§ 190-126. Signs requiring permit.

Upon issuance of a building permit for a sign in accordance with § 190-128, Permit, the following signs shall be permitted, subject to the following requirements:

A. 

Building signs.

(1) 

AWNING SIGN — A sign painted on, attached to or otherwise displayed on an awning. This sign type does not include canopies over gas pumps.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

No such signs shall exceed 80% of the width of each awning or canopy, not to exceed 50% of overall square footage.

(b) 

Illustration:

(2) 

FASCIA SIGN — A sign attached to a soffit or under the fascia of a building.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

A maximum of one sign for each establishment or enterprise shall be permitted.

[2] 

The bottom edge of such signs shall be located a minimum of eight feet above the finished grade.

[3] 

Such signs shall conform with § 190-133, Permitted sign area."

(b) 

Illustration:

(3) 

MARQUEE SIGN — A sign attached to the face of a marquee and not projecting above or beneath said marquee face. A marquee is a permanent roof-like structure that projects from the wall of a building and may overhang the public way with the local municipality's authorization.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

No more than one marquee sign shall be permitted for each building frontage that includes an entrance serving the general public.

[2] 

Such sign shall not extend beyond the top or sides of the building.

[3] 

Such signs shall not be oriented toward any residential district.

[4] 

Such signs shall not project into any adjacent right-of-way, unless approved by the appropriate federal, state, county, or local highway official.

[5] 

The bottom of such signs shall be a minimum of eight feet above the walkway.

(b) 

Illustration:

(4) 

PROJECTING SIGN — A sign attached perpendicular to a building or other structure. This definition shall not include hanging signs.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

Only one projecting sign is permitted per building frontage with an entrance available to the general public.

[2] 

Such sign shall not exceed 16 square feet in area.

[3] 

Such signs shall not project into any adjacent right-of-way, unless approved by the appropriate federal, state, county, or local highway official.

[4] 

The bottom of such signs shall be a minimum of eight feet above the walkway.

(b) 

Illustration:

(5) 

WALL SIGN — A sign integral with or attached to and supported by the exterior wall of a building.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

A wall sign shall not project above or beyond the ends of the building or its parapet or the highest point of the roof, whichever is highest.

[2] 

Such sign shall not project more than 12 inches from the exterior supporting wall.

[3] 

On a multi-occupancy building, each occupant with an outside entrance serving the general public may have a separate wall sign. Corner tenants with a second outside entrance in a side wall shall be allowed one additional wall sign.

[4] 

Such signs shall have a maximum area in accordance with the table in § 190-133.

(b) 

Illustration:

B. 

Freestanding signs.

(1) 

GROUND SIGN — A sign supported by uprights or braces placed upon or in the ground and not attached to any building.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

One ground sign shall be permitted for each individual building not a part of a multiple development.

[2] 

Such sign shall be no higher than eight feet above the average finished grade and shall be permanently attached to the ground.

[3] 

Such sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in total face area.

[4] 

Such sign shall be located a minimum of five feet from any nonresidential lot or five feet from any residential lot and five feet from a street right-of-way.

[5] 

At each location where motor vehicle fuels are sold at retail, 32 square feet of additional face area, limited to advertising the brand name and price of the fuel, shall be permitted. This area may be used for a separate ground sign or as an addition to the face area of a ground sign otherwise permitted in this section. In no event shall more than 16 square feet of this allowed area be displayed or added to any single face area.

(b) 

Illustration:

(2) 

ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGN — Any sign which contains an illuminated, programmable message or graphic, whether fixed or moving.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

One electronic message center sign for each individual building not a part of a multiple development shall be permitted on Transit Street from the City line to Main Street; on West Avenue from the City line to Transit Street; on all of Park Avenue; on Lincoln Avenue in Business Districts B-1, B-3 and B-4.

[2] 

Message center signs may be included as a part of a permitted freestanding sign in any commercial district.

[3] 

The information displayed on a message center sign shall remain static for a period of no less than 20 seconds.

[4] 

Special effects or operational modes such as scroll, travel, spinning actions or the use of similar transitions and frame effects that have text, graphics or images that appear to move or change in size, or be revealed sequentially rather than all at once, are prohibited.

[5] 

Full animation, flashing or video is prohibited.

[6] 

Electronic message signs shall have maximum allowable area of 32 square feet.

[7] 

Only one electronic message allowed per parcel, including outdoor numeric and time/temperature display signs.

[8] 

The characters, height of numbers or letters combined in an outdoor numeric display cannot exceed 12 inches.

[9] 

Electronic message signs shall not be located within 500 yards of any other such sign.

(b) 

Illustration:

(3) 

POLE SIGN — A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is a minimum of eight feet above the finished grade of a paved walk, drive, or parking area.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

One pole sign for each individual building not a part of a multiple development shall be permitted on Transit Street from the City line to Main Street; on West Avenue from the City line to Transit Street; on all of Park Avenue; on Lincoln Avenue in Business Districts B-1, B-3 and B-4; and on Davison Road in Business District B-1.

[2] 

Such sign shall not exceed 20 feet in height.

[3] 

Such sign shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from an adjacent residential lot line.

[4] 

Such sign shall not project over any public right-of-way or lot line.

[5] 

The pole support for such signs shall be fully encased or skirted. A sign with a single support shall have a minimum support width of 20% of the width of the sign face. Each support for a sign with double supports shall be a minimum of 10% of the width of the sign.

[6] 

For properties with multiple non-local street frontage, one pole sign is permitted. A ground sign may be placed along each other non-local street frontage.

[7] 

At each location where motor vehicle fuels are sold at retail, 32 square feet of additional face area, limited to advertising the brand name and price of the fuel, shall be permitted. This area may be used for a separate ground sign or as an addition to the face area of a ground or pole sign otherwise permitted in this section. In no event shall more than 16 square feet of this allowed area be displayed or added to any single face area.

(b) 

Illustration:

(4) 

SUBDIVISION IDENTIFICATION SIGN — A sign indicating the name of the subdivision or residential development.

(a) 

Standards:

[1] 

All permitted districts. A subdivision or residential development identification sign shall be maintained in good repair by a homeowners' association.

[2] 

Single-family districts.

[a] 

One non-internally illuminated permanent subdivision identification sign may be permitted for each side of a subdivision or residential development entryway.

[b] 

Such sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in area and eight feet in height.

[3] 

Multifamily districts.

[a] 

One non-internally illuminated permanent identification sign may be permitted at each entrance to the development.

[b] 

Such sign shall not exceed 20 square feet in area and six feet in height.

[c] 

Such sign shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from any lot line.

(b) 

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