Wickford Village Business District
Businesses within the Wickford Village Business District, defined as those properties with frontage on West Main Street, Main Street, Brown Street, Boston Neck Road to Hussey Bridge, and Phillips Street, shall comply with the following sign regulations in order to help retain the historic charm of the area:
(1) Signs shall be wall-mounted, projecting, or painted permanent glass only; freestanding or ground-mounted signs are only allowed by special exception from the zoning board of review in accordance with subsection 21-251(a)(6).
(2) Except for painted permanent glass signs and awning signs, signs shall be constructed of wood.
(3) One wood sign, one awning sign, or up to two permanent painted glass window signs shall be allowed per business. Additional signs may be permitted to face waterways, parking lots and other streets, as allowed in subsection 21-249(a)(1)b.1.
(4) Signs shall be no larger than necessary so as to not detract from the charm and architecture of the building, and under no circumstances, shall they be larger than 15 square feet or five percent of the area of the first floor frontage of the building occupied, whichever is smaller. First floor frontage shall be determined by measuring the outside wall to outside wall and first floor joist to second floor joist. Subject to the limitation contained in the first sentence of this subsection, permanent painted window signs shall be no greater, in the aggregate, than ten percent of the total glass area of the first floor frontage of the building including the glass area of front store doors provided that the total square footage of signage shall not exceed 15 square feet.
(5) Signage in multiple business buildings shall not exceed ten percent of the first floor frontage, and no one sign shall be larger than 15 square feet. Multiple business buildings shall also be allowed eight square feet of signage to be used only for a directory sign.
(6) Lighting shall be indirect only.
(Ord. No. 94-14, § 1, 8-15-1994; Ord. No. 02-14, § 4, 10-7-2002; Ord. No. 03-8, § 9, 6-9-2003; Ord. No. 25-08, § 4, 10-20-2025)