[Amended 5-6-2013 ATM
by Art. 33]
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the
Town by General Laws, Chapter 93, Section 29, and Chapter 143, Section
3, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and
by every other law or power it hereto in any manner enabling the Town
of Marblehead adopts this By-Law, which shall be known as the Sign
By-Law, for the regulation and restriction of all billboards, signs
and other advertising devices within the Town, including illuminated
signs and illuminated advertising devices whether or not under the
cover of a roof, temporary or permanent, and whether or not inside
or outside an exterior wall. Signs not visible from the public rights-of-way
are not governed by this By-Law. Public signs erected, owned and maintained
by any local state or federal governmental agency or organization
are not subject to the rules and regulations of this By-Law.
Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 for each offense. Each
day that such a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a
separate offense. The imposition of a penalty shall not excuse the
violation and shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of
prohibited conditions where they continue to exist as a violation
of this By-Law.
The invalidity of any section or provision of
this By-Law shall not invalidate any other section or provision hereof.