10-15-9: SIGNS IN CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:
The purpose of the CN Neighborhood Commercial District is to provide areas for the development of convenience commercial retail sales and selected service activities at accessible locations in the Village. The CN District is further intended to implement the Village land use plan for land that is established as a neighborhood commercial area, and may be used in other areas designated as commercial on the land use plan map. The CN District is not intended to allow industrial uses. In addition to the selected services that are permitted uses, other service and retail uses which would not normally be appropriate in the CN District may be allowed as special uses with conditions specified by the Village Board of Trustees to safeguard the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
Permitted Signs
Total
Square Feet
Required
Setback From
Property Line
Maximum
Height
Total
Number Of
Permitted Signs
Permitted Signs
Total
Square Feet
Required
Setback From
Property Line
Maximum
Height
Total
Number Of
Permitted Signs
Changeable copy electronic or manual
12
10'
6'
1 double sided
Development identification sign
12
10'
6'
1 per entrance
Directional
3
5'
4'
1 per parking lot entrance
Monument1
24 per face1
10'
6'
1 double sided per each street frontage
Temporary
12
0'
6'
2
Temporary banners
120'
Wall mounted or building mounted
12'
Twice annually for no more than a 2 week period
Unit/address identification
2
Wall/door mounted
2'
1 per unit on ground floor
Wall
502
0'
n/a
See note 2
Window
20% of clear glass along each frontage
n/a
Ground floor only
n/a
 
Notes:
    1.    Freestanding signs:
      a.    Any parcel consisting of at least 30,000 square feet may also be permitted a single, freestanding monument sign, provided such sign contains not more than 80 square feet of sign area per face with not more than 2 faces, is not more than 8 feet in total height above the elevation of the centerline of the adjacent right-of-way or the adjacent finished grade, is set back at least 10 feet from the right-of-way of said fronting street or highway, is not located within the sight distance triangle described in section 10-14-10 of this title, and the site has at least 300 feet of frontage on a street or highway.
      b.    Any parcel consisting of at least 15,000 square feet may be permitted a single freestanding monument sign, provided such sign contains not more than 48 square feet of sign area per face with not more than 2 faces, is not more than 6 feet in height above the elevation of the centerline of the adjacent right-of-way or the adjacent finished grade, is set back at least 10 feet from the right-of-way of said fronting street or highway, is not located within the sight distance triangle described in section 10-14-10 of this title, and the site has at least 150 feet of frontage on a street or highway.
    2.    See subsection 10-15-4I of this chapter.
(Ord. 2019-06, 1-22-2019)