ARTICLE 6

SIGN REGULATIONS

 

SECTION       601

SIGNS PERMITTED

 

            The following are the only types of private signs permitted in the Village.

 

A.     Unlighted signs advertising the sale, lease, or rental of the premises upon which the sign is located, shall not exceed nine (9) square feet in area.  All such signs must be removed within fourteen (14) days after the property has been transferred, leased or rented.

 

B.     Signs denoting the name and address of the occupants of the premises, are not to exceed one (1) square foot in area.

 

C.     Signs directing or guiding traffic, but bearing no advertising, shall be permitted on any property, provided the area of each face of the sign does not exceed four (4) square feet, and that the sign is located so as not to be a hazard for vehicular traffic.

D.  One temporary real estate sign advertising the development of the premises or the

opening of a new subdivision shall be permitted.  Such sign shall be removed from the premises within fifteen (15) days of the completion of construction of the properties or units on the site.  Such sign or construction sign shall not exceed nine (9) square feet in area, and shall be located no closer than ten (10) feet from the street

right-of-way line.  Other applicable yard requirements in the district in which the sign is located shall apply.

 

E.  Political signs, subject to the following:

No political sign shall be posted on any property without the permission of the property owner.  No political sign shall be posted in any place or in any manner that is destructive to public property upon posting or removal.  No political sign shall be erected in a public right-of-way nor shall any such sign be posted on a utility pole.  No political sign shall be posted more than twenty-one (21) days before an election.  All candidates for public office, their campaign committees, or other persons responsible for the posting on public property of campaign material shall remove such material with five (5) days following election day.  Maximum size of such signs is six (6) square feet.