The following signs shall be permitted in the B-3, B-4, B-5 and O-S Districts.

A. Temporary signs advertising the sale, rental or development of a lot shall be permitted, provided that:

(1) No more than one such sign shall be permitted per street frontage.

(2) No one surface of such sign shall exceed 16 square feet in area.

(3) No such sign shall exceed eight feet in height.

(4) No such sign shall be located less than 10 feet from any lot line.

(5) No such sign shall be illuminated in any manner.

B. Signs attached to buildings shall be permitted as follows:

(1) One sign only shall be permitted to be attached to the main building identifying or advertising a business conducted on the premises and shall be subject to the following regulations:

(a) Such sign shall be restricted to the front wall area.

(b) No sign shall exceed 1.5 square feet in area for each one-foot linear width of the front building wall on which the sign is to be located, provided that no sign may exceed 75% of the front wall of the storefront that is occupied and further provided that no sign shall exceed 100 square feet in total area.

(c) With the exception of awning signs as set forth in § 430-288B(5), such sign shall not project more than 18 inches from the building facade to which it is attached, and where a sign does extend more than three inches from the face of the wall, the bottom edge of the sign shall not be less than 10 feet from the ground.

(d) Such sign shall not have a vertical dimension in excess of three feet.

(2) No sign shall be higher than 25 feet from the ground.

(3) Such sign may be internally lighted with nonglaring lights or may be illuminated by shielded floodlights.

(4) One additional identifying sign shall be permitted for a business which fronts on two or more streets. The second permitted sign may be no more than 75% of the size of the first permitted sign.

(5) Awnings and awning signs.

(a) Awning signs, as permitted herein, shall be subject to the area and dimension requirements listed in Illustration D.

(b) Awnings shall be limited to one solid color.

(c) In cases of multi-tenanted buildings, all awnings shall be the same color, size and style.

(d) Awning signs may project into the front and side yard setbacks but only to the extent provided in Illustration D.

(e) The area permitted for awning signs shall be in addition to the total area permitted for wall signs as specified in § 430-288B(1)(b).

(f) Awning signs shall be mounted on the wall facing the primary street frontage.

(g) An awning sign shall not extend closer than six inches from the edge of a building, except that when a building is located at the corner of two or more streets, the awning may wrap around the corner of the building as part of a single continuous awning.

(h) An awning shall not extend closer than four feet to the inside edge of the curb along the street.

(i) Awning signs shall be located no higher than the first floor level of a building.

(j) Sign text shall be permitted only on the front valance of an awning sign and company logos may be permitted on the roof of the awning as specified below:

[1] No more than two awnings may be used for valance signs or logo signs on any building wall.

[2] Where valance signs are used, logo signs may only be located on the awning roof that has the valance sign.

[3] Valance signs shall display only the name of the business occupying that space as it is recorded on the certificate of occupancy.

[4] Text for valance signs shall not exceed six inches high, and may not exceed a length of two-thirds the total length of the awning.

[5] Logos shall not exceed six square feet in area as measured as a rectangle around the limits of the logo.

[6] All awning signage shall be limited to two colors, exclusive of the background of the awning.

[7] Awning signs shall not be illuminated.

[8] All awning signs must be located on fixed, nonretractable awnings.

[9] Awnings attached to a building shall be permitted to extend a maximum of three feet into the front yard setback.

(6) Hanging signs.

(a) Hanging signs are permitted in the B-5 District subject to the area and dimension requirements listed in Illustration E.

(b) Hanging signs may project into the front and side yard setbacks, but only to the extent provided in Illustration E.

(c) The maximum area for a hanging sign shall be four square feet.

(d) When attached to an awning or awning sign, the area permitted for hanging signs shall be in addition to the total area permitted for wall and awning signs as specified in § 430-288B(1)(b) and B(5)(a).

(e) Only hanging signs that are attached to an awning or awning sign as shown in Illustration E may be located below an awning or awning sign. Hanging signs attached to the building facade may not be located below an awning or awning sign. Hanging signs are permitted above awnings or awning signs as shown in Illustration E.

(f) One hanging sign shall be permitted for each first floor business or commercial use.

(g) Hanging signs may not be internally illuminated.

(h) A hanging sign may not extend beyond the front edge of any awning or awning sign.

(i) The lettering on hanging signs shall be no more than six inches in height.

(j) Hanging signs shall be designed and constructed as either painted signs on metal or wood, incised or carved lettering on wood background, or individual letters arranged on painted wood or metal backgrounds. Flashing, oscillating and moving signs; boxed or fluorescent signs; and formed plastic signs are not permitted.

C. Freestanding signs shall be permitted as follows:

(1) No more than one freestanding sign shall be permitted on any one street frontage.

(2) No one surface of any such sign shall exceed 25 square feet in area.

(3) Such signs shall be no higher than 15 feet or the height of the principal building, whichever is the lesser. The maximum width of any one side of the sign shall not exceed six feet, and the bottom of the sign shall not be closer than eight feet to the ground level of the sign.

(4) No freestanding sign shall be located closer than 15 feet to any property line, with the exception of B-5 Zones, which may be 10 feet.

(5) Such signs may be internally lighted with nonglaring lights or may be illuminated by shielded floodlights.

(6) Such signs shall identify or advertise only such businesses as are conducted on the premises.

(7) There shall be a minimum frontage of 50 feet to permit a freestanding sign.

D. Miscellaneous regulations.

(1) The total area of all signs on site shall not exceed 50 square feet per 10,000 square feet of lot size devoted to business.

(2) Only one of the signs permitted in the districts shall be allowed to be used for advertising purposes.

E. Gasoline station signage. Gasoline station signage shall be permitted pursuant to the regulations set forth in § 430-287A(6).

The following signs shall be permitted in the O-T, ROL, POD, COD, SED and LIW Districts:

A. All temporary and building identification signs as permitted in § 430-287 shall be permitted, except that only one such sign shall be permitted.

B. Freestanding signs shall be permitted as follows:

(1) No freestanding or monument style sign shall exceed 10 feet in height, the maximum width of any one side of the sign shall not exceed 15 feet, and such signs shall not exceed 64 square feet in area.

(2) Such signs shall be set back 20 feet from the property line.

(3) One such sign shall be permitted; except that one directional sign shall be permitted per site entrance road, set back 10 feet minimum from the property line, and shall not exceed four square feet, and shall be positioned at or near the subject development's site entrance road.

A. All signs shall be kept in good repair: lettering legible, properly painted, properly illuminated and all features operable and consistent with the permit issued. No sign shall be allowed to become a danger to public health, safety or general welfare.

B. The area surrounding ground signs shall be kept neat, clean and landscaped. The owner of the property upon which the sign is located shall be responsible for maintaining the condition of the area.

C. Maintenance of signs. Any sign that is or shall become dangerous or unsafe or is maintained in violation of this article shall be repaired or made safe in conformity with this article or shall be removed by the owner, lessor, agent or occupant of the building, property or land upon which a dangerous or unsafe sign is located.

D. Nonconforming signs shall be required to be maintained in accordance with this article.

E. All signs attached to a building shall be thoroughly and rigidly secured in a manner approved by the Building Inspector and shall be repaired and maintained as necessary to keep them secure, safe and free from danger.

F. All electrical wiring of signs shall conform to the requirements of the municipality.

G. No sign shall obstruct access to fire escapes or required windows, doors, exits or standpipes.

A. It shall be the responsibility of the Zoning Officer to issue notices, summonses and complaints for violations of the provisions of this chapter and to maintain a log of such notices, summonses and complaints.

B. Any person may report an alleged violation of this sign article to the Zoning Officer. This report shall be logged and inspection of finding made within 30 days. Summonses, notices and complaints will be issued if appropriate, and the action taken by the Zoning Officer shall be duly recorded in the log.

C. The log shall be maintained as a public record and reported periodically to the Township Council.

A. Removal of certain signs. Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer identifies or advertises the business conducted or product sold, or fulfills the purposes provided for herein, shall be removed, modified or obliterated so that the message contained thereon is no longer visible. These actions shall not relieve the owner from the responsibilities of maintenance and repair as required by this article.

B. Notice requirements and abandonment.

(1) The Zoning Officer shall issue a written notice to identify and require necessary action to be taken within 15 days from the date of service of the notice, or within such lesser time as shall be deemed reasonable, in any case where danger to public health, safety and general welfare is imminent.

(2) Failure to comply with notice. Any notice of the Zoning Officer provided for herein which is not complied with within 30 days after such notice shall cause a conclusion that the sign or advertising structure has been abandoned, in which event it may not be replaced or reused, but must be removed by the owner upon issuance of a notice to remove from the Zoning Officer.

(3) Any notice served upon the permittee, owner, lessor, agent or occupant shall be deemed notice upon all.

C. (Reserved)

Appeals in writing may be taken from the action of the Zoning Officer within 65 days after the date of such action.

**Webmasters Note: The previous Article has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2004:34.