1. Permanent Freestanding Signs. Permanent freestanding signs indicating the name and nature of a business on the same lot therewith, subject to the following:
A. Number. One such sign for each lot, except on
(1) Corner lots where a freestanding sign may be erected on each street frontage; and
(2) On a lot having a frontage which exceeds the minimum requirement of that district, additional permanent freestanding signs for each 100 feet of excess frontage, but no single business shall be permitted more than one such sign on any one lot or contiguous lots.
B. Height. Such signs shall not exceed a height of 15 feet. Properties abutting arterial roads as classified in the Dover Township Comprehensive plan shall not exceed a height of 18 feet.
C. Area. Maximum area for a freestanding sign is 50 square feet. Properties abutting arterial roads as classified in the Dover Township Comprehensive plan shall not exceed 80 square feet.
D. Setback. All signs shall be setback in accordance with the setbacks contained in § 27-801.
E. Internally lit illuminated signs shall have the brightness reduced at night to not create an objectionable glare.
2. Banner Signs. Banner signs are permitted only as wall signs or located entirely beneath a permitted permanent building canopy.
3. Wall Signs. There is no maximum number of wall signs. No single flat wall sign exceeding 32 square feet shall be internally lit. The maximum area of any wall sign shall not exceed 5% of the building wall on which it is placed. Total wall signage shall not exceed 240 square feet or 5% of the face of the building wall parallel to the road frontage, or whichever is greater. In the case of a double-frontage lot, the maximum shall be based on the largest building face parallel to one of the road frontages.
4. Roof Signs. No roof sign shall extend beyond the eve of a structure or exceed the height of the principal building's roof line. No roof sign shall be larger than 32 square feet. There shall only be one roof sign permitted per lot.
5. Home Occupation Sign. Only one sign permitted per approved Home Occupation and shall not exceed two square feet.
6. Permanent signs identifying a residential development of five lots or more, or an apartment or condominium development. Sign may be located on the property or at the entrance of such development, provided that such sign shall be not more than 32 square feet in area, and not more than six feet in height, and shall comply with the applicable setbacks set forth in § 27-801. For each development, there shall be no more than one such sign per entrance or street frontage.
7. Aggregate total. No lot shall exceed total signage of 240 square feet or 5% of the building face parallel to the road frontage, whichever is greater. For multiple uses within a singular building, the frontage or face of the building shall be calculated by the frontage of each individual use.
(Ord. 2024-01, 5/13/2024)