General sign standards

To achieve the purposes of this article, the following general standards shall be applied to signs in the Town of Barrington:

• A. Every sign shall have appropriate scale and proportion in its design and in its visual relationship to buildings and surroundings.
• B. Every sign shall be designed as an integral architectural element of the building and site to which it principally relates.
• C. The colors, materials and lighting of every sign shall be restrained and harmonious with the building and site to which it principally relates.
• D. The number of graphic elements on a sign shall be held to the minimum needed to convey the sign's major message and shall be composed in proportion to the area of the sign face.
• E. Identification signs of a prototype design and corporation logos shall conform to the criteria for all other signs.

Editor's Note: Former § 185-89, Definitions, was repealed 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1. This ordinance also redesignated former §§ 185-90 and 185-90.1 as §§ 185-89 and 185-90, respectively.