Signs permitted in any zoning district without permits
The following signs are permitted without permits issued by the building official, and shall not be counted when calculating the quantity of signs permitted and the total allowable sign area; provided, however, that such signs shall conform to all other applicable regulations, and further provided that such signs shall conform to all other applicable regulations, and further provided that such signs shall be neither illuminated nor indirectly illuminated, except as otherwise specified herein:
A. Name and address of resident. Name and address of resident shall not include any commercial advertising. Such signs shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area in any R80, or R40 Districts, or two (2) square feet in any other district, and shall be limited to one (1) such sign per resident, household or use.
B. No trespassing sign. No trespassing sign or other such signs regulating the use of the property on which it is located, provided such signs do not exceed two (2) square feet in area in any residential zone, or five (5) square feet in any nonresidential zone.
C. Bulletin boards. Bulletin boards for public or religious institutions when located on the property thereof, provided such signs do not exceed fifteen (15) square feet and bear no commercial advertising. Such signs may be indirectly illuminated.
D. For sale signs. For sale signs under six (6) square feet in area and which advertise the sale, lease or rental of the real property on which it is located, and which may not be maintained for more than six (6) months. Such signs in place for more than six (6) months shall require a temporary sign permit as specified in section 806.
E. Instructional or directional signs. Instructional or directional signs identifying on-premises traffic, parking or other functional activity, such as lavatory facilities, telephone sections of a building, entrances, offices, etc. bearing no commercial advertising. There shall be no more than one (1) sign for each applicable activity, and each sign shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area if wall-mounted and four (4) square feet is freestanding. Such signs may be illuminated or indirectly illuminated.
F. Signs erected by the town, the state or by the United States of America. Signs erected by the town, the state or by the United States of America pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental function, or required by any law, ordinance or governmental regulation. Such signs may be illuminated or indirectly illuminated.
G. Memorial signs or tablets. Memorial signs or tablets and signs denoting the date of erection of buildings. Signs denoting the date of erection of buildings shall be wall-mounted and shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area.
H. Signs identifying churches and places of worship or certified nonprofit educational institutions when located on the property thereof. Signs identifying churches and places of worship or certified nonprofit educational institutions when located on the property thereof may be indirectly illuminated, and may not exceed fifteen (15) square feet in area.
I. Election signs or political signs. Political signs shall be constructed of durable material, and shall not be affixed or attached to trees, traffic signs or utility poles, and shall not be located upon any public right-of-way nor upon any public property.
J. Accessory signs. Accessory signs incidental to a business or a profession conducted on the premises indicating hours of operation, credit cards, business affiliations, and the like, provided the total area of all such signs for a single business does not exceed two (2) square feet per public entrance (noncumulative), and is wall-mounted at or immediately adjacent to the entrance to the building on the premises.
K. Signs customary and necessary to the operation of gasoline filling stations. The following signs customary and necessary to the operation of gasoline filling stations: Wall-mounted signs displayed over individual entrance doors consisting of the words "washing," "lubrication," "repairing," or words of similar import, provided that there shall be not more than one (1) such sign over each entrance, and that the letters of such sign do not exceed ten (10) inches in height; signs which consist of lettering or other insignia which are structural part of a gasoline pump, consisting only of a brand name, lead warning sign and other matter as required by law; one (1) two and one-half (2½) square foot/side (maximum) sign indicating price per gallon of gasoline to be attached to the pump; also there may be one (1) sign no larger than eight (8) square feet per side using numbers no larger than eighteen (18) inches in height indicating price per gallon of gasoline along highways on which the legal speed limit is less than thirty-five (35) mph, or one sign no larger than twelve (12) square feet per side using numbers no larger than eighteen (18) inches in height indicating price per gallon along highways on which the legal speed limit is thirty-five (35) mph or more, which such sign shall be freestanding and shall have a clearance of at least seven (7) feet from the ground.
L. Digital clocks, time/temperature clocks. Digital clocks, time/temperature clocks or other clocks which contain no advertising, and which may be illuminated or indirectly illuminated, and may not exceed twenty (20) square feet in surface area.
M. Window signs. Window signs permanently erected or maintained in the window of any building, which are visible from any public or private street or highway, provided such sign shall not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the area of said window.
N. Temporary window signs. Temporary window signs erected or maintained in the window of a building, which are visible from any public or private street or highway, provided such sign shall not occupy more than fifty (50) percent of the area of said window, and shall not be in place more than thirty (30) days.
O. Awning signs. Awning signs less than ten (10) square feet in area, not to exceed one (1) such awning sign per use.
P. Sale of produce. Sale of produce raised on land signs shall be no longer than twelve (12) square feet or two (2) signs no larger than six (6) square feet each, and shall not be lighted in any manner.
(Ord. of 2-10-25(1))