(A) General standards. All permitted signs shall comply with the following general standards.
(1) Signs shall be integrated with the design of the building and shall not obscure architectural features.
(2) Any structurally-unsafe sign that endangers the public safety shall be immediately removed or repaired and made otherwise compliant with the requirements of this chapter.
(3) No sign shall be located so as to impair traffic visibility.
(4) Each principal structure shall include street address numbers a minimum of three inches in height that are visible from the street the structure faces.
(B) Computation of sign area.
(1) General.
(a) The area of a sign face (which is also the sign area of a wall sign or other sign with only one face) shall be computed by means of the smallest rectangle that will encompass the limits of the writing, emblem or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the backdrop or structure against which it is placed, but not including any supporting framework, base, bracing or decorative fence or wall when such fence or wall otherwise meets the regulations of this chapter and is clearly incidental to the display itself.
(b) For a single wall, all pieces of information or other graphic representations within a grouping on that wall shall be measured as though part of one sign, encompassed within one rectangle, which may not exceed the permitted total wall area to which the sign is affixed. For a single wall on a multi- occupant building, the area of signs shall be computed using these principles and the aggregate copy of each
(2) Authority to remove signs in the right-of-way. Except where authorized, signs within a public right-of-way shall be prohibited. The town may remove and dispose of any sign located in the public right-of-way without providing prior notice to the sign’s owner.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018) Penalty, see § 152.999