Permitted signs by district
806.1. Residence districts. One of the following types of signs to identify each permitted home occupation and one sign to display the name of a permitted nonresidential use. Such signs may be externally illuminated. The total area of all such signs shall not exceed six square feet on any lot.
| Sign Type |
Area
(square feet) |
Height
(feet) |
Setback
(feet) |
Projection
Over Public Right-of-Way (feet) |
| Canopy | Not permitted | — | — | — |
| Freestanding | 1.5 | — | 10 | 0 |
| Projecting | Not permitted | — | — | — |
| Roof | Not permitted | — | — | — |
| Wall | 1.5 | — | — | 0 |
| Window | 1.5 | — | — | 0 |
806.2. Office (O) and waterfront business (WB) districts. The maximum total area of all signs on any structure shall not exceed 1.5 square feet per one foot of building frontage. Window signs shall not be included in this calculation. Such signs may be externally or internally illuminated. The maximum area of any individual sign shall be limited as follows:
| Sign Type |
Area
(square feet) |
Height
(feet) |
Setback
(feet) |
Projection
Over Public Right-of-Way (feet) |
| Canopy | 1.5 per 1 foot of building frontage | — | — | — |
| Freestanding (1) | 40 per side, not to exceed 80 square feet | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Projecting | 20 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Roof | Not permitted | — | — | — |
| Wall | 60 | — | — | — |
| Window | 2 per window | — | — | 0 |
(1) Only one freestanding sign is permitted per street frontage.
806.3. General business (GB), light industrial (LI), general industrial (GI), City Centre Warwick Intermodal (Intermodal), and City Centre Warwick Gateway (Gateway) districts. The maximum total area of all signs on any structure shall not exceed two square feet per one foot of building frontage. Window signs shall not be included in this calculation. The maximum area of any individual sign shall be limited as follows:
| Sign Type |
Area
(square feet) |
Height
(feet) |
Setback
(feet) |
Projection
Over Public Right-of-Way (feet) |
| Canopy | 2 per 1 foot of building frontage | — | — | — |
| Freestanding (1) | 80 per side, not to exceed 160 square feet | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Projecting | 20 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Roof | Not permitted | — | — | — |
| Wall | 2 per 1 foot of building frontage | — | — | — |
| Window | 2 per window | — | — | 0 |
(1) Only one freestanding sign is permitted per street frontage.
(Ord. No. O-98-44, § I(Exh. A), 12-14-98; Ord. No. O-23-24, § I, 12-20-23)