Signs shall be permitted as follows:
Type of Sign | Maximum Area (Square Feet) | Maximum Height (Feet) | District | Other Requirements |
Type of Sign | Maximum Area (Square Feet) | Maximum Height (Feet) | District | Other Requirements |
Advertising, off-site (billboards) | 50 | 12 | Special use in LI | Maximum height of structure is 35 feet; see § 153.128 of this code |
Agricultural, advertising products produced on premises | 32 | 8 | Permitted use in RA and LI | |
Awning, silk screened or sewn on the front of awning | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Bulletin board, church or public | 32 | 8 | Permitted use in all districts | |
Canopy signs (may also be placed on non-raising marques) | 4 | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | Identification only; one per entranceway; bottom of sign must be seven feet above sidewalk level, moreover public right-of-way if required by town regulations |
Construction site placards | 64 | 12 | Permitted use in all districts | Must be removed when construction has been completed |
Directional Signs Containing No Advertising Matter: | ||||
A sign may be painted on the inside and outside front door face of the closed tire rack, but shall not be painted on the sides or rear | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Entrance or monument-type signs to subdivisions, neighborhoods, public, commercial, institutional establishments | 32 | Signs and pillars may not exceed eight feet in height | Permitted use in all districts | No more than two per entrance allowed |
Ground signs | 60 | 20 | Permitted use in C | Must be at least 30 feet from any other ground sign; must meet vision clearance of § 153.009 of this code |
Ground signs | 150 | 35 | Permitted use in LI | No more than one per street frontage containing entrance to use; may be used only for identification or on-site advertising |
House numbers | 4 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | May contain no advertising matter |
Memorial signs, tablets, name of building and date of construction | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | Must be cut into a masonry surface or cast of metal and affixed flat against a surface |
Name of occupant of residential premises | 2 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Newspaper names on newspaper tubes | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
No trespassing | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
No vacancy/vacancy signs | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Off-site directional to churches, meeting halls, civic clubs | 12 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
One double-faced on-site advertising sign per street frontage showing the current price of fuel sold on the premises; sign shall be located off the right-of-way | 20 | 5 | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Pedestrian, public | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Political signs | 4 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | Must be removed within 15 days after last election to which they pertain |
Portable signs, including signs mounted on a vehicle or a trailer or trailer-type device | 32 | 10 | Permitted use in C and LI | Nonrenewable permit from Zoning Administrator required; ten-day time limit; no more than one sign per establishment per street frontage; same establishment may not have temporary sign(s) again for 30 days after removal of sign(s); signs shall not have colored or flashing lights or lights which cause glare on traffic or adjacent properties; signs shall not be located on the public right-of-way nor obstruct vision clearance as indicated in § 153.126(A) of this code |
Professional or announcement signs | 4 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | One per establishment |
Projecting signs | 20 | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | Signs may be no more than nine feet from wall at farthest point; one sign per face on street, or two per establishment, whichever is less; the sign may be hung on corner of building but shall count against the maximum allowed above; establishments may not have a wall or roof sign on same face as projecting sign; corner sign shall count as one face |
Real estate signs | 32 | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Real estate signs | 6 | NA | Permitted use in residential districts | |
Religious symbols at formal places of worship | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Roof signs-see wall signs | ||||
Service station signs, automobile or truck | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts when accessory to a service station | |
Signs on pumps and/or pump islands concerning the type and price of fuel | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Signs on open portable tire racks provided the signs are no longer than the rack | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Signs or racks for the orderly display of engine oil, provided signs are no longer than the rack | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | |
Temporary banners, pennants, streamers, excluding portable commercial signs | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | Only for opening of new business; may remain for no more than four weeks |
Temporary directional to garage sales and similar events in residential area, excluding portable commercial signs | 4 | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Temporary signs relating to farm auctions, agricultural production sales, annual charitable, civic or fraternal events, excluding portable commercial signs | 20 (off-site) | NA | Permitted use in all districts | Off-site: no more than one per lot |
32 (on-site) | On-site: no more than three per lot; may remain for no more than 45 days in all | |||
The flag, pennant or insignia of any nation or organization of nations, state, county, city, religious, civic or fraternal organization or educational institution when not used in connection with a commercial promotion, or as an advertising device or as an integral part of another sign | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | In RA, R-15, R-10 and RMH districts, wall and projecting insignia may not exceed ten square feet in area nor may the project be more than nine feet from wall at farthest point; in business and industrial districts, insignia may be placed on signs permitted in those districts. In any district flags or pennants shall not exceed 15 square feet or, if on a pole, one-fourth the height of the pole, whichever is greater. |
Traffic and pedestrian, private | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Traffic, safety, utility warning, public | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Vending machine signs painted or mounted on the machine related to the products in the machine; bank machine or book depository signs which instruct customers or patrons | NA | NA | Permitted use in all districts | |
Wall or roof signs | One and one- quarter square feet of sign area per running foot of building frontage | Signs shall not project over the roof line of the building to which they are attached | Permitted use in C | Wall signs must be mounted on area of wall free of window, doors or other architectural detail; may not interrupt or cover major architectural features; only one wall, roof or projecting sign per establishment per street frontage is permitted other than those specifically mentioned elsewhere in this table; signs may be used only for identification or on-site advertising, and at least 80% of sign face shall be for identification |
Window signs | NA | NA | Permitted use in C and LI | Shall not exceed 20% of window area |
(Ord. 21, passed - -; Ord. 20-010, passed 11-24-2020) Penalty, see § 153.999