In the Borough of Haddonfield, signs shall be
erected, altered, maintained, used, removed, relettered or moved only
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
BUSINESS BANNER
COMMERCIAL INFORMATION SIGN
DEVIATIONS
DOUBLE-SIDED SIGN
FLAG
FREESTANDING SIGN
FUNCTIONAL SIGN
HISTORICAL IDENTIFICATION SIGN
INSTITUTIONAL SIGN
INTERIM BUSINESS SIGN
INTERNALLY LIGHTED SIGN
LEGAL NONCONFORMING SIGN
MOBILE SIGN
OFFICIAL SIGN
OFF-SITE SIGN
POLITICAL SIGN
PRIVATE PARKING SIGN
PROFESSIONAL SIGN
PUBLIC BANNER
REAL ESTATE SIGN
RESIDENTIAL SIGN
SIGN
STOREFRONT
TEMPORARY INTERIOR ADVERTISING SIGN
TEMPORARY SIGN
Additional definitions. As used in this chapter, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A temporary sign placed on the exterior of a business or
inside the display window of a business advertising sales events,
a new service or grand openings.
[Added 9-11-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-23]
A sign or decal located on, in, or visible through a window
of an office, business or retail establishment which informs the public
that the establishment accepts certain credit cards, is protected
by a certain security agency or alarm system, has certain hours of
operation, is a member of certain professional or business associations,
or provides similar information.
Approvals by the Planning Board for a sign permit, following
an appeal from the Historic Preservation Commission, for items not
specifically provided for by this chapter.
A sign with two back-to-back faces and identical on both
sides. It shall be measured by using the area of only one side of
the sign. Where a sign with two back-to-back faces has nonidentical
sides, it shall be considered two signs.
Includes a display of cloth or fabric with symbols, icons,
and/or designs which is affixed to a flagpole that is freestanding
or mounted to the exterior of a building. The field of the flag shall
not include words, logos, trademarks, or other such commercial symbols
or expressions. Plastic shall not be used for a flag. Pennants and
windsocks are considered to be flags.
A sign that is not attached to any building. This may include
easel signs and pedestal signs. A sign that is mounted on a post is
a freestanding sign.
[Amended 9-11-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-23]
A sign that provides directional, informational, safety or
public service information, such as, but not limited to, a sign indicating
the location of public rest rooms, telephones or similar facilities
of public convenience, or providing a place for the posting of public
announcements. A functional sign shall not include any commercial
name or commercial message, except as hereinafter expressly permitted.
A sign or marker identifying an historic structure or site,
and providing information about the significance of the structure
or site, and posted by a governmental entity or agency, or by the
Historical Society of Haddonfield, the Camden County Historical Society,
the New Jersey Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution,
or the Haddonfield Historic Preservation Society.
A sign for any formally organized house of worship, any charitable,
fraternal or eleemosynary organization or agency, or any public school
or public building.
A sign provided for new businesses pending approval of their
formal sign application.
A sign with the source of artificial illumination within
the sign and behind the text or message.
A sign for which a valid sign permit has been granted prior
to the effective date of this chapter, or which predates any regulation
of signs in the Borough of Haddonfield.
An exterior temporary sign, with or without wheels, that
is portable.
[Amended 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 12-2004]
A sign erected, constructed or maintained by a federal, state,
county or local government, or any agency thereof, or by any licensed
public utility, for the purpose of informing or guiding the public,
or for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare, or
for the public's convenience.
A sign located on a tax lot other than the lot occupied by
the use, event or product which the sign identifies.
A sign expressing support for or opposition to a candidate
for public office, an opinion about any public figure, or expressing
support or opposition to a particular idea or belief.
A sign providing directional or safety information and serving
a parking area that is privately owned and reserved for the use of
certain employees, patrons or other persons serving the premises.
A sign that identifies the location of the office of a member
of a recognized and legal profession maintained for the conduct of
that profession, including attorneys, certified landscape architects,
chiropractors, dentists, physicians, podiatrists, professional engineers,
professional planners, psychologists, registered architects, certified
public accountants, and no others.
A temporary sign located on a public building, on a building
belonging to a house of worship, or a charitable, fraternal, or eleemosynary
organization or agency, or stretching across a public right-of-way
(and erected and maintained with the permission of the governing body),
which temporary sign promotes an activity, event or festival of a
governmental agency, house of worship, or charitable, fraternal or
eleemosynary organization or agency, or otherwise promotes the public
good.
[Amended 9-11-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-23]
A sign of an owner of real property or of a licensed real
estate broker that indicates that a particular parcel or portion of
real property is available for sale or lease.
A sign at a place of residence, which may set forth the names
of the residents, the address and street name, and also may include
a logo or symbol.
A lettered board or other display, or any portion thereof,
on which any announcement, declaration, demonstration, logo, presentation,
illumination or insignia is used to promote the interest of any person.
A separate and individual volume for one office, commercial
or business use, which has its own frontage on a public right-of-way,
which is on a tax lot with other storefronts or uses, and which is
occupied by a use or entity that is distinct and separate from the
uses or entities occupying the rest of the tax lot.
A temporary sign advertising or describing a sale or the
availability of particular merchandise or services, which is located
in the interior of a business or retail establishment, and which is
primarily intended to attract the attention of persons outside the
business or retail establishment.
A sign that is not permanently attached to a building, structure,
post or land, and which is designed or intended to be displayed for
a limited period of time.
