(A) Generally. Subject to the other conditions of this chapter, the following signs shall be permitted anywhere within the township.
(B) Specifically.
(1) Community welcome signs.
(a) Off-premises signs, as provided or authorized by the township, which bear names, information, and emblems of service clubs, places of worship, civic organizations, and quasi-public uses shall be permitted.
(b) Each sign shall be not more than 8 square feet in area, shall not exceed a height of 8 feet, and shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the property line.
(c) All signs shall be consolidated within a single-frame, if more than 1 sign is placed at 1 location.
(2) Directional signs.
(a) Signs which direct traffic movement onto or within a property, and which do not exceed 8 square feet in area for each sign, shall be permitted.
(b) Horizontal directional signs, on and flush with paved areas may exceed 8 square feet.
(c) Directional signs shall be located on the property on which they are directing traffic and shall be located behind the front right-of-way line.
(3) Announcement bulletins.
(a) One church, civic organization, public building, or school announcement bulletin, which may include an electronic messaging board, shall be permitted on any site that contains a church, civic organization, public building, or school regardless of the district in which it is located, provided that bulletin does not exceed 32 square feet in area where the speed limit is 45 mph or less, and 60 square feet in area where the speed limit is 46 mph or more and a height of 8 feet, and is set back from an adjacent road a minimum of ½ of the setback required for a structure on the parcel as provided in this chapter.
(b) When a church, civic organization, public building, or school has an identification sign as permitted elsewhere in this chapter, the combination of the signs shall not exceed an additional 8 square feet, allowing a total of 40 square feet if the speed limit is 45 mph or less or a total of 68 square feet if the speed limit is 46 mph or more.
(Ord. -, Article V, § 5.2.4, passed 9-12-2006; Am. Ord. passed - -)
Penalty, see § 150.999