Town of West Greenwich
Town of West Greenwich Zoning Ordinance
§ 400-38

Signs

  • A. The Planning Board shall require a submission of a comprehensive signage plan for all uses, individual buildings or a complex of buildings and uses as part of its review. The signage plan shall include conceptual drawings and supporting information describing the proposed signage for all major buildings and uses, including entrance signs, directional signs, a typical lighting plan, etc. The applicant shall also provide the Planning Board with a typical sign for all directory and directional signs. Once the typical signage plan is approved, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue specific sign permits.
  • B. Revisions to signs in an approved signage plan shall be reviewed by the administrative officer as an amendment to an approved plan, as provided in Chapter 450, Subdivision and Land Development, Article VI, § 450-25.
  • C. For commercial uses in the SMD there may be up to 200 square feet of wall-mounted sign for each use within a building.
  • D. Permitted signs within the district may be illuminated or indirectly illuminated.
  • E. The Planning Board may approve two pylon signs for the commercial portion of the SMD. One sign shall not exceed 135 feet in height, nor exceed 3,500 square feet in surface area; the other sign shall not exceed 100 feet in height and 400 square feet in surface area.