incorporates the main entrance of the building upon which the wall sign is located.
(g) New pole signs in Residential Districts shall apply for a Conditional Use Permit.
(h) 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.
(i) 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 2-15-09; Am. Ord. 19-11, passed 3-20-19)
Penalty, see § 156.999