Town of West Greenwich
Town of West Greenwich Zoning Ordinance
§ 400-56

Signs

  • A. The Planning Board shall require the 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, Land Development and Subdivision Regulations, § 450-25.
  • C. The CZD shall follow the regulations in Article VII, Sign Regulations, of this chapter, except as otherwise permitted below.
  • D. Commercial and industrial buildings in the CZD may have signs totaling up to 200 square feet for each building.
  • E. Directional signs within the CZD shall be permitted, subject to normal architectural standards. Permitted signs within the CZD may be illuminated or indirectly illuminated. No flashing signs nor portable or mobile signs shall be permitted.
  • F. The Planning Board may approve one pylon sign for the CZD, for uses in the CZD only. No off-premises advertising is permitted. The sign shall not exceed 100 feet in height nor exceed 1,500 square feet in surface area.