Exemptions

A. Flags of all nations, states, counties, towns and cities flown in compliance with the United States Flag Code, and flags and buntings exhibited to commemorate national patriotic holidays.
B. Temporary real estate signs advertising sale, lease, or rent for individual residential property on which the sign is located. Residential real estate signs shall not exceed six square feet in area. Only one residential real estate sign per lot shall be permitted. The sign shall be removed within seven days of the sale, rental, or lease agreement. "Open house" real estate signs not exceeding two square feet and erected only one day out of every seven days may be permitted off-premises.
C. Temporary notices of yard sales. A maximum of four signs per sale, not to exceed a total of two square feet per sign, may be erected off-premises. All signs must be removed within 48 hours of the sale.
D. Signs prohibiting trespass, hunting and the like, signs warning of danger, and necessary public utility signs, not to exceed a total area of two square feet.
E. Temporary window signs, such as signs advertising a sale. Normal displays of merchandise in windows shall not be considered to be signs.
F. Traffic and other governmental signs erected by any public safety agency in the discharge of any governmental function.
G. Signs designating historical places, recreation areas, or other points of interest, erected by governmental authority or the like, not to exceed a total area of 12 square feet.
H. Informational and directional signs containing no advertising, to direct traffic flow, indicating entrance, exit, parking, or points of interest or other essential information to guide vehicular or pedestrian traffic flow. Such signs shall be erected on the premises, not exceed a total area of 1.5 square feet per sign and not exceed a maximum height of 36 inches from the ground. Such signs shall incorporate conventional instructions and symbols, but shall be integrated by style and materials with other signage and landscape elements in the development. Informational and directional signage shall be approved by the Planning Board as part of the overall development plan review.
I. Temporary signs for events for church, school or other public or nonprofit use, which may not exceed a total area of 24 square feet for a maximum fifteen-day period per event.
[Amended 7-11-2018]
J. Temporary political signs advising voters of a candidate or a position in a forthcoming election. Each lot shall be allowed without permit one sign per candidate or issue, and each sign shall not exceed eight square feet. All political signs must be removed within seven days of the political election or event.
K. Subdivision identification sign as part of the approval by the Planning Board of a major subdivision of six or more lots. One freestanding permanent sign may be installed at one exclusive entrance to a development. Each sign shall have a maximum sign area of 16 square feet. These signs shall not be located within the public right-of-way or on Town-owned or -controlled land.