§ 400-88
Signs in business and industrial districts (NHBD, HIWY, IND. A, IND. B)
The following regulations shall apply in the NHBD, HIWY, IND. A and IND. B Business and Industrial Districts:
- A. Permitted signs:
- (1) Those permitted in residence districts.
- (2) Business signs for permitted uses. In no case shall more than one freestanding sign or one roof sign be used, or one mounted (to the building) sign, or awning/canopy for each building, regardless of the number of businesses at the location; and no sign shall exceed 50 square feet in area. In addition, each business may have a sign attached to the building, not greater than six square feet, displaying the name of the business; and where there are multiple businesses, all of these signs shall be uniform in size, shape and lettering. Any change from the above shall be granted as a special use permit with an advisory opinion from the Planning Board. For buildings with a public entrance and parking in the rear as well as the front, there may be an additional wall, projecting, window or awning/canopy sign placed at the rear building entrance.
- (3) Where a building has multiple street frontages, the building is allowed one wall sign for each wall frontage on a street or a parking area. No sign shall exceed 50 square feet.
- B. Location of signs.
- (1) No sign shall project more than 15 feet above average grade level or higher than the roofline (ridge) of a building, whichever is less.
- (2) Freestanding signs shall either provide an open and unobstructed space at least six feet from grade to the bottom of the sign or be no greater than five feet in height from grade and no more than 15 square feet in area.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
- (3) No sign shall be located within 40 feet of a residence district boundary.
- (4) A sign shall be placed within the boundaries of a lot and no closer than five feet to any lot line.
- (5) Any freestanding sign less than 20 feet from the pavement or within 50 feet of a street intersection shall be reviewed by the Planning Board prior to being placed.
- (6) Signs shall not be erected or affixed to a utility pole, traffic or regulating sign, tree, shrub, rock or other natural object.
- C. Lighting of signs.
- (1) Signs may be lighted by:
- (a) External continuous incandescent or fluorescent white light downward shielded and of no more than 20 footcandles at the surface; or
- (b) Internal continuous incandescent or fluorescent white light having no more than 15 footcandles at the surface.
- (2) All lighting shall be oriented so that the light is directed away from adjacent properties and traffic arteries.
- (3) Lighting for all signs is subject to review and revision by the Planning Board to prevent the light from causing a traffic safety hazard.
- (1) Signs may be lighted by: